A substance administered to plants with the intention of enhancing nutrient availability is referred to as fertilizer. The goal of this study project was to find a solution to the issue of environmental contamination brought on by the buildup of dry leaf detritus. Compost is created using dry leaf waste as the primary component and EM4 as an aid.EM4 is responsible for breaking down the organic material in leaves. The characteristics of the pre-made dry leaf compost are its blackish brown hue, crumbly and somewhat rough texture, lack of odor, and loose granular shape. The method of research used is library research, or research that is based on printed books and journals that are accessible on Google Scoolar. This type of study is a descriptive analysis that draws on the works of authors who have expertise in relevant disciplines and other studies that are descriptive in nature. Using data gathered through the inductive method, generalizations are then analyzed using one or more initial data sets. The acquired data was examined using a descriptive analytic approach. By turning dry leaves into compost that is more beneficial and valuable economically, this research also aims to strengthen and expand the community's creative capacities as well as its economics. Bright colors are a sign of overly dry composting or a humidity level below 30%. One factor in determining a compost's maturity is aroma. The compost fermentation process will produce a variety of strong aromas.
Keywords: Utilization of waste, compost, dry leaves, EM4


Internetworking models aand conceptual tools networking addresses, network names internetwork architecture - bridges, routers gateways network implementation issue TCP/IP applications the data link layer the Internet protocol routing protocols user datagram protocol transmission control protocol TCP/IP host name resolution remote computing - Telnet and r-Utilities file transfer protocols - FTP and TFTP network communications - electronic mail and news netwrok data publishinh - gopher and the World Wide Web resource sharing - network file system configuring Windows 95 for TCP/IB.BOOTP and DHCP TCP/IP internetwork management TCP/IP and internetwork security. Appendices: Internet history and organizations IP, the next generation.


Milk somatic cell is an important indicator of milk quality assessment and mastitis diagnosis. In order to solve some problems in the examination of bovine milk cells, improve the efficiency and accuracy of mastitis diagnosis, we use the image feature extraction and classification recognition technology to classify and recognise of four kinds of bovine milk cells. An algorithm for recognition of milk body cells based on improved morphological features was proposed. First, we extracted 8 morphological features and 4 texture features, and then improved the circularity, squareness formula. Finally, we put them into Random Forest (RF) for feature matching. The experiments show that improved circularity, squareness expression increase the accuracy of the classification.


The development of additive manufacturing (AM) technology is expected to transform product design and manufacturing. It is predicted that the effects of AM on business will be diverse and extensive. It will be critical for business owners to observe how AM impacts on conventional supply chains and business networks, plus the effects on customers' value propositions and on value creation. Value creation and value capture are concepts strongly linked to business relations and to stakeholder management. However, the concept of value is inherently complex and multifaceted, and so are the structures within which value potential exists in business networks and business environments. The critical issue for business managers is to identify where and how value is created in business relations. In this study, the primary purpose was to observe how AM technology impacts on company value creation within complex business relations.


Abstract. The aurora is an essential tool for remote sensing the large-scale dynamics of the magnetosphere which are to difficult to observe in situ and impossible to recreate in a lab. Despite pulsating aurora being a common and widespread morning-sector phenomenon, the processes responsible for its differentiation are not understood. In situ measurements of the pulsating aurora source regions are difficult to associate with specific auroral features, yet such observations will be necessary for identifying the unique causes of pulsating auroras. This study reports a method of inferring when a spacecraft is passing through the source region of patchy aurora (PA) based on the structuring of chorus. The locations of longer-lived chorus packets are found to correspond to the region of PA occurrence reported by Grono et al. (2019b). This result constrains the region where the structuring mechanisms and conditions responsible for PA and patchy pulsating aurora (PPA) can exist.


The Kepler mission, launched by NASA has been used to discover the possibilities for the existence of exoplanets beyond our solar system, providing massive amounts of data that we can use to speculate such candidates. However, to collect the massive amounts of data to identify new and potentially interesting planet candidates, researchers have developed several different methods, heuristics, and data pipelines to facilitate the discovery of new exoplanets. In this work, we characterize the efficiency of the Kepler missionâĂŹs Transiting Planet Search (TPS) system known as Robovetter, using the Robovetter's simulated light-curve pipeline data and provide insights towards building robust automated pipelines for detecting potentially new and interesting stellar objects and identify potential potential false positives within the samples. Furthermore, to facilitate the research and discovery process of this work, we also develop and propose a data-driven research pipeline specifically for our modeling purposes to provide an efficient workflow for researchers to easily design reproducible machine learning-based experimental workflows that both enables automation and flexibility in modeling approaches.


1. A process for selective and direct formation of ethanol from acetic acid, which is brought into contact feed stream containing acetic acid and hydrogen in gaseous form, at a temperature of 200 ° C to 300 ° C with a hydrogenation catalyst comprising cobalt and a second metal on the catalytic carrier, wherein the cobalt is present in an amount of 0.1 wt.% to 20 wt.%, and wherein the second metal is selected from the group consisting of palladium, platinum and chromium. ! 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the catalyst carrier is selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina, calcium silicate, carbon, zirconia and titania. ! 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second metal is palladium. ! 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the cobalt content is 4 to 12 wt.% And palladium content is from 0.5 to 2 wt.%, And the catalyst support is graphite. ! 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second metal is platinum. ! 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the cobalt content is 4 to 12 wt.% And a platinum content from 0.5 to 2 wt.%, And the catalyst support is silica of high purity. ! 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the selectivity to ethanol based on acetic acid consumed is at least 40%. ! 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the selectivity to ethanol based on acetic acid consumed is at least 60%. ! 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the selectivity to ethanol based on acetic acid consumed is at least 80%. ! 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the selectivity to ethanol based on acetic acid consumed is at least 95%. ! 11. method


TO THE EDITOR: Currenttreatmentof heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is replacement of heparin with a direct thrombin-inhibitor (DTI) such as argatroban.' The argatrobanpackageinsert recommends thatinitialdosagebe basedon patientweight. However, thismay be suboptimal,since argatroban is distributedpredominantly in blood and extracellular fluidand not in leantissueand/oradipose? Additionally,monitoringargatrobantherapy is challengingbecause the goldstandardassaysarenot routinely available. Therefore,the activatedpartialthromboplastin time (aPTf) is used as a surrogate; a target of 1.5-3 times the baseline aPlT value, not to exceed 100 seconds, is recommended in the packageinsert.At our institution, this targetwould be approximately 40-100 seconds. However, studieshaveshownthat the aP1T is not linearly relatedto DTIconcentration, thereareinterlaboratory differences in aP1Tassays, and there is significantinterpatientvariability.3'" Wedevelopeda pharmacist-managed, computerizedargatroban dosage protocol based on estimated patient blood volume!and monitored with a routineenzymaticanti-factorIIa argatrobanconcentration assay (developed in-house). Basedon information providedin Figure 1 (Relationshipat SteadyState BetweenArgatroban Dose, PlasmaArgatroban Concentration and Anticoagulant Effect) of the package insert.l we chose a conservative target therapeutic concentration of 0.5 }lg/mL which,in the figure,corresponds to an approximate aP1T of 55 seconds, or about 1.7timesbaseline. Initial argatrobandosage, based on estimated patient blood volume and creatinineclearance,was calculatedwith a network-deployedMicrosoftExceldosingtool.Although notrecommended in the packageinsert,we administered a loadingdose to achievea therapeutic argatroban concentration as quickly as possible. Subsequent infusion rate adjustmentswerebasedon theenzymatic drugconcentration and pharmacokineticprinciples forcontinuous drug infusion. Initially,consistentwith current packageinsert recommendation, the protocoldid not accountfor renal function,althoughthe drug is known to be partially renallyeliminated," However, experience withour first 17 patientsdemonstrated that reductions in startinginfusion rateswere necessary in patients with renal dysfunction to avoid elevated argatroban concentrations. Patients withsignificant hepatic dysfunction weretreated withempiricallyreduceddoses but wereexcludedfrom the data analysis. The final version of the protocol was implemented in March 2007. Data werecollectedfrom 44 subsequent patients.The median initial argatroban infusion rate was 35% (range 12-59%)of that recommended by the packageinsert.The firstargatroban concentration wasdrawnper protocolapproximately 8 hoursafter administration of the loadingdose and initiationof infusion.The median initial argatrobanconcentration was0.47}lg/mL(target0.5}lg/mL),with the middle80%of valuesbetween 0.27 and 0.85 }lg/mL.The first infusion rate adjustmentvaried from a 50% decreaseto a 115%increase. Afterthis adjustment, the median secondargatroban concentration was 0.49}lg/mL,with the middle 80%between0.35 and0.75}lg/mL(p=0.42 fordifference fromthe first level).Our finding of a lower initial dosage than that recommendedin the package insert is similar to that found by Skrupky at aI.' Although the aP1T was usedas the monitoring parameter in that study,the authors found that infusionratesof -I }lglkg/min,comparedto the packageinsert recommendation of 2 }lglkg/min,were neededto achievethe therapeuticaP1Tgoal. Severe bleeding was infrequentin our patients;when it did occur, it was not spontaneousbut rather was due to known vascular injury.We did not observeany clinicalthrombotic events.However, a largernumberof patients is neededto reliably determine majorbleeding and thrombosis rates withour protocol. The protocol quicklyachievestherapeutic argatroban concentration in thegreatmajority of patients.


The parallel MCNP(Monte Carlo N-particle) was used to simulate the γ-benchmark problem from the 1977 Kansas State University photon skyshine experiment.The calculation includes the contribution of groundshine and in-silo photon scatter.The case without a concrete roof was analyzed with a Monte Carlo point detector estimator and 100 million histories simulated on 100 processors between the numerical and experimental results.Although some differences exist,the shape of the exposure rate curves is basically the same.The MCNP results are also compared with those of MCCO(a Monte Carlo transport code using the pointing probability method).


By comparing data of the angular dependence of the remanent magnetization for a ceramic sample and for a single crystal of YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 7} with similar demagnetization factors, we conclude that intrinsic anisotropy contributes significantly to anisotropic flux trapping in the crystal.


We present a nonperturbative QCD calculation of diffractive vector meson production in virtual photon nucleon scattering at high energy. We use the nonperturbative model of the stochastic QCD vacuum which yields linear confinement and makes specific predictions for the dependence of high-energy scattering cross sections on the hadron size. Using light cone wave functions of the photon and vector mesons, we calculate electroproduction cross sections for {rho}, {omega}, {phi}, and J/{psi}. We emphasize the behavior of specific observables such as the ratio of longitudinal to transverse production cross section and the t dependence of the differential cross section. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}


Features of a quality learning resource collection are discussed and some measures that may be helpful for collection maintenance and update are proposed.


Innovative solutions are flourishing in today's consumption environment. Yet responding positively to innovation has proved difficult for consumers. Little is known about whether subtle contextual cues play a role in shaping a positive consumer response. This research examines the effect of ambient illuminance on consumer response to innovative solutions. We propose that dim (vs. bright) illuminance enhances consumers' positive response. This is predicted to occur because dim illuminance reduces their inhibition, which in turn encourages them to respond positively to innovative solutions. The results from three laboratory studies provide support for the thesis. The findings suggest a cost-effective and easy-to-manage approach—namely, dimming the light—as a powerful tool to enhance consumers' response to innovative solutions.


The Direct Multi-Elliptic Interpolation Method is investigated. The method converts the interpolation problems to special higher order partial differential equations which are solved by using robust multi-level methods. Both domain and boundary version of the method are outlined. Based on carefully chosen partial differential operators, meshless methods are defined, which exhibit strong similarities to the traditional RBF-methods and the method of fundamental solutions. However, the solution of large, full and ill-conditioned algebraic systems is completely avoided.


-CMC-Pt has much influence on the initial hydrogenation rate andthe selectivity for the intermediate product, cyclohexanone. The highest initial rate andthe highest yield of cyclohexanone both occur at COO/Pt ratio of 6. The complex is stableduring the reaction and can be used repeatedly.


The paper presents the current status of the spatial data infrastructures in the region of South East Europe and shares the experiences made in the process of strategy definition and setting up concrete projects. Following a survey and analysis of spatial data infrastructures in all countries of the region, the South East European Spatial Data Infrastructures Conference had been organized, leading to the creation of an Association for Geographic Information in the region, and some projects for sharing of data. The concept of the South East European spatial data warehouse as attempt to implement Digital Earth will be highlighted as a system for sharing of data across the region.


This book provides information relating to recognizing and assessing the degradation that has occured in a structure. It is an outline of the importance and application of the following basic practices: detecting deterioration, understanding the causes of the observed degradation; and evaluating the condition of the structure. The causes and nature of the most frequently occurring durability problems (during construction and in-service) are analyzed, and methods of investigating the defects in materials and construction are detailed.


The new legal and policy framework for local government has changed the character of this third level of government. Municipalities are required to put the public at the centre of development undertakings. Interaction between local government and the public can only be effective if an environment conducive to such interaction is created. Public participation strategies should be able to give the public an opportunity to influence the decision-making process. Based on the above, this study evaluates the Mayor's Listening Campaign as public participation strategy in the Integrated Development Planning process in the City of Cape Town. The study indicates that the Listening Campaign was not an authentic and sustainable public participation strategy to empower the public. It also reveals that authentic and sustainable participation must be linked to the ''building blocks of development'', which entail capacity-building, social learning and invention, empowerment and self-reliance. The study also indicates that: • public participation structures are required for an authentic participatory process; • public participation strategies used must be able to release the energies and tap into the social capital of communities; and • the use of the public's social networks in participation strategies should be considered. Data in this study was obtained by means of focus groups, personal interviews and participatory observation. Information derived supports the researcher's hypothesis that the Mayor's Listening Campaign was not an empowering, sustainable and authentic public participation process. The study reveals reasons for this, namely: • Public meetings are not an effective participation strategy; they most of the time only amount to "listening" and "involvement". • Illiterate sections of the public felt excluded from the process.


Since C. Martindale's Redeeming the Text (1993) Virgil has become a locus classicus for reception studies. C.'s volume represents a significant contribution to the lively field of the reception of Virgil, focusing as it does on English translators of the Virgilian oeuvre between the 1640s and the 1660s. By zooming in on one of the most unsettling phases of English history, C. offers an ideal addition to recent studies such as S. Brammall's The English Aeneid: Translations of Virgil 1555–1646 (2015) and functions as a bridge to studies revolving around John Dryden's translation (L. Proudfoot, Dryden's Aeneid [1960]; R.F. Thomas, Virgil and the Augustan Reception [2004]). Also, as C. asserts in the introduction, the book's aim is not so much to discuss matters of translation theory as to 'situat[e] the works of Virgil's mid-seventeenth-century translators more securely within their fraught, contingent historical context' (p. 9). One major strength of C.'s monograph is its almost unfailing cohesion, which is ensured by the fil rouge of the politicisation of Virgil's works in the light of contemporary English politics of the middle decades of the seventeenth century. By means of close readings of aptly selected passages, C. cogently shows the politicised engagement with Virgil on the part of nine writers active in the Interregnum period – Sidney Godolphin, Edmund Waller, Sir John Denham, Abraham Cowley, John Ogilby, Sir Richard Fanshawe, James Harrington, Sir Robert Howards and John Boys. Each chapter considers how these translators engaged with Virgil in order to 'delineate and secure the future they hoped would come to pass but also to anticipate the future they feared would come' (p. 1). According to C., these English translators of the Interregnum found in Virgil's works the ideal medium to express their anxieties and concerns as well as to formulate their hypotheses about England's political future, especially after Charles I's execution in 1649. These authors' topicalising approaches to Virgil function as the structuring principle of the book: its seven chapters are each centred on the translators' respective political stances and expectations, at least in the way in which they emerge in their engagement with Virgil. The variety of the translators' political allegiances – ranging from Denham's constitutional royalism and Ogilby's triumphalist ultra-loyalism to the royalist cause to what C. terms the 'autocratic republicanism' of Harrington (p. 139) – and their respective use of Virgil are condensed into binomial phrases, which serve as titles for the chapters and facilitate comparisons for the reader: 'Desired Futures' on Godophin and Waller; 'Prophetic Elegy' on Denham; 'Absent Presence' on Cowley; 'Sacred Majesty' on Ogilby; 'Hopeful Prince' on Fanshawe, 'Private Interest' on Harrington, whose republican sentiments make him an exception among the other translators discussed; and 'Future Contingencies' on Howard and Boys. The overall cohesive quality of C.'s monograph is almost unfailing since at times he indulges in the analysis of the translators' works that cannot be properly defined as translations from Virgil, such as Fanshawe's The Faithfull Shepherd (pp. 116–18) and The Lusiad (pp. 129–34) and Harrington's Oceana (pp. 140–51). Although their inclusion partly belies the focus on translation implicit in the monograph's title, the analysis of these collateral works contributes to shedding light on the translators' engagement with Virgil in a variety of forms, including adaptation and direct quotation in paratexts or political poems. THE CLASSICAL REVIEW 521


The development of economic growth is certainly supported by the increasing volume of goods and services that can provide prosperity for the community. Economic development can be seen from the increase in GDP regardless of whether the increase is smaller or larger than population growth. Micro, small and medium enterprises (UMKM) are one of the business units that have an important role in the development and growth of the country's economy. UMKM business growth is certainly an opportunity as a field to find work and income, with a lot of employment in UMKM showing that UMKM has a strategic role for the government in helping to reduce poverty and unemployment. The MSME sector has a large share of the Indonesian economy. Based on information obtained from the Ministry of Cooperatives and UMKM, in 2019 UMKM had a proportion of 99.9% of the total number of more than 65 million registered business units. The proportion of loans given to UMKM has always increased from 2017 to 2019 in accordance with the size of the business established. The largest contribution to PDB is provided by the micro-enterprise sector. The micro-enterprise sector annually contributes more than 25% to PDB compared to other sectors which are only able to contribute below 20%


Background: Recent coronary artery studies suggest that elite male marathon runners may paradoxically have increased plaque formation. However, little is known about elite women athletes, since com...


The present study investigated the effect of artificial defoliation on weekly radial xylem production in trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.). It was hypothesized that defoliated trees would show reduced xylem and vessel production and thinner secondary walls in fibres. Two adjacent natural forest sites were selected within Winnipeg, Manitoba. Microcores were extracted weekly from the stems of 30 aspen trees from May to October 2002. Ten aspen trees were defoliated using pole pruners between 22 June and 6 July. Measurements included weekly xylem increment, annual vessel characteristics, and late growing season fibre dimensions. No significant difference in overall ring width was observed; however, trees from both groups showed a significant reduction in ring width in 2002. The ratio of radial growth in 2002 / radial growth in 2001 was significantly less in defoliated trees, suggesting a higher reduction in radial growth due to defoliation. Sigmoidal regression models suggested early growth cessati...


The guiding thread of the present work is the following result, in the vain of Grothendieck's conjecture for differential equations : if the reduction modulo almost all prime p of a given linear Mahler equation with coefficients in Q(z) has a full set of algebraic solutions, then this equation has a full set of rational solutions. The proof of this result, given at the very end of the paper, relies on intermediate results of independent interest about Mahler equations in characteristic zero as well as in positive characteristic.


Liver cancer is one in every of the foremost death factors within the world. Early detection and correct staging of liver disease is a crucial issue in sensible radiology. Liver lesions check with those abnormal tissues that are found within the liver. Liver lesions are a wound or injury within the tissue areas of the body thanks to injury caused by a wound or sickness. These lesions are often known during a CT scan by a distinction in element intensity from different regions of the liver. For correct clinical treatment, physical segmentation of CT scan is tough and a long task. Instead, computerized segmentation may be a terribly difficult task, as well as liver extend by a hundred and fifty slices of a CT image. Segmentation of liver tumors is a crucial necessity task before any surgical intervention. An exact and correct analysis of the lesions allows for the obtainable therapies that may be provided to the patient. It will facilitate decide the simplest treatment approach also as track the progress of the medical aid over associate interval of your time. So as to subsume this challenge, during this project we have a tendency to propose the utilization of advanced machine learning and segmentation techniques named as guided Active Contour(GAC) technique to cluster the lesions. Then using features extraction techniques to extract the options and phase the liver supported similar pixels. And additionally implement Convolutional Neural Network algorithmic rule to classify the liver diseases with improved accuracy rate.


We compute the amplitudes for the two-body decay of $B$ mesons into longitudinally polarized light vector mesons at next-to-leading order in QCD. We give the explicit expressions in QCD factorization for all 34 transitions of a heavy-light $B$ meson into a pair of longitudinal vector mesons $\rho$, $\omega$, $\phi$, $K^*$ within the Standard Model. Decay rates and CP asymmetries are discussed in detail and compared with available data. Exploiting the fact that QCD penguins are systematically smaller for vector mesons in comparison to pseudoscalars in the final state, we investigate several methods to achieve high-precision determinations of CKM parameters and New Physics tests. We propose a method to use V-spin symmetry and data on $\bar B_d\to\bar K^{*0}_L K^{*0}_L$ to constrain the penguin contribution in $\bar B_d\to\rho^+_L\rho^-_L$. CP violation in the latter decay together with a measurement of $\sin 2\beta$ determines the unitarity triangle with high accuracy. We show that CP violation in $\bar B_d\to\rho^+_L\rho^-_L$ and $\bar B_d\to\psi K_S$ alone implies $|V_{ub}|=(3.54\pm 0.17)\cdot 10^{-3}$, presently the most accurate determination of this quantity.


Currently, Russia is actively developing and producing
fermented milk products enriched with useful microflora, the
range is expanding due to the creation of new types of fermented
milk products...


A cursory thought on power and value might view the two concepts as having nothing to do with each other. But a deeper philosophical thought on the two concepts would reveal interesting relationships between the two concepts. Could political power endure for long if it is not anchored on some values? Could a value endure in a society if it is not anchored on some sort of power, political or transcendental? This unique but puzzling relationship is the focus of this work. Power is ultimately predicated on some values for the justification of its exercise. Values require some sort of force to become widespread, effectual and duly respected in the society


Recent excavations at the site of Barcın Höyük provide a detailed view of a settlement founded and inhabited during the early stages of the Neolithic of the Marmara Region of northwestern Anatolia. The occupation history of the site complements and extends further back in time the regional sequence as it had been established for the eastern Marmara Region on the basis of excavations at nearby Mentese, Aktopraklık and Ilıpınar, and Fikirtepe and Pendik in the Istanbul environs. The site of Barcın Höyük is therefore of critical importance for our understanding of the initial neolithisation of northwestern Anatolia. This paper summarizes some of the main findings of the Barcın Höyük excavations with regard to the Neolithic occupation phases.


A plethora of potential applications of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been proposed based on their unique strength, high aspect ratio and excellent thermal and electronic properties. However, difficulties in their processing and manipulation have hindered their utilisation in materials and devices. A successful strategy to improve CNT solubility and chemical attachment to other small molecules, metals, surfaces or polymers is the covalent attachment of appropriate moieties on their surface. In this direction, the synthesis of nucleobase–CNT hybrids gives the flexibility of exploiting the four different units A, C, G and T (or U) all of which offer different binding characteristics. Nucleobases not only interact with each other by the formation of hydrogen bonding, but also interact with other small organic molecules, as well as with metals. In this contribution, we focus on examples of how nucleobase–CNT hybrids have been used as building blocks to direct the self-assembly in the construction of functional CNT architectures.


The COVID-19 deadly virus was first reported in Wuhan, China and so far gone on to spread to more than 50 countries across the globe. WHO declared COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11 March 2020 and there has been rising cases of infection of the virus. This study present data analysis and visualization of the confirmed, recovered, active and death cases in Nigeria. Cases was also compared to global active, confirmed, recovered and death cases. Different line graph analysis, dot graph analysis and the use of SIR model to further provide diagrammatical view and analysis of the cases in Nigeria. The model and analysis will help to interpret patterns of the virus and assist in further research and provide relevant information to the public concerning the virus.


Abstract The experimental nuclear structure data for 143 Nd have been reviewed. A summary of information obtained in various reaction and decay experiments is presented, together with the adopted level schemes.


A nalyzing dialects and colloquial speech, this study focuses on four research questions: What are the participants' attitudes towards dialect and colloquial speech and their usages? Are their language backgrounds reflected in the language attitudes? How are the German sub-standards translated into English? How are the language attitudes reflected (or not) in the translations?


In this study, we investigated the overall characteristics of protective gear for children by obtaining data on commodities distributed in domestic and overseas online markets. Based on the information, a commercial product with popular design was purchased, evaluated for fit, and analyzed based on the 3D structure of the hard shell. Currently, the commercial products are free size or follow the S-M size system. Majority of the products that are sold are comparatively cheap and are distributed without presenting product certification and evaluation results. In domestic as well as overseas markets, PVC is the most widely used material for the hard shell and air mesh, sponge, or EVA is frequently used for the inner foam. In terms of design features, fastening is mainly accomplished by a stretchable knit inserted within an elastic strap or the use of an elastic strap alone; in addition, some products have a pull-on style. The hard shell shapes mostly comprise the O and X types, and products without holes to upgrade the air permeability outnumbered the perforated products. Also, the study results indicated that none of the products have a segmented hard shell design. Evaluation of wearing sensation showed that children most prefer a pull-on style type made of knit textile without a hard shell because it facilitates easier movement, and provides comfort to the knees. In addition, the hard shell is rated as comfortable for products with large curvature in the longitudinal section and the wearing method is affected by the comfort in wear.


Often the response rate for a given market segment is a function of the relevance of the topic to that segment. Consequently, in situations where the topic interest differs among segments, it is not correct to use the proportion of returned responses that indicate interest in the topic as the estimate of the population proportion. The authors describe three different models useful in assessing differential response rates and the methods for estimating each model. An application of real survey data is used to compare and contrast the different estimates.


This paper provides a discussion of challenges of neural net adaptive flight control and an examination of stability and convergence issues of adaptive control algor ithms. Understanding stability and convergence issues with adaptive control is important in order to advance adaptive control to a higher technology readiness level. The stability and convergence of neural net learning law areinvestigated. The effect of unmodeled dynamics on learning law is examined. Potential improvements in the l earning law and adaptive control architecture based on optimal estimation are presented. The paper provid es a brief summary of the future research of the Integrated Resilient Aircraft Control (IRAC) in the area of adaptive flight control. The paper also discusses challenges and future research in verification and validati on.


Experimental studies are carried out on two different glass–epoxy composites (one room temperature curing epoxy–amine system and the other, an elevated temperature curing epoxy–amine system) subjected to two different curing techniques (thermal and microwave), in order to investigate the effects on their thermomechanical properties. Microwave (MW) curing is carried out using a laboratory scale, custom-built, multi-mode microwave cure chambery operating at a frequency of 2450 MHz. Tensile and interlaminar shear strength (ILSS) properties of the MW cured composites either compared well, or were superior, to those of their thermally cured counterparts, offering the added advantages of reduced cure cycle time, uniformity of cure, and substantial energy savings. Further, the glass transition temperature (Tg) values of MW cured composite laminates are slightly superior to those of thermally cured laminates.


In "Rights of Persons With Disabilities (RPWD) Bill, Disability has been defined based on an evolving and dynamic concept and the types of disabilities have been increased from existing 7 to 21 and the Central Government will have the power to add more types of disabilities.1 The Speech and Language Disability and Specific Learning Disability have been added for the first time. Acid Attack Victims have been included.


Case studies are a common teaching and learning tool within entrepreneurship and its parent discipline, business, as a method of bringing the nuances of realism to complex theoretical problems. However, within the
arts entrepreneurship field, they are used less frequently for pedagogical purposes and often with hesitation. Consequently, in this guide to the Case Study Edition, I aim to briefly:

provide a rationale for using case studies in arts entrepreneurship education;
illustrate what makes a good case study;
highlight the mechanics of writing case studies by clearly outlining the expectations of a submission to JAEE for both traditional research cases and teaching cases;
summarize the cases within this special issue and highlight why they demonstrate best practice example cases.


(57) Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for treating hyperlipidemia or hypercholesterolemia or both in a mammal, comprising an effective amount of fenofibrate, one or more polyglycolized glycerides pharmaceutical compositions pharmaceutical compositions containing a vehicle is provided.


Diet of the northern river otter (Lontra canadensis (Schreber, 1777)) has been examined throughout much of its range and across many habitat types. Few studies have examined prey selection based on prey abundance estimates, however, and prey selection results have been inconsistent. We determined composition, seasonal variation, and prey selection of otter diet in northern Utah comprising multiple habitat types and prey communities. We evaluated the hypothesis that otters take prey according to availability and in inverse proportion to swimming ability. Fish was the primary class of prey taken by otters (96.5%), followed by crustaceans (16.9%). Among families, otter diet was composed primarily of Salmonidae and Cottidae, the two families that dominated the fish community of the main-channel habitat. Otter diet varied seasonally for nearly all classes (G(24) = 127.8, P < 0.001) and families (G(18) = 132.94, P < 0.001) of prey. In particular, fish occurrence was lower during summer than during other seasons (P ≤ 0.05), whereas crustacean (i.e., crayfish (Astacoidea)) occurrence was higher (G(3) = 71.1, P < 0.001). At the family level, occurrence of Salmonidae was greatest during fall (G(3) = 11.7, P < 0.01). Within one of our habitat types, we found otters to select for prey in proportion to abundance and in inverse proportion to swimming ability, with otters selecting for Catostomidae and Cyprinidae, against Salmonidae, and Cottidae according to its abundance. We conclude that habitat type may be the initial driver of prey selection, while factors such as abundance, agility, and life history of prey may be secondary drivers.


In order to tackle the instantaneous parameters estimation of dynamic harmonic,a novel method is proposed for instantaneous harmonic parameters estimation. It is assumed that each harmonic component of a signal is spaced in frequency-limited domain in this paper. The output signal of the band-pass filter can be obtained via the signal convolution with the impulse response of an ideal band-pass filter. By expanding each filter output at the zero frequency,instantaneous parameter of the corresponding harmonic component can be estimated,and the instantaneous harmonic parameters estimation of multi-component signals can be realized. The results indicate that the method can archieve instantaneous amplitude and frequency estimation for dynamic harmonic,and it has high performance of precision and real-time utilization.


Secretory diarrhea remains a major infectious cause of mortality worldwide. We discovered that fenofibrate, a PPARα agonist prescribed widely for hyperlipidemia, dramatically suppressed intestinal Cl− secretion. Oral administration of fenofibrate (0.05% w/w) to mice for 6 days produced a marked inhibition (64% n=6) of cAMP‐induced Cl− secretory current without affecting basal 22Na+ or K+ (86Rb+) absorption by isolated distal colonic mucosae. A similar inhibitory effect was observed in jejunal and colonic mucosae pretreated in the Ussing chamber for just 30 min with 100 μM fenofibrate. The same treatment of cultured T84 cells inhibited cAMP‐induced electrogenic Cl− secretion by 82% (n=6) without affecting Ca2+‐induced Cl− secretion. Experiments on permeabilized T84 cells revealed that fenofibrate inhibits basolateral cAMP‐activated K+ current without affecting apical Cl− current. The inhibition persisted up to 6 h after fenofibrate washout and recovered fully after ~24 h. Our results suggest that fenofibrate suppresses intestinal Cl− secretion by a mechanism independent of transcriptional regulation through PPARα. Instead, fenofibrate or its intracellular metabolite fenofibric acid appears to inhibit basolateral K+ recycling via KCNQ1/KVLQT channels.


Vaccine Adjuvants: Immunological and Clinical Principles is a highly informative, clearly written collection of reviews by internationally recognized leaders in the field. Chapters cover the gamut from basic immune function (e.g., dendritic cells, toll-like receptors, nuclear factorB expression) to technical issues of adjuvant delivery systems (e.g., microparticles and DNA vaccines). The essays are densely packed with information that is supported by extensive bibliographies. The figures, all in black and white, are workman-like, but generally clear and illustrative of the text. Each chapter is highly readable and of a length that it can be read at a single sitting; however, this necessitates abbreviated discussions of underlying immunological principles. A more complete picture of the immunologic principles is eventually achieved, but one has to read every chapter to encounter such detail. In this regard, this book is geared to readers with some knowledge of innate immunity and/or adjuvant biology. The editors selected adjuvants to be discussed based on their ability to interact with specific innate immune receptors. This decision to focus on receptor–ligand interactions precludes consideration of currently licensed adjuvants, such as MF-59 (as well as other emulsions) or alum, even though they are mentioned indirectly. The first five chapters are essentially brief reviews of immunology with little discussion by the authors of how their topics might apply to adjuvant biology. The chapter by Arthur Krieg and Heather Davis on CpG oligodeoxynucleotides is a gem, with a review of the basic scientific observations and their application as an adjuvant for both prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines. It also includes discussions of the adjuvant effects following different routes of administration and on different target populations. The chapter concludes with a concise but excellent discussion of potential toxicities. This volume might have benefited from a stronger editorial hand. While the editors acknowledge that the chapters chosen for inclusion were highly "select," it would have been helpful to initially provide some historical survey on the use of vaccine adjuvants and an overview of types of adjuvants. This is particularly important because the editors note that by focusing on adjuvants that serve as ligands for cellular receptors, they omit licensed adjuvants. Furthermore, there is a review of Toll-like receptor biology in virtually every chapter, and hence much repetition. One also wonders on what basis some chapters were chosen. While many of the adjuvants that are under active study are included, some "adjuvants" are included because they stimulate innate immunity, such as glycosylphosphatidylinositol molecules from parasites or cellular carbohydrates. Although these molecules do stimulate innate immune responses, these chapters beg the question of whether all molecules that stimulate an innate immune response should be considered potential adjuvants. Surely ease and reproducibility of production should be addressed, for example. A rather lengthy chapter is devoted to muramyl peptide adjuvants that were derived from the active ingredient in Freund's adjuvant. We learn that, although only a few compounds survived rigorous evaluation as an adjuvant, the leading candidate, Murabutide, also failed as a vaccine adjuvant (the last cited clinical trial with this adjuvant was 20 years ago). Murabutide now is enjoying a second life as an immunomodulator of viral infections. In this rather fast-moving area, the authors could be forgiven the exclusion of relevant, recent findings. For example, the potential importance of tolllike receptor 2 (TLR2) receptor and its ligands as vaccine adjuvants has been increasingly reported. Protein carriers on conjugate vaccines, such as outer membrane proteins, have TLR2-stimulating activity. Indeed, TLR2 ligands have been incorporated into synthetic vaccines. Finally, TLR2 has been found on T lymphocytes, raising the possibility that adjuvants incorporating TLR2 ligands may be able to stimulate memory cells. Also, the role of intracellular nucleotide-binding oligomerization domains (NOD) receptors in the recognition of muramyl dipeptide has recently come to light. In the chapter on QS-21, which has been studied extensively in the clinic, this reviewer would have appreciated a discussion of the tolerability of the adjuvant (this was not addressed). The chapter on delivery systems for DNA vaccines, while filled with useful technical, yet practical, detail, did not mention the disappointing clinical experience with DNA vaccines in humans (as opposed to more promising results in mice) and how these delivery systems might change that situation. In summary, this volume is not intended as a comprehensive review of vaccine adjuvants for those wishing an introduction to the field. Rather, it provides well-written, highly referenced chapters on select topics in adjuvant biology that will prove quite useful to those with some familiarity with vaccines and adjuvants.


The paper compares entrepreneurship in similar cultural settings with a different path of development for 40 years. The analysis confirms a still lower level of entrepreneurship in East Germany in the year 2000, although patterns of entrepreneurship in both regions are broadly comparable. Entrepreneurs are predominately male, and they mainly operate in trade and services. But the analysis also shows distinctive characteristics of East German entrepreneurship, e.g., a higher participation of female entrepreneurs. Overall, the findings draw attention to the institutional embeddedness of entrepreneurship, which is influenced by the regulatory frame, societal values and norms of behaviour, which contributes to differences in the nature and extent of entrepreneurship.


Using the recently developed hydrostatic disc machine, a new form of gear lubricant failure has been investigated. This is called fatigue scoring and is caused by microcracks and micropits forming in the surface of heavily loaded surfaces, which drain away the oil in the contact. It is shown that failure is viscosity sensitive: the lower the viscosity, the lower the resistance to scoring. The correct choice of EP additive can raise the scoring load considerably, providing the additive is so chosen that it is active at the running temperature of the gear surface. Presented as an American Society of Lubrication Engineers paper at the ASME/ASLE International Lubrication Conference held in New York City, October 9–12, 1972


To synthesize a realistic appearance of mammals, it is necessary to express disorderly lie of hairs. "Shell texturing method", proposed by Lengyel [2001], is possible to synthesize realistic fur appearance over arbitrary surfaces in real-time. Prior to rendering, it is necessary to prepare several shell textures as a pre-process. However, acquiring appropriate shell textures is a complicated and time consuming work. In this paper, we present a novel method to acquire shell textures only from a single input picture of an actual animal fur. Since every shell textures are automatically computed by a pixel shader in run-time, it is not necessary any complicated pre-computation. Furthermore, conventional shell texturing method employs typically 16 textures which require huge graphics memory. Because our method requires only a single texture, we realize a significant reduction in memory usage for practical purpose.


Eighty Jersey or Friesian sired calves born at the Northfield Research Centre between July 1966 and June 1967, were assigned at birth to one of four calf rearing treatments: (1) standard feeding rate, fixed sheds; (2) high feeding rate, fixed sheds; (3) standard feeding rate, moveable sheds; (4) high feeding rate, moveable sheds. Calves were fed colostrum for four days after birth, and then were fed a milk replacer in each rate treatment twice daily according to live weight.


A prismatic beam made of a behaviorally nonlinear material was analyzed under a concentrated load moving with a known velocity on a nonlinear elastic foundation with a reaction [ qe = -K1W(1+ K2W2)]. the vibration equation of motion was derived using Hamilton principle and Euler Lagrange equation. The amplitude of vibration, circular frequency, bending moment, stress and deflection of the beam can be calculated by the presented solution. Considering the response of the beam, in the sense of its resonance, it was found that there is no critical velocity when the behavior of the beam and foundation material is assumed to be physically nonlinear and there are finite values for the deflection, stress and bending moment of the beam when


Researchers have increasingly adopted a web survey for data collection. Previous studies have examined factors leading to a web survey's success. However, virtually no empirical work has examined the effects of the three levels of forced responses or the two styles of question items displayed on a web survey's response rate. The current study attempted to fill this void. Using a quasi-experiment approach, we obtained 778 unique responses to six comparable web questionnaires of identical content. The analysis confirmed that (1) there were statistically significant differences across the surveys with the 100%-, 50%- and 0%-forced responses, and (2) there is not a significant difference between the response rates between surveys with scrolling and those with paging styles. In addition to extending the theoretical insight into factors contributing to a web survey's response rate, the findings have offered recommendations to enhance the response rate in a web survey project.


Subspace clustering for online data streams requires a large amount of memory resources as all subsets of data dimensions must be examined. In order to track the continuous change of clusters for a data stream in a finite memory space, in this paper, we propose a grid-based subspace clustering algorithm that effectively uses memory resources. Given an n-dimensional data stream, the distribution information of data items in data space is monitored by a grid-cell list. When the frequency of data items in the grid-cell list of the first level is high and it becomes a unit grid-cell, the grid-cell list of the next level is created as a child node in order to find clusters of all possible subspaces from the grid-cell. In this way, a maximum n-level grid-cell subspace tree is constructed, and a k-dimensional subspace cluster can be found at the k th level of the subspace grid-cell tree. Through experiments, it was confirmed that the proposed method uses computing resources more efficiently by expanding only the dense space while maintaining the same accuracy as the existing method.


Current approaches to game strategy make reference to the use of AI techniques in order the better predict the players' behavior. More recently the 3D sensor based gaming has spread rapidly in the PC and console gaming and gamers' communities. The sensor based gaming has changed dramatically the gaming design forcing it to move away from triggered scripts to more interactive reactions. This requires that games are designed such that they can adapt faster to the gamer reactions and behavior forcing the characters to react in an intelligent way by analyzing a variety of options and moves made by the user in the real space. The advent of 3D cameras and of the augmented virtual reality insertions into the game space via external sensors detecting users' moves and not buttons or keys pressed requires considering a new way of building a computer game. There is a stringent need to produce more and more intelligent engines to drive the game. In this paper we introduce and discus a series of aspects of game building when a 3D camera and movement sensors are used. The AI engine composition is discussed and shown that it has at its basis the opponent model which helps the engine learn from the data acquired. An evaluation function is also necessary. This evaluation function is built and tested on real data. The AI engine is also investigated in relation to a special language based on body or body parts movements.


Crohn's disease (CD) is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that can occur at any age. CD symptoms can have a significant impact on health-related quality of life (HRQL). Although key symptoms and impacts of CD in adults are well-known, they have not been well explored or documented in children and adolescents. The objective of this study was to explore the similarities and differences in CD symptoms and impacts across various age groups (children and adolescents) and develop a list of most common symptoms and impacts for these populations.

 Children (ages 5–11 years) and adolescents (ages 12–17 years) with CD and parents/caregivers of children with CD (ages 2–11 years) were recruited from US medical practices. Qualitative semi-structured interview guides were developed, informed by published literature. Face-to-face and telephone concept elicitation interviews were conducted, audio-recorded, and transcribed. Transcripts were analysed using thematic methods facilitated by NVivo.

 A total of 49 individuals participated in this study (child n = 11, adolescents n = 20, parents/caregivers n = 18). Preliminary results showed that there was a high level of qualitative agreement between CD symptoms in children and adolescents. The ranking of the top 15 symptoms was nearly identical between the two cohorts. The most frequently discussed symptoms (discussed by ≥75% of the participants in each cohort) were feeling gassy, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, incomplete evacuation, tiredness, and urgency. The second most frequently discussed symptoms (discussed by ≥50% of the participants in each cohort) were cramping, constipation, blood in stool, and frequent bowel movement. While abdominal cramping and blood in stool were discussed by ≥75% of the adolescents, 63% and 50% of the children discussed them respectively. Similarly, while bloating and nausea were discussed by ≥50% of adolescents, 38% and 25% of children discussed them, respectively. Finally, while vomiting was discussed by 50% of the children, 33% of the adolescents discussed it. Impacts due to CD were also regularly discussed across both cohorts but less so by the children. School and low mood/sadness were discussed by ≥50% of the participants in each cohort. Exercise/sport, play/leisure activities, annoyance/frustration, and eating/drinking limitations were discussed by ≥50% of the adolescents but <50% of the children.

 The results from the CE interviews show the clear burden of CD and that this is mostly similar across children and adolescents allowing for a future unified disease model to be developed.


the only positive effect of this dramatic crisis will be to realize that the phagocitary socialism of foreign money has left us without resources to react, and that damages affects specially the poorest. Now is a good time to decide once and for all in favor of capitalism which will make us richer and more free.


&NA; Osteoporosis is one of many health‐related conditions about which physical therapists routinely educate consumers. However, the process by which therapists provide education is variable. Malcolm Knowles introduced a model of adult education in the 1960s, called andragogy, which identified characteristics of how adults learn. While this framework for adult education has been widely used in the general education of adults, it has realized limited application in patient/client‐related instruction. The purpose of this manuscript is to demonstrate how Knowles' model of andragogy can be applied to the process of education‐based intervention with older adults. An example applied to individualized osteoporosis education is given.


Demographic changes in Buea, capital of Cameroon's South West region are taking place without quantitative and qualitative improvement in urban environmental services. Aggravated by improper management approach, lack of planning and high risk topography, the situation poses challenges to urban expansion. In addition to mounting housing deficits, poor housing practices and continuous hikes in cost of building land and rentable accommodation, conflicts exist between stakeholders in building land and accommodation sector which are partly attributed to the existence of natural and man-made factors that affect municipal expansion. The paper examines the problems and conflicts created by urban expansion in a municipality which is inadequately served with basic urban infrastructure and services and recommends collaboration between the various stakeholders and actors in the accommodation sector as the only way to lasting solution to growing urban problems in the municipality.


I try to assess the weak and strong points of the standard model of electro-magnetic, weak and strong forces, how it can be derived from general relativity by generalizing Riemannian to noncommutative geometry and what post- and predictions this unification of all four forces entails in particle physics.


Objectives: Helicobacter pylori infection is predominantly acquired in early childhood and persists for decades before causing disease. This study aimed to detect the prevalence of H. pylori infection and identify potential factors associated with infection in Duhok province, Iraq. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Duhok Province, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Over a four-year period from 2016 to 2020, a total of 381 children aged four to 18 years who attended the hospitals and were evaluated for specific IgG antibodies against H. pylori using serological tests were included. A questionnaire was completed at the start of the study. H. pylori serology data were analyzed using the chi-square test. Results: The seroprevalence of H. pylori IgG-specific antibodies among the study participants was 31%. The infection rate significantly increased with increasing age of the participants (p<0.001), from 19.8% among four to five-year-olds to 42.9% among 16 and 18-year-olds. The infection rate was significantly higher in girls (35.9%) than that in boys (26.5%) (p<0.047). Infections were also higher among university students (41%; p<0.001), children from the country-side population (41%; p<0.001), children from crowded households (67.3%; p<0.001), and children with a history of gastrointestinal pain (44.4%; p>0.001). Conclusion. The prevalence rate of H. pylori infection among children in Duhok province is quite similar to that reported in previous studies in the Kurdistan region, Iraq, and increases with age. University attendance, history of gastrointestinal pain, countryside population, and overcrowding were risk factors associated with H. pylori infection. Valuable approaches to improve sanitary purposes and educational and socioeconomic status should be emphasized and promoted to reduce the risk of H. pylori infection among children.


Recently, electrical power systems have emerged as the largest and most complex machine because of its inordinate growth due to technological innovations and because of geographical sprawl. This growth has necessitated a commensurate system for operation, monitoring, and control, which is known as the wide-area measurement system (WAMS). The edifice of WAMS is the phasor measurement unit (PMU). Its failure adversely affects WAMS as a whole; therefore, reliability analysis of the PMU is extremely essential. This paper uses hidden Markov model to perform the reliability analysis of PMU. Although many reliability evaluation methods have been used for computing steady-state probabilities, the proposed methodology has the unique ability to compute transient probability, leading to better system monitoring during transient states to ensure proper restorative initiatives. This paper validates the efficacy of the proposed methodology with relevant case studies for real-time application in a modern power system to ensure reliable monitoring using PMUs.


OBJECTIVE To provide sterilization instruments up to national standard in order to meet the need of sterilization for highland troops at high altitude. METHODS Using two sterilization instruments of same type and produced by same factory. To compare the effectiveness of sterilization between two instruments through chemical, biological and physical results. Effectiveness of sterilization was examined at different altitude, temperature and period of sterilization. RESULTS Effectiveness of sterilization was differed at different altitude, temperature and period of sterilization. Chemical indicator showed that when altitude≤5 380m, temperature ≥136℃ , and period of sterilization=16 min, chemical discoloration reached the black standard and chemical indicator showed negative. CONCLUSIONS It is important to adjust temperature and period of sterilization by high-altitude.


The synthesis, characterization and structural elucidation of some bis-chelates of composition [MCl2(ATP)2] (M = Ti (IV), Zr (IV), Pd (IV), Pt (IV) and Sn (IV); ATP = Deprotonated 2-aminothiophenol bidentate anion) are reported. The octahedral structure of metal chelates are deduced by elemental analysis, magnetic susceptibility measurements, IR, far-IR, UV-vis, and 1 H NMR spectral data.


The article shows the dynamics and specific structure of foreign investment into the RFs economy in 20082010; analyses the dynamics of direct foreign capital investment, branch and geographic distribution of the enterprises with the foreign capital in Russia, as well as the structure of direct foreign investments by the major investing countries.


A piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers(pMUT) array as the emitter of micro audio directional loudspeaker is studied to examine the feasibility of realizing in portable multimedia devices. The array element is multilayered that the circular PZT thin film with Au electrodes is adhered to the silicon on insulator. The radius and thickness effects of PZT and Si layer are studied and focused on the vibration characteristics which include first resonant frequency, electromechanical coupling coefficient and center flexural displacement. The directivity of the array is simulated. A 5*5 square array is fabricated and its impedance, sound pressure frequency response are measured and analysed. The experiment results indicate the feasibility of realizing the audio directional loudspeaker with low power consumption and micro size in portable multimedia devices as well as in mobile phone.


Maint point of my bachelor work is to show importance of the day light on human and ge-nerally on society. In teoretic part is situated widespread description of light and its separa-tion. Further on are quntityes, which are describing the light. In practical part I'm measu-ring factors of reflexion and transmission on material.


Spray latex foam for enhancing the sealing properties and barrier properties of the building meets the cavity wall is provided. Spray latex foam includes a latex system and a gaseous coagulating component. In at least one exemplary embodiment, carbon dioxide is included as a gaseous coagulating agent. One latex suitable for use in spray foams are polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), which has a flame retardancy and environmental durability. However, the preferred latex is a styrene - butadiene rubber (SBR). Latex system also includes a thixotropic agent, e.g., Laponite may include (R) RD synthetic clay. Spray latex foam is a polyurethane-free. Also, providing a latex system, and comprising the step of adding a gaseous coagulating component to the latex, a method of preparing a spray latex foam is provided. .FIELD 1


Sociolinguistics and the teaching of the language and culture of origin This essay addresses language teaching as a key area over the schooling period. Recent developments in language teaching methodology have contributed to improve language teaching.The long-established belief that it was enough to merely know a language in order to teach it has given way to reflection on the significance of language teaching and learning. There is now a firm understanding that the process of language teaching and learning


There are no reports of a child taking a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor and an atypical anti‐psychotic being successfully tapered from these medications after completion of cognitive‐behavioral therapy (CBT) for obsessive‐compulsive disorder. With this in mind, we report the case of an 8.5‐year–old male who was taking risperidone 0.5 mg bid, sertraline 100 mg, and atomoxetine 25 mg at presentation. After a successful course of CBT, we describe how medications were systematically withdrawn. Implications of this case on practice parameters (e.g., CBT may be an effective augmenting agent for those non‐responsive to initial pharmacological treatments) are highlighted. Depression and Anxiety, 2009. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


The only matters needing report in connection with my activities in atmospheric electricity are briefly noted in the following paragraphs.

(1) I have developed a theory which is explained in its title as follows: A Modification of the Electromagnetic Equations consistent with restricted relativity and providing a possible explanation of the origin of the Earth's, electric charge, of the Earth's magnetic field, and of gravitation. This paper was published in abstract form towards the end of my paper on "The Earth's Electric and Magnetic Phenomena," in the Journal of the Franklin Institute for February, 1926. It is now in process of publication in extended form in the Philosophical Magazine. It will also appear in the publication of the papers presented at the International Mathematical Congress in Toronto a couple of years ago.


Topsi, Famox F1, Corox F1, and Altox F1 radish cultivars grown in controlled continuous 20 and 12oC cabinets and they subjected to 0, 33, 66, and 100% depletion of peat moss available water capacity (AWC). The objective of this experiment was to analyze the yield of four cultivars of radish in response to varying continuous (no thermoperiodism) temperatures and irrigation levels. The obtained results revealed that 12oC tended to hasten the swelling of hypocotyl and performed better storage root yield on the account of leaves, especially when combined with adequate irrigation. 20oC temperatures substantially increased leaves yield on the account of storage roots, particularly when combined with adequate watering. Severe drought gave reduced entire plants, storage roots and leaves yields significantly. The significance order of cultivars categorized in to the following: Altox F1> Corox F1>Famox F1> Topsi, where Topsi appeared to favour 20oC. Adequately irrigated Altox F1 grown at continuous 12oC was the paramount treatment, as it gave the best yield of plant and storage roots. Other interaction treatments discussed in the results and discussion section.


Politics books are formed with the words of book and politics. As a literary genre, they deal with attitudes and behaviors of governors as well as their moralities and educational background. These works examines the peculiarities of an ideal governor should have. They also include information about state government skills. Further, ideal politic and moral attributes that a governor should carry are described. On the other hand, praises are the specific sections of Kaside and in poetic forms such as Gazel, Mesnevi is literary genre praising a person. The person that the Kaside is to be submitted in praises is certain. The person is praised with his positive attributes. A governor should be fair, generous, heroic, smart and knowledgeable. He must demolish corruption. He must create a peaceful and prosperity atmosphere for the people. All these attributes are used to praise the governor. The interlocutors are in both politics books and praises are state governors. The aim in the politics books is to show how to gain good attitudes whereas, in praises, the aim is to praise them. * Yrd. Doc. Dr., Kafkas Universitesi Fen Edebiyat Fakultesi Turk Dili ve Edebiyati Bolumu, email@example.com this paper, Nizâmulmulk's Siyâset-nâmesi and Yusuf Has Hacib's Kutadgu Bilig were examined as the samples. Related verses from Divan poets" praises were selected. The similarities between praises and politics books in terms of interlocutors and the themes were investigated. It was highlighted that while the poets were praising the governors they meant their ideal characters expected.


INTRODUCTION Bacteria such as Clostridium botulinum and Staphylococcus aureus, produce toxins as they proliferate within a food, and when the food is eaten, cause an intoxication. However, other agents have been found to cause food borne disease such as Bacillus cereus, enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, and Yersinia enterocolitica. The present review discusses on the remedial measures to reduce the microbial load in feed mainly by cooking and/or steam treatment [1]. The feed which is offered to swines is the major source of pathogenic microorganisms. Many bacterial pathogens that are conveyed by foods invade the intestinal mucosa (Salmonellae, some Shigellae and some enteropathogenic strains of Escherichia coli) causing true infection. Others release enterotoxins during growth or lysis (Vibrio cholerae, some enteropathogenic Escherichia coli), or during sporulation, Clostridium perfringens in the gut. Microbiological Investigation Reports on Animal Feed Pirie and Harrigan [2] found heat treatments caused a reduction of over 99.90% in Clostridium welchii added to the meat mix. Twenty of these above isolates were identifiable for their genus on the basis of the cultural, morphology, staining and biochemical characters and suggestive for belonging to Clostridium species. There are also reports on isolation of Clostridium perfringens from the poultry feed samples examined [3]. The concentration ranged from 102 to 2.30 x 103. Strong et al. [4] found the incidence of Clostridium perfringens was 4.10% in 610 food samples. Komnenov et al. [5] reported Clostridium perfringens from 64% out of total 86 feed samples (concentrates and mixes). Numerous studies showed that the major bacterial groups isolated from the pig intestine are Streptococcus, Lactobacillus, Prevotella, Selenomona, Mitsuokella, Megasphera, Clostridia, Eubacteria, Bacteroides, Fusobacteria, Acidodaminococci, and the Enterobacteria [6].


An antenna is designed for the radiometer application of the planned NASA Earth Science Geostationary Platforms in the 1990's. The antenna consists of two parts: a regular parabolic dish of 5 meters in diameter which converts the radiation from feeds into a collimated beam, and a movable mirror that redirects the beam to a prescribed scan direction. The mirror is composed of 28 segmented planar conducting plates, mostly one square meter in size. The secondary pattern of the antenna was analyzed based on a physical optics analysis. For frequencies between 50 and 230 GHz, and for a scan range of + or -8 deg (270 beamwidths scan at 230 GHz), the worst calculated beam efficiency is 95 percent. To cover such a wide frequency and scan range, each of the 28 plates is individually controlled for a tilting less than 4 deg, and for a sliding less than 0.5 cm. The sliding is done at discrete steps. At 230 GHz, a step size of 2 mil is sufficient. The plate positions must be reset for each frequency and for each scan direction. Once the position is set, the frequency bandwidth of the antenna is very narrow.


According to practical condition of distribution networks in China,a practicable algorithm that can find out exact position of faulty point in distribution network is proposed.By means of extracting positive-,negative-and zero-sequence components of both post-fault load current and voltage as well as considering the variation of line current before and after the fault,a set of linear equations of voltages and currents in distribution network before and after the fault is built,and the position of faulty point can be obtained by solving the equation set.The proposed algorithm is suitable to the location of various short-circuit faults occurred in distribution networks with neutral grounding via low resistance or that with neutral indirectly grounded,and the automatic online fault detection can be implemented by use of the proposed algorithm.


This paper narrates the entrepreneurial dimension of women in a semi-urban setting of Indian subcontinent. Survey method was followed to understand the transfiguration and survival of under-represented female business owners. The study explores how ordinary house wives have become enterprising business owners and juggle between family and business. The general problems presumably confronted by women micro-enterprises have been factored. The concurrence regarding the perceptions on Institutional linkages of women-owned enterprises have been obtained in the study.


Average tea yields in China are low by international standards and are extremely low when compared with yields obtained on experiment stations. This paper reports on a ten-year planting density trial undertaken by the Tea Research Institute in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. The green tea vegetatively-propagated clonal variety used in the trial is called Longjing 43'. Four different planting density levels were used in the trial. At the high densities used, this variety has yields which are more than ten times greater than the average for Zhejiang Province (...)


Vehicle yaw-rate control is important for realizing autonomous driving. If the desired yaw-rate response is realized, good autonomous driving can be realized. The gain-scheduled controller should be designed because vehicle has time-variant properties. However, it is difficult to design gain-scheduled controller in the case where vehicle parameters are unknown. To solve this problem, we expand virtual internal model tuning (VIMT) so as to realize desired yaw-rate responses. VIMT can tune the feedback controller by using one-shot experiment data. The processing cost is extremely low because the controller parameter can be obtained by using least square methods. In this study, we verify the validity of the proposed method through vehicle simulator of TruckMaker.


Background: School rugby injuries are a great concern to all rugby loving nations. There have been anecdotal reports by sport medical professionals that deviant quadriceps angle are associated with rugby knee injuries. This study aimed to document the nature of acute musculoskeletal rugby knee injuries among schoolboys participating in the Rugby A-League of the Upper Highway area of Kwa Zulu-Natal over a 12 month period (July 2013-June 2014). Materials and Methods: Data were collected from 115 high school rugby players via voluntary parental informed consent and player assent. Players completed a self-report musculoskeletal injury and exercise history questionnaire probing the nature of acute rugby knee injuries, predisposing risk factors (quadriceps angle, injury and exercise history). Probability was set at p ≤ 0.05. Results: Twenty-four players sustained acute musculoskeletal knee injuries (p<0.001). The mechanisms producing the acute musculoskeletal injuries, were tackling (52.1%), diving/falling (43.47%) and rapid rotational movement at high velocity (4.34%) (p<0.05). The intrinsic risk factor predisposing rugby players' to knee injury was deviant quadriceps angles (p<0.05). Exercise history did not predispose the players' to knee injury (p<0.05). Conclusion: Players sustained a high prevalence of knee injuries associated with deviant quadriceps angles.


Verbal communication is the most commonly used mean of communication. A spoken word carries a lot of information about speakers and their emotional states. In this paper we designed a model to recognize emotional states in a speech, a first phase of two phases in developing a toy machine that recognizes emotional states in a speech. We conducted an experiment to extract and analyse the emotional state of a speaker in relation with speech. To analyse the signal output we referred to three characteristics of sound as vector inputs and they are the followings: frequency, intensity, and period of tones. Also we made use of eight basic emotional parameters: surprise, anger, sadness, expectancy, acceptance, joy, hate, and fear which were portrayed by five selected students. In order to facilitate the differentiation of each spectrum features, we used the wavelet transform analysis. We applied ANFIS (Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System) in designing an emotion recognition model from a speech. In our findings, inference error was about 10%. The result of our experiment reveals that about 85% of the model applied is effective and reliable.


The ART code calculates transport behavior of aerosols and radionuclides during core meltdown accidents in the light water reactors. Since aerosols play an important role in carrying fission products from the core region to the environment, the ART code includes detailed models of aerosol behavior. Aerosols including several radionuclides are classified into many groups according to the aerosol mass. The models of aerosol behavior include agglomeration processes caused by Brownian motion, aerosol settling velocity difference and turbulent flow, and natural deposition processes due to diffusion, thermophoresis, diffusiophoresis, gravitational settling and forced convection.In order to examine validity of the ART models, the NSPP aerosol experiment was analyzed. The ART calculated results showed good agreement with the experimental data. It was ascertained that aerosol growth due to agglomeration, gravitational settling, thermophoresis in an air atmosphere, and diffusiophoresis in an air-steam atmosphere were important physical phenomena in the aerosol behavior.


Abstract : This paper is a study to determine the relative effectiveness of communications, command and control within the Naval Medical Command Northeast Region. Keywords: Written communications; Verbal communications; Geographic Commands (GEOCOMS); Organizational Behavior and Theory (OBT Organization Assessment (OA); Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). (kt)


The personality growth's outlook of humanistic psychology takes Maslow and Rogers as typical representative, bases on the theory of Existential Philosophy, affirms the latent energy and growth trend of personality, and puts forward the concept of health personality's structure and growing motivation of personality about self-actualization, opens up a new field in the personality research of the contemporary era. But because it ignores the scientific research methods of the experimental psychology and positivism, and spread the hypothesis that human nature is kindness unlimitly to the social condition of personality's growth and the ideal for changing the real society, it connot avert to evolve the basic defect of theory.


Four new high molecular weight, linear chain polyquinolines have been synthesized and fabricated into high quality free standing films. These polymers are characterized by moderate to high glass transition temperatures, excellent thermal and thermooxidative stability, extremely low dielectric constants and good planarizing characteristics. The polymers absorb very low quantities of moisture. As a consequence, the dielectric constant of one new polyquinoline has been shown to be quite insensitive to exposure to warm/wet conditions. Isothermal aging of one new derivative in air has been carried out at elevated temperatures (250 C to 345 C). The results demonstrate truly outstanding thermooxidative stability. Additional characterizations include molecular weight determinations, solubilities and film-forming characteristics, density measurements, and UV-Vis spectroscopy. The data acquired to date suggest that the polymers may find use as refractive films and coatings and as interlevel planarizers in microelectronics applications.


The article suggested that after a single episode of deep-vein thrombosis anticoagulant treatment should if possible be continued for at least 6 months. After reconsidering the evidence we think a shorter period, for 3 to 4 months, is more appropriate.


Under the background of the deepening reform in the new era, promoting the internationalization and construction of higher education is the fundamental path of transforming Chinese universities into world-class universities. This paper mainly studies the challenges faced by the internationalization of higher education in Shandong in the new era and the countermeasures for them. Among them, the predicament is expounded from several aspects, including the international school-running structure, the foreign high-quality educational resources, the international teachers, and the international exchanges and cooperation. Shandong's higher education is faced with problems in its internationalized school-running structure; hence, corresponding countermeasures are proposed. Shandong Province must adhere to the principle of "adapting measures to local conditions" in order to formulate medium and long-term development plans and pay attention to the construction of international teachers.


Construction of precast concrete bridges with spans ranging from 100 to over 600 ft is mostly based on use of self-launching machines. The launching units are complex and delicate structures that resist high loads on long spans under the same constraints that the obstruction to overpass exerts on the final structure, and are also adaptable for reuse on different projects. However, little has been written on these machines in spite of their cost, complexity, and sophistication. This article aims to illustrate the main features of self-launching bridge erection machines, and also offers some lessons learned during 27 years of the author's practice in the bridge industry and as an independent design-checker of launching units. Sections are devoted to: launching gantries, wheeled carriers for full-span precasting, design loads, modeling, support member instability, launch and lock systems, and load testing.


We calculate the intergalactic photon density as a function of both energy and redshift for 0 < z < 6 for photon energies from .003 eV to the Lyman limit cutoff at 13.6 eV in a ΛCDM universe with Ω Λ = 0 . 7 and Ω m = 0 . 3. The basic features of our backwards evolution model for galaxies were developed in Malkan and Stecker (1998 and 2001). With a few improvements, we find that this evolutionary model gives predictions of new deep number counts from Spitzer as well as a calculation spectral energy distribution of the diffuse infrared background which are in good agreement with the data. We then use our calculated intergalactic photon densities to extend previous work on the absorption of high energy γ -rays in intergalactic space owing to interactions with low energy photons and the 2.7 K cosmic microwave background radiation. We calculate the optical depth of the universe, τ , for γ -rays having energies from 4 GeV to 100 TeV emitted by sources at redshifts from 0 to 5. We also give an analytic fit with numerical coefficients for approximating τ ( E γ , z ). As an example of the application of our results, we calculate the absorbed spectrum of the blazar PKS 2155-304 at z = 0 . 117 and compare it with the spectrum observed by the H.E.S.S. air Cherenkov γ -ray telescope array.


This article presents a distributed current-source (DCS) model considering the perturbation of the eddy-current (EC) field and its EC-generated magnetic flux density (MFD) caused by the defect in a moving conductor. The perturbed EC field, which is formulated into two subproblems (with and without a defect) in state space, is iteratively solved for the transient responses of a 3-D EC system and used to analyze the parametric effects on the fine and coarse detection of cavity defects. The DCS model improves the computational efficiency by reducing the solution domain and the number of experiments for parameter optimization, leading to the development of an EC probe consisting of an MFD sensor and a pair of rectangular electromagnets. Experimentally evaluated on a testbed configured on a computer numerical control (CNC) lathe for 2-D area scanning, the findings demonstrate the feasibility of mechanical scanning at a high speed to improve EC detection efficiency.


Multi-resolution ESPRIT is an extension of the ESPRIT direction finding algorithm to antenna arrays with multiple baselines. A short (half wavelength) baseline is necessary to avoid aliasing, a long baseline is preferred for accuracy. The MR-ESPRIT algorithm allows to combine both estimates. The same algorithm can be used for multi-resolution frequency estimation, by combining two different sampling frequencies. We show how this can be used to construct a joint angle-frequency estimator.


In the teaching of physical sciences, computers are a means of achieving educational goals. In this paper, a proposal is presented for the teaching of the chemistry module of "Acids-Bases-Salts" with the contribution of video recorded educational experiments. The visualization of phenomena is a useful tool in the hands of professors so that students are able to understand abstract and symbolic concepts about this specific subject matter.


Cordless phone systems operating at 900 MHz in the United States have gained popularity over the older 49 MHz analog systems. The driver that has made these 900 MHz systems popular, is performance at the right price for consumer applications. This paper reviews architectures and shows examples of highly integrated RFICs applicable for this market.


An extended definition is given for the "frequency" of a nonsinusoidal wave based on the Fourier-integral representation of it. This definition agrees with our intuitive concept of frequency if the wave is a usual radio signal. Little difficulty is encountered in making a receiver that converts frequency changes into changes in direct output with good linearity in the absence of interference. However the presence of a second signal superposed on the first not only gives rise to amplitude modulation at a beat-frequency rate but it also effectively widens the spectrum. These interference effects can be substantially eliminated if the receiver is provided with a rapid-acting limiter and discriminator. The latter should be capable of linear detection over the widened frequency range. Further, the stages preceding the limiter must have essentially constant transmission over the frequency range occupied by the desired signal. Circuits and techniques are described for the construction of a receiver that will respond faithfully to rapid changes of the frequency in spite of simultaneous rapid changes of the amplitude of a received signal. Biased crystal limiters and a rapid-acting discriminator having an extremely linear output vs. frequency characteristic are discussed. The spectrum of two carriers after limiting is calculated and tabulated. A possibility for reducing the receiver bandwidth after limiting is discussed, but a complete conclusion is not reached.


Speed of sound profiles of an unseeded hot, supersonic, axisymmetric free air jet at atmospheric pressure are measured with 2% uncertainty using laser-induced electrostrictive gratings. Signal level and lifetime decay with increasing temperature, and no data are obtained for static temperatures above 540 K. The influence of temperature, turbulence, beam steering, and mechanical vibrations on the signal amplitude and lifetime is examined quantitatively. It is argued that electrostrictive gratings are applicable for thermometry and velocimetry in supersonic combustors by employing a powerful pulsed infrared probe beam. The significantly larger beam power raises the signal level by three orders of magnitude, whereas the longer wavelength reduces the effects of beam steering by increasing the angular separation between probe and signal beam.


Johann Georg Hamann (1730-88), Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803), and Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805), two sons of Prussian pietists and a Swabian poet, are among a handful of thinkers most responsible for initiating a holistic turn in German thought in the second half of the eighteenth century. If this era is generally associated with the end of the Enlightenment, the writings of Hamann, Herder, and Schiller represent the German "Counter-Enlightenment," dedicated to the premise that the genuine meanings of things derive from their interactive functions in a developing, self-determining whole. Hamann and Herder are also known to historians of German culture as prime movers of the so-called "Storm and Stress" ( Sturm und Drang ) movement epitomized in the theater - its artform of choice - by the early plays of Schiller ( The Robbers ) and Goethe ( Gotz of Berlichingen ). This highly self-reflective movement derives from an identity crisis that is both national and philosophical, because the effort to establish a distinctively German literature in the face of France's cultural hegemony coincides with the question of the nature of reason itself.


For adapting to development and reforms of medical college, according to analysis of the structure of teaching staff in medical colleges at present, it is essentially to train teaching staff in their college. During the period of teaching staff training, some factors must be considered, such as training directions, effective training systems, reasonable training mode and content. So, teaching staff can make great progress and their structure of knowledge will be renew. It will improve the teaching ability of teaching staff and boosting teaching quality of college.


The invention relates to a method for preparing boron-containing peritectic steel. The method is characterized in that the end-point molten steel of a converter has the carbon content of not less than 0.05wt%, the phosphorus content of not more than 0.025wt% of P and the tapping temperature of 1610-1645 DEG C; the continuous casting superheat degree is controlled at 30 +/-5 DEG C; the pulling speed is controlled within the range from 2.2 to 2.4 m/min; the water flow of a crystallizer is reduced to 140m /h; the casting powder with low melting point is adopted; a cold water meter is adopted as a spraying water meter; when the pulling speed is 2.2 m/min, a first section of water volume in a secondary cooling zone is 6.09 L/min, a second section of water volume is 3.00 L/min, a third section of water volume is 0.62 L/min; and when the pulling speed is 2.4 m/min, the first section of water volume in the secondary cooling zone is 7.25 L/min, the second section of water volume is 3.34 L/min, a third section of water volume is 1.24 L/min. The method has the advantage that occurrence of hot cracks at the corner of SWRCH18KB boron-containing peritectic steel is avoided on the premise of keeping a process route.


The magnet-to-magnet variations in the dipole field of superconducting accelerator magnets must fall within specified tolerances to avoid excessive beam losses during injection. At injection field levels ([approximately] 0.4 T for RHIC), the variations in the field attributable to the iron arise from variations in the chemical impurities, cold working and heat treatment. These structure-sensitive effects can be characterized by measuring the permeability and coercive force, H[sub c], of iron samples. A digital permeameter was developed to perform precise measurements of the magnetic properties of ring samples. An arbitrary function generator and two high-precision digital multimeters were connected to a desktop computer using the IEEE-488 bus, and software was written to automatically acquire and analyze the data. Through the use of the arbitrary waveform generator, the effect of varying the period of the B-H loop and the effect of varying the shape of the H waveform were explored. The effects of annealing, bending and flattening, and temperature on H[sub c] and the relative permeability have been investigated for samples of magnet steel from several manufacturers.


Comparison of the results of pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) and the resection with drainage operations (RDO) in the patients, suffering from the chronic pancreatitis (CP), according to both the efficiency of stopping a painful syndrome and quality of life which provide these kinds of surgical interventions was a research objective. During the period from 2002 up to 2008 in 16 patients suffering from CP, the gastropancreatoduodenal resection (n=6) or pylorus-preserving resection (PPDR [n=10]), and 16 RDO procedure Partingtone-Rochelle (ОPR [n=11]) or Frey operation (OF [n=5]) were made. The results of surgical treatment in these two groups have been analyzed according to the character of the postoperative complications and figures of the questionnaire aimed to estimate the quality of life SF-36 v.2тм. On the basis of the received data such as PD, RDO adequately stops a painful syndrome and improve quality of life of patients suffering from CP. Under equal conditions the preference should be given to RDO as they provide more significant gain of the results of physical and psycho-emotional components of the quality of life in the operated patients.


Background Concept mapping is a teaching and learning strategy that establishes a bridge between howpeople learn knowledge and sensible learning.
Aim The present study aims to explore the effect of concept mapping based learning on students' cognitive learning levels in nursing administration course.
Methods It is a quasi- experimental study. The study was conducted in faculty of nursing –Helwan University. Subjects were composed of all 4th year students (102) in faculty of nursing Helwan University, for the academic year 2012-2013, . Two types of Questionnaire formats were used (Students' knowledge about concept mapping questionnaire format and satisfaction questionnaire format) plus concept map assessment Rubric and students' achievement test in collecting data for this study.Findings The majority of the experimental students before awareness sessions were lack knowledge about concept mapping. Also, regarding applications concept map scoring rubric assignments the majority of the experimental students had moderate score in the 1st assignment and high score in 2nd assignment. As evident, the majority of the studied students either control or experimental had low score in pre-test. While, in the posttest the majority of experimental had high score. Most of them perceived concept mapping positively as alearning tool. Conclusion There was a high significant difference between experimental students' knowledge about concept mapping before and after awareness sessions, concept mapping improved students' meaningful learning levels. Finally, most of experimental students perceived concept mapping positively.


The signal of high station travels far away and overlaps adjacent station. Because LTE is made by same frequency, this means the same frequency interference and the decline of rate. But in reality, due to various reasons, lots of high stations have been built. It will bring huge cost if all these high stations are closed and rebuilt. This paper has provided the evaluation method of high station effect on TD-LTE network performance, combining with lots of driver test data to quantize high station effect on network performance. Then we have combined with the actual case to evaluate the high stations in the existing network, and according to the evaluation results to determine the handling methods. This method has improved the network performance, reduced the cost, and improved the optimization effi ciency.


For a given amount of solid pharmaceutical packaging part of the system, comprising: a plurality of dosing stations assigned to quantify the solid drug moiety (2), a plurality of guide tubes (7), for receiving the guide tube (7) of the guide a plurality of drug moieties collection container (17), and at least a portion of each medicament for transportation collection container (17) to the collection bag, and the bag is closed. The guide tube (7) is connected to the guide tube (7) transmission means (6a, 6b, 8,10,11,12,15,16) movable along the dosing station, wherein each of the guide tube (7) when a guide tube (7) is positioned in at least one dosing station (2), receiving at least a portion of the drug from the dosing station (2), and either the guide portion of the tube received by the guide (7) passage opening. Collection container (17) is also connected to the transmission means (6a, 6b, 8,10,11,12,15,16), so that each collecting container (17) can be positioned in a guide tube (7) to a passage opening by receiving the drug portion of the guide tube (7) guided.


Abstract : Kurtosis plays important role in defining shape characteristics of a probability distribution, and also in extracting as well as sorting independent components. From recent research on various versions of classical kurtosis we see that all the measures substantially underestimate kurtosis parameter and exhibit high variability when underlying population distribution is highly skewed or heavy tailed. This is unwanted for independent component analysis (ICA). In this paper, we propose a bootstrap bias corrected kurtosis estimator and compare performances of proposed bootstrap bias corrected estimator with two empirical bias corrected kurtosis measure that is found best in recent works. We use both simulated and real data and investigate the bias, standard error, MSE of each estimator under a variety of situations and also take help of various plots to judge their performances. We observe that our proposed bootstrap bias corrected kurtosis estimators perform better than the class of classical estimators for non-normal situations of univariate population. We then apply our measure in sorting independent components of both data sets and try to examine the capacity of PCA, ICA and ICA on PCA for finding groups. In both data sets ICA on PCA a new visualization technique shows the maximum discriminating power whereas PCA the least. We recommend using our proposed measure in both extracting and sorting independent components.