Graphene oxide foils were irradiated by Nd:YAG laser at the moderated intensities of the order of 10 8 W/cm 2 in vacuum. Measurements of atomic emission during the laser irradiation were performed with ion collectors and mass spectrometry, demonstrating a strong emission of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen atoms. Further investigations of the irradiated graphene oxide foils were carried out on pristine and laser irradiated samples by using Rutherford backscattering spectrometry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Results indicate that graphene oxide losses oxygen and hydrogen during the irradiation, changing its carbon content and its chemical and physical properties.


Chapter 1 The End of School Reform Chapter 2 Three Major Movements-And No More Chapter 3 The Death of Progressive Education Chapter 4 The Limits of Educating the Poor Chapter 5 The Trouble with National Standards Chapter 6 The End of Public Schools? Chapter 7 A New Direction


A method of determining a plane of a determined number of frequencies to be allocated to a plurality of base stations (11-14) of cells of management (14) of a cellular wireless telephone network wherein, an algorithm executed by a computing system with a determined number of carrier frequencies (fi, fj) of radio communication, - assigns, to a cell in (1), a frequency (fk) associated with a minimum estimated disturbance, and - by selecting another cell (2-4) the remainder of the plurality to be treated, progressively develops a chain of downstream cells mutually within radio range by repeating for each of the above steps, the method being characterized in that: - the system compares the estimated disturbance levels the threshold (Sh), - the system defines a cell remaining in eliminating the remainder of the plurality of cells to be treated, the cells (3-4) associated with a level of disrupted ation below the threshold, and - when said remaining cells (2) was defined thereby developing a first portion of allocated frequency cell string, the algorithm generates a second section of the channel by frequency assignment to untreated cells (3-4) the remaining searching for other frequency assignment to be assigned to these remaining cells by reiteration of steps until the remainder is an empty set .


Fingerprint images vary in quality. In order to ensure that the performance of an automatic fingerprint identification system (AFIS) will be robust with respect to the quality of input fingerprint images, it is essential to incorporate a fingerprint enhancement module in the AFIS system. We introduce a new fingerprint enhancement algorithm which decomposes the input fingerprint image into a set of filtered images. From the filtered images, the orientation field is estimated and a quality mask which distinguishes the recoverable and unrecoverable corrupted regions in the input image is generated. The input fingerprint image is adaptively enhanced in the recoverable regions. The performance of our algorithm has been evaluated on an online fingerprint verification system using the MSU fingerprint database containing over 600 fingerprint images. Experimental results show that our enhancement algorithm improves the performance of the online fingerprint verification system and makes it more robust with respect to the quality of input fingerprint images.


We demonstrate the first depletion-mode modulators in polysilicon bulk CMOS. They use a new, wiggler-mode microcavity for process compatibility with fully-etched silicon and lateral pn junctions. We show 4.2dB extinction and 60fJ energy/bit at 5Gbps.


1. A study has been made of sodium efflux from single muscle fibres of the crab Maia squinado, and of the effect of inhibitors and uncouplers on this efflux, using the microsyringe technique.


ed from the real world, become divorced from the real world, and are set up against it as something independent, as laws coming from outside, to which the world has to conform.' [64] In other words, mathematics is not a mere guess, a mere speculative 'conjecture', which fits the world and reflects reality purely by chance, as Popper suggests. This surely is the most incredible and absurd account. On the contrary, it is the outcome of a lengthy process of experiment and practice, and


A most general formalism based on the Lattice-Fluid theory of polymer solutions is presented for multicomponent mixtures of random copolymers which may consist of any number of different types of monomers. Particular emphasis is given to the phase stability in these mixtures. Equations for the spinodals and the critical points are presented. The formalism is subsequently applied to a number of interesting cases of ternary (co)polymer mixtures such as: mixtures of three random copolymers with the same monomers A and B but in different proportions (A B + A B + A B) mixtures of homopolymers Am and Bn with the random copolymer Ai Bj, and mixtures of the random copolymers (A B + A B + A C). The effect of temperature on the phase behavior of these systems is discussed. The agreement of theoretical predictions with available experimental information is satisfactory. Because of its simplicity, the model may be used as a tool for studying multicomponent mixtures exhibiting lower or upper critical solution temperature behavior.


Firefighting is a life-threatening situation, they are exposed to extreme heat fire and explosion. Burn injury is the most common injury occur in firefighting. The firefighters are enforced to used personal protective clothing to protect them against fire. The purpose of the study is to assess the effectiveness of fire fighter's personal protective clothing by utilizing heat transfer model in finite element analysis. The model applied bioheat equation to solve heat transfer through living tissue at muscle area with consideration of metabolic heat generation and blood profusion. The validation of the heat transfer model was performed by comparing the predicted and measured skin temperatures with an acceptable error of less than 20%. The study found the skin temperature increases significantly with the heat flux intensities. The heat flux of 1200W/m causes to skin temperature 38.3°C. Skin temperature will gradually rise at t = 0 second and approaches it's steady at t =198 seconds. The maximum air gap thickness reduces the heat stress effect. The reduction of 1 mm air gap thickness contributes to an increment of 0.2°C of the skin temperature. © 2019 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy.org.UK


OBJECTIVE
To investigate the in vitro inhibition effect of the rabbit serum immunized with P. falciparum chimeric protein on the parasites by lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) method.

METHODS
Sera of rabbits immunized with P. falciparum chimeric protein were used as test sample, with an initial parasitemia of (0.4 +/- 0.1)% and 2% hematocrit suspension. After 40-42 h of cultivation, LDH assay and a traditional microscopical method were applied to obtain the parasite inhibition rate and infection rate of erythrocytes.

RESULTS
Sera of rabbits immunized with the protein showed a strong in vitro inhibition effect on P. falciparum. There was no significant difference of inhibition rates detected by the two methods (97% and 100% respectively) (P>0.05).

CONCLUSION
The LDH method applied in the in vitro inhibition assay for P. falciparum seems simple, reliable and has generated a satisfactory result.


Pleistocene deposits in alpine Pierre Saint-Martin cave are preserved in an abandoned river gallery. The deposits, 300 m long and 25 m high, are composed of a lower unit of fallen blocks overlain by debris flows, a main unit of laminated clay, and a series of river terraces inset into these units. The lower and main units are each overlain by speleothems. The lower unit represents a cold period, probably isotope stage 10. Corroded speleothems above it have given U/Th ages greater than 300,000–330,000 yr B.P. The main unit, with carbonate-rich varves devoid of pollen, represents a glaciation that occurred before 225,000 yr B.P. and probably correlates with stage 8, even though such a glaciation has not been previously recognized in the Pyrenees. The river terraces, covered by many noncorroded speleothems, probably formed during stage 7 (U/Th ages between 194,000 and 211,000–225,000 yr B.P.). Subsequent sinking of an underground river protected the deposits from erosion.


Tourism is the fastest growing economic sector in Botswana, and is in all essential wildlife based. Thus, an increased knowledge of how wild mammal communities are affected by other land use practises is highly important. Sustainable use of wild resources, may improve the economy and livelihood for local human communities, and presumably also help maintaining biodiversity and the unique composition of African savanna ecosystems. This study investigates the effect that different land uses have on mammal communities in the southern Kalahari in the wet season. Mammals from the size of mongooses and larger as well as ostriches and livestock were counted along 25 predetermined transects in four land use types, i.e. Fenced Ranches, Communal Grazing Areas, Wildlife Management Areas and National Park. Recent studies show a rapid decline in densities of large mammals in the dry savannas of Kalahari. The effect of land use on wildlife may be most pronounced in the dry season, when food is scarce and of poor quality. By complementing the data collected in the dry season of 2002 with data from the wet season, an overall picture of the wildlife situation could be examined. I found that land uses have an obvious effect on wildlife, from species richness to composition of mammal communities, in livestock areas, i.e. Fenched Ranches and Communal Grazing Areas. No obvious difference between seasons could be found.


There is very little academic research in population,economic and environmental coordinated development,the key to realizing the sustainable development of the capital.In this paper,we have a comprehensive evaluation using principal component analysis on population,economic and environment systems through the establishment of coordination model of coefficient of variation for quantitative analysis of the coordination degree in Beijing from 1996 to 2010. The results show that the coordination degree has been improving in Beijing these years,but still not a high level.In the future we still need to pay attention to improve the quality of workers, enhance the level of population development;continue to change the mode of economic growth and consolidation of the effects of environmental governance.


The coal-fired power stations are particularly complex, important polluting agents. The chimneys for evacuation of burning gases represent the high polluting sources on the environment, while the ash dumps – low sources. The Rovinari coal-fired power stations has an installed power of 1720 MW, including several energetic groups built in 1972-1979 period and it use as a fuel the lignite extracted by surface mining in the respective area. From the geomorphological viewpoint, this area belongs to the Câlnic-Câmpul Mare inter-hilly depression whose altitude, at the Rovinari, is 150 m. The soil forming factors causing the soil evolution have been the rock, parental material and relief, all of them determining the evolution of lithomorphic zonal soils. The soils in the analyzed area represented by the classes: luvisols, hydrisols, cambisols and protisols. The subject of this paper is dealing with the loading degree of soils in the territory affected by the emissions from the Rovinari coal-fired power station. In this, soil samples have been collected from 40 main soil profiles oriented to all the cardinal directions. These soil samples have been analyzed in order to know: pH, base saturation degree, humus, total nitrogen, mobile phosphorus and potassium and sulfur. Within the zone influenced by the Rovinari coal-fired power station, the main pollutants are sulfur dioxide, coal dust and the ash whi ch contains carbon as well as silicon dioxide, aluminium oxides, and alkaline and alkaline earth metals (Ca, Mg, K), pollution which affects the normal contents of soil, on the one hand, and the concentrations in plants and the human health, on the other hand.


PurposeThis study aims to investigate how bricolage and improvisation increase the opportunities for supply chain integration of contract manufacturers. Connecting bricolage/improvisation with resource dependence theory offers an appropriate theoretical lens with which to understand the increasing focus on the view that bricolage and improvisation are feasible ways to create desired resources for contract manufacturers. Such resources can then enhance the autonomy of contract manufacturers in supply chain by building contract manufacturer–supply chain partner relationship interdependencies.Design/methodology/approachGiven that the primary focus of the study was whether and how contract manufacturers respond to resource constraints, namely, bricolage and improvisation and environmental uncertainty as a moderating effect of fastener contract manufacturers' supplier/buyer integration, only firms that had contractual agreements involving manufacturing services for original equipment manufacturer and/or original design manufacture data were included in this population. This study selected a population from a list of 674 fastener firms provided by the Taiwan Industrial Fastener Institute in 2020 using a mailed survey to test the hypotheses. By the beginning of 2022, 165 completed questionnaires were returned, and the total useable sample was 158.FindingsHypotheses are tested using 158 contract manufacturers of the Taiwanese fastener industry. Results show that bricolage can lead contract manufacturers to initiate supplier and buyer integration. The moderating effect of environmental uncertainty further strengthens the above positive relationships. Without the moderating effect of the environmental uncertainty, improvisation leads contract manufacturers to initiate only supplier but not buyer integration. However, when the moderating effect of environmental uncertainty is included, improvisation leads contract manufacturers to initiate only buyer integration.Originality/valueThis finding highlights the importance of the environmental uncertainty when contract manufacturers adopt bricolage/improvisation to initiate supply chain integration.


In this paper, three metaheuristics are proposed for solving a class of job shop, open shop, and mixed shop scheduling problems. We evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithms by means of a set of Lawrence's benchmark instances for the job shop problem, a set of randomly generated instances for the open shop problem, and a combined job shop and open shop test data for the mixed shop problem. The computational results show that the proposed algorithms perform extremely well on all these three types of shop scheduling problems. The results also reveal that the mixed shop problem is relatively easier to solve than the job shop problem due to the fact that the scheduling procedure becomes more flexible by the inclusion of more open shop jobs in the mixed shop.


The basic structure of biological systems, divided in cells and cell organelles, seems to be an essential strategy of living matter. The cell membrane is able to maintain a specific singular chemical composition in the cell compartments under conditions that are far from equilibrium, permitting a spatiotemporal organization of biological processes. If on the one hand it is necessary to know the structure and function of the cell membrane components, on the other hand one has to explain the fundamental thermodynamic properties of these open systems and show how biological order is achieved


Determination of the late marginal heading date (LMHD), which would allow estimation of the late marginal seeding date and the late marginal transplanting date, would help identification of potential double cropping areas and, as a result, establishment of cropping systems. The objective of this study was to determine the LMHD at 51 sites in Korea. For these sites, weather data were obtained from 1971 to 2000 and from 1981 to 2010, which represent past and current normal climate conditions, respectively. To examine crop productivity on the LMHD, climatic yield potential (CYP) was determined to represent the potential yield under a given climate condition. The LMHD was calculated using accumulated temperature for 40 days with threshold values of 760 o C, 800 o C, 840 o C and 880 o C. The value of CYP on a given LMHD was determined using mean temperature and sunshine duration for 40 days from the LMHD. The value of CYP on the LMHD was divided by the maximum value of CYP (CYPmax) in a season to represent the relative yield on the LMHD compared with the potential yield in the season. Our results indicated that the LMHD was delayed at most sites under current normal conditions compared with past conditions. Spatial variation of the LMHD differed by the threshold temperature. Overall, the minimum value of CYP/ CYPmax was 81.8% under all of given conditions. In most cases, the value of CYP/CYPmax was >90%, which suggested that yield could be comparable to the potential yield even though heading would have occurred on the LMHD. When the LMHD could be scheduled later without considerable reduction in yield, the late marginal transplanting date could also be delayed accordingly, which would facilitate doublecropping in many areas in Korea. Yield could be affected by sudden change of temperature during a grain filling period. Yet, CYP was calculated using mean temperature and sunshine duration for 40 days after heading. Thus, the value of CYP/CYPmax may not represent actual yield potential due to change of the LMHD, which suggested that further study would be merited to take into account the effect of weather events during grain filling periods on yield using crop growth model and field experiments.


[Purpose] The purpose of the present study was to compare the reliability of 2 hand-held dynamometers (HHD-1, 2) with different designs, by performing isometric knee muscle extension measurements two times each. [Subjects] The subjects were 40 young healthy adults. [Methods] The reliability of the measurements was examined using Bland-Altman analysis. [Results] Bland-Altman analysis found a fixed bias in measurements made by HHD-1 with an average limits of agreement (LOA) value of −2.1 kgf. For HHD-2, only random errors were detected, and the minimal detectable change (MDC) was 11.4 kgf. Fixed biases were observed between the two devices with an average LOA value of 2.2 kgf. When the bodyweight ratio was used, fixed biases were observed in measurements made by both devices, and the average value of LOA was −0.03 kgf/kg. The comparison of the two devices revealed only random errors, and MDC was 0.22 kgf/kg. [Conclusion] For HHD measurements using these two devices, the appropriate number of measurements is two times, and comparison of measurement values between the two devices should be avoided.


In this paper, improvement of the transient response of voltage-mode controller with the ripple-based circuit for an on-chip buck converter is proposed. The main purpose of the proposed circuit is to enhance the load transient response while maintaining the system stability. For the ripple-based circuit, a low-pass filter is used to generate a voltage signal similar to the inductor current waveform. This voltage signal is then injected into the voltage feedback with a bypass capacitor. Such a ripple-based control circuit can prevent instability caused by the output ceramic capacitors for buck converters. Because the voltage-mode controller does not require the current sensor, it can allow elimination of quiescent current caused by the current-mode controller and avoid the current sensor bandwidth limitation, which tends to result in high frequency distortion. This paper will discuss the design methodology of voltage-mode controller using ripple-based circuit for an on-chip buck converter. An on-chip 5-V input, 3.3-V and 1-A output ripple-based buck converter control is simulated and implemented with hardware prototype to verify the transient response improvement and stable operation during load step-up and - down dynamics.


Mao Zedong had always thought highly of the effects of moral education. He had not only initiated and practiced a series of revolutionary moral standards, but also put forward his original ideas about how to perform the revolutionary moral education. It is practical to further understanding Jiang Zemin's thought of "managing state affairs with morality" by analyzing and probing into Mao Zedong's thought of moral education.


This study aim at understanding the void formation, transport mechanisms and porosity evolution during OoA consolidation process. The laminates were conformed by stacking and compacting of prepregs by two different technologies: manual (Hand lay-up, HLU) and automatic (Automated fiber placement, AFP). Subsequently the laminates were cured by the vacuum bag only (VBO) technique in an industrial oven at atmospheric pressure. The porosity characterization was performed using ultrasound and x-ray tomography technologies at different stages of the cure cycle. Ultrasonic inspections showed that the porosity is heterogeneously distributed, where the higher volumetric fraction of pores is located in the center of the laminate. X-ray tomography provided three-dimensional (3D) information of samples of the laminates and it allowed a quantitative and qualitative study of the pores within the tows of fibers and the porosity located between the layers of prepregs during the curing process.
The prepregs designed for out of autoclave are partially impregnated in such a way to provide air evacuation channels in the fiber tows. The porosity of these channels was efficiently extracted and a volumetric fraction of pores entrapped between layers were evacuated during the curing process. The behavior of the evacuation channels and the porosity evolution for both stacking technologies were compared. An analytical model of the evolution of a pore was also developed.


In this paper we use German Microcensus data to investigate whether the positive relationship between higher levels of schooling and health is causal by exploiting a natural experiment in Western Germany. During the 1960's and 1970's the educational system greatly expanded in Western Germany, but the timing of the educational expansion differed between states. This introduces exogenous variation in the accessibility of the schooling system which in turn affects individuals' schooling choices. We find that schooling improves health both for men and women but that this effect is stronger for men. One way that schooling improves health is that better educated people refrain from smoking and are less often overweight, thereby reducing risk factors for serious illnesses. This protective effect of education is again stronger for men than for women.


Neurogenin3(Ngn3),a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor,plays a central role in endocrine pancreas differentiation and the development of pancreas.Our previous study has shown that Ngn3 protein has the ability to permeate cells.Recent reports have suggested bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells as a potential renewable source for pancreatic islet cells.The isolated rat mesenchymal stem cells(rMSCs) were treated with Ngn3 protein by protein transduction.After the treatment of Ngn3,they took morphologically changes which formed clusters like islet of Langerhans within one month and expressed insulin and several transcription factors,Pdx-1,NeuroD,Pax4 and Glut-2.Moreover,immonofluoresce confirmed the expression of insulin.The data suggest that Ngn3 protein transduction could be a novel strategy for the transdifferentiation of rat mesenchymal stem cells into insulin-expressing cells.


FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR USE WITH THE PUBLIC. Endometrial (uterine) cancer is diagnosed in almost 39,300 women/year in the U.S. Although cancer death rates have been declining since the 1930's due primarily to earlier diagnosis, endometrial cancer still accounts for approximately 6,600 cancer deaths each year. It occurs most frequently in women between the ages of 50 and 70. Risk Factors for endometrial cancer inlude:


1 Naiden 2014, 244 and Tompkins 2014a, 214; Shaw 2014, 269 n. 4. 2 Harris 2013, and Jew, Osborne, and Scott 2016, preceded by Schrecker 1987 and Tompkins 2006 and 2014a. 3 Naiden 2014, 244, the first occasion being before a committee of the NY State legislature and the second being before the congressional committee chaired by Senator McCarthy. 4 Kazakévich 2016, 781. For Finley's role, see the 2006 article of Tompkins, whom I thank for bringing Kazakévich's note to my attention. MOSES FINLEY'S COMMUNIST PARTY MEMBERSHIP


The purpose of this study is to describe a recent comparison of women's political participation based on empirical evidence on the matrilineal and patrilineal orders in West and North Sumatra, respectively. This study was motivated by the low involvement of women in politics in the 2014 and 2019 general elections. The study offers specific insights into kinship order as political allegiance. This is a qualitative research carried out using a pragmatic methodological approach with academic discussions directed at the relationship between kinship and political participation. The results showed that the canonization of Islamic patriarchy in the matrilineal order impacts involution and exclusive women in the domestic arena. Meanwhile, the canonization of Christian patriarchy in the patrilineal order impacts devolution and inclusive women in politics. Therefore, based on this empirical evidence, it is concluded that the kinship system is not a relevant political allegiance.


Weather forecasts can provide valuable information to improve operational performance of urban drainage systems (UDS) and wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). For example, radar-based rainfall nowcast are increasingly being used within real-time control (RTC) concepts. Numerical weather prediction (NWP) models can also contribute to forecast rainfall with the advantage of an increased lead-time. NWP models are already used in various fields from streamflow forecasting (Shrestha et al. 2013) to solar and wind energy prediction (Bacher et al. 2009). Using uncertain information, such as NWP, to optimize storm- and wastewater systems in real time is generally challenging. Indeed, NWP is embedded with a significant uncertainty but such forecasts do however contain information that can contribute to optimization especially when utilizing multiple ensemble model runs. Therefore, we decided to create a method to extract information from NWP ensembles in order to distinguish the incoming flow domains rather than quantitatively predicting the flow values directly. The method is elaborated around (i) a set of strategies for utilizing the information in the NWP ensemble, (ii) a model for predicting catchment outlet flow from NWP precipitation forecasts, and considering (iii) different sources of uncertainty (spatial, temporal) and (iv) forecast consistency. The strategies are designed with a view to obtaining more or less conservative predictions. The skill of each forecast strategy is evaluated using a threshold exceedance contingency table on the catchment outlet flow. Furthermore weights are assigned to each outcome of the contingency table to determine the expected benefit/damages of each strategy. The scale focus precipitation data fine spatial


We present a systematic analysis of the self-similar propagation of optical pulses within the framework of the generalized cubic-quintic nonlinear Schroedinger equation with distributed coefficients. By appropriately choosing the relations between the distributed coefficients, we not only retrieve the exact self-similar solitonic solutions, but also find both the approximate self-similar Gaussian-Hermite solutions and compact solutions. Our analytical and numerical considerations reveal that proper choices of the distributed coefficients could make the unstable solitons stable and could restrict the nonlinear interaction between the neighboring solitons.


In this paper, the entanglement in a spin-1 Heisenberg XXZ chain with uniform and nonuniform external magnetic field is investigated in the terms of the measure of entanglement called 'negativity'. The effects of the external magnetic field, the anisotropy parameter and the temperature on the negativity are discussed respectively. It can be seen that the entanglement in this spin chain for any temperature is symmetric with respect to zero magnetic field. We calculate the partially transposed density matrix and give qualitatively results at different temperatures. In order to show the results clearly, the behavior of negativity is presented for five different cases. It can be found that the temperature and the external magnetic field can effect the feature of the thermal entanglement significantly. In addition, under certain condition, the negativity may be enhanced under a nonuniform magnetic field.


Portugal has gone through a harsh economic crises in the last years. Step by step the country is recovering, this is also seen in regards to the national ports. Their throughout in the last years has increased a lot, especially the Port of Sines. Ports are vital logistic infrastructure needed in order for the nation to be competitive, especially given the fact that Portugal has an extensive coastline. If the Portuguese ports are indeed contributing to Portugal's competitiveness is analyzed throughout this paper. A answer to this research question is provided by informational interviews with various actors from the maritime sector. People which are on a daily bases involved wit the Portuguese ports, specifically the Port of Lisbon, Sines and Setubal, and have a clear notion of the development and bottlenecks the ports face. Research demonstrated that the Portuguese ports have realized the importance of hinterland accessibility which is so often stated in literature. (Notteboom, 2010; Zhang, 2008) This is demonstrated by the construction of new railway lines which will shorten the distance from the Port of Lisbon, Setubal and Sines to Badajoz (Spain). A competitive advantage which the ports need in order to reach the Madrid consumer region. a long term aim of the Portuguese ports. However, there are issues which the ports need to address in order to increase their competitive position, such as; longer congestion periods, solve once and for all syndicate issues and increase terminal efficiency. In general, with the developments that is seen in the last few years, we can state that the Portuguese ports are contributing to Portugal's competitiveness. They are, through there improvements, acting as an engine for economic growth and helping strengthen the national business climate.


This paper investigates whether and to what extent the Beracha, Hardin, and Johnson Buy vs. Rent Index (BH&J Index) is able to anticipate future housing price movements. The BH&J Index is based on ...


Stormwater filters are typically operated in a downflow mode. This research had two objectives: (1) to determine the increased life of a filter operated in an upflow mode, and (2) to determine if the operation of a downflow, mixed-media filter could be modeled using the power equation proposed by Urbonas (1999). The results showed that upflow operation could provide longer filter run times. Using laboratoryscale columns, the use of a power equation to model downflow filtration was also demonstrated. Model confirmation using pilot-scale columns is currently underway.


If a local agricultural or forestry university expects to insist on scientific development,to meet the demand of the people and to be of service to socialist agriculture,it has to live by the concept of sustainable development,ensure an academic layout which foregrounds agriculture and forestry and find its own unique advantages in these two fields,guarantee that it is providing services for the development of local agriculture,countryside and farmers.Besides,it also must ensure that it possesses abundant education resources and satisfactory facilities,and that it endeavors to improve education quality and efficiency,that it insists on reform and creativity and that it develops in accordance with its reality.


life-situations the worth of any performance or deed is determined by the intrinsic worth or quality of the performance, the circumstances or background, and the effects, direct and indirect. Final decision regarding the value of any act must be made by the subject, or actor; by the object, or acted-upon; and by a larger critic, or society. For example, the wealthy but unscrupulous businessman donates to charity. Although the object probably benefits from this gift, the subject does not obtain real good from the donation if it is only "conscience" money. Society at large, comprehending and feeling the impact of this man's transgressions and inheriting a shabby precedent, condemns the whole procedure. Thus, if this act were to be evaluated algebraically, it would probably rate 1/3 of Value or V/3. On the other hand, the man who obtains his money honestly and gives to a worthy cause, thereby gaining the approval of society and improving the general welfare, might be rated V for his act. Not only the performance but also the background and the broad results are taken into account.


The lead content in is cosmetics determinated by flame atom absorb spectrometry afer digestioned. The test results show that linear range is 0 ~ 2. 500 μg / ml,and the correlation coefficient r = 0. 9994. This shows that the experimental accuracy,good stability and reliable results.


Spin-wave theory was used to investigate the zero-temperatu re magnetic properties of a Heisenberg model consisting of ferromagnetic double la yers with interlayer antiferromagneitc coupling. It is shown that the interactio ns Intra- and interlayers and spin values have effect on sublattice magnetizati on and groud state energy.


The authors synthesize what has been learned from the two-issue series of American Behavioral Scientist on universities' responses to troubled times. They argue that educators and community leaders should channel the vast resources of volunteerism toward social change for a more just society and discuss ways that service-learning endeavors contribute to this process. They contrast the current state of higher education with a vision of a transformed institution they think preferable to the status quo and then focus on the difference between charity and social justice. Through service learning, acts of charity—which typically end up reproducing the status quo—can facilitate the politicization of students and help them to become active promoters of a more just society. Six questions are posed to assess the extent to which community-based education or research endeavors engage in charity or facilitate social justice.


The objective of this study is to determine the performance, or a bound on the performance, of the "best possible" method for digital communication over fixed time-continuous channels with memory, i.e., channels with intersymbol interference and/or colored noise. The channel model assumed is a linear, time-invariant filter followed by additive, colored Gaussian noise. A general problem formulation is introduced which involves use of this channel once for T seconds to communicate one of M signals. Two questions are considered: (1) given a set of signals, what is the probability of error? and (2) how should these signals be selected to minimize the probability of error? It is shown that answers to these questions are possible when a suitable vector space representation is used, and the basis functions required for this representation are presented. Using this representation and the random coding technique, a bound on the probability of error for a random ensemble of signals is determined and the structure of the ensemble of signals yielding a minimum error bound is derived. The inter-relation of coding and modulation in this analysis is discussed and it is concluded that: (1) the optimum ensemble of signals involves an impractical modulation technique, and (2) the error bound for the optimum ensemble of signals provides a "best possible" result against which more practical modulation techniques may be compared. Subsequently, several suboptimum modulation techniques are considered, and one is selected as practical for telephone channels. A theoretical analysis indicates that this modulation system should achieve a data rate of about 13,000 bits/second on a data grade telephone line with an error probability of approximately 10" . An experimental program substantiates that this potential improvement could be realized in practice. Accepted for the Air Force Stanley J. Vv'isniewski Lt Colonel, USAF Chief, Lincoln Laboratory Office * This report is based on a thesis of the same title submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in October 1964, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.


By using a new Dow Chemical Co. carbon-supported molybdenum oxide catalyst promoted with 4.4% K/sub 2/O or Na/sub 2/O, 90%+ conversions of synthesis gas at space velocities of 500-600/hr were achieved with 60-75% selectivities for C/sub 2/-C/sub 5/ paraffins, including 33 and 27% for ethane and propane, respectively, and no liquid products formed. This LPG product is an excellent ethylene cracking feedstock. The catalyst, which can be used in both oxide and sulfided forms, has demonstrated stable performance with feeds containing up to 20 ppm sulfur (H/sub 2/S + COS) and had no coking problems for up to 2000 hr on stream. Excessive sulfur exposure can be reversed by regeneration with hydrogen. Because of the catalyst's low coking rate, high temperatures, i.e., 350/sup 0/-500/sup 0/C, and near-stoichiometric H/sub 2//CO feed ratios can be used.


Knowledge harvesting enables the automated construction of large knowledge bases. In this work, we made a first attempt to harvest spatio-temporal knowledge from news archives to construct trajectories of individual entities for spatio-temporal entity tracking. Our approach consists of an entity extraction and disambiguation module and a fact generation module which produce pertinent trajectory records from textual sources. The evaluation on the 20 years' New York Times news article corpus showed that our methods are effective and scalable.


Since the safety of chemicals that are used by community enterprises is a concern in Thailand, this research was undertaken to examine the use of such chemicals especially in producing cosmetics and hazardous substances which are under controlled of the Office of Food and Drug Administration in Nonthaburi province. This qualitative research was conducted in a sample of all 18 household community product entrepreneurs that had obtained a product quality certification according to the Community Product Standards in Nonthaburi province by in-depth interviews. The research instrument with content validity verified by 3 experts was an interview form on chemical use situation among household community product enterprises. Data were collected and then analyzed using descriptive statistics and content analysis. The findings revealed that most of the entrepreneurs were a single enterprise with an investment cost of 50,000–100,000 baht. They formulated their household community products with the knowledge gained from training courses. The chemicals used were selected with the advice from chemical experts and chemical traders. The production was carried out in their own residences with a separate area designated for this purpose; and the chemicals were kept in such an area as well and used according to the chemical pamphlets. They used personal protective equipment and discharging production waste into public sewers. They had no chemical information and hazard communication media in their production areas. The chemicals mainly used were detergents, surfactants, acids, and bases as well as herbs. They all could recognize aquatic environmental hazard pictograms and realize correct practices in terms of using separate production containers from cooking utensils, wearing gloves before handling any chemical, being concerned about chemical splash into their eyes, immediate cleaning a chemical spill, no smoking while working, and hand-washing after chemical handling and before eating.


Introduction: lung cancer is the most frequent type of cancer in developed countries and it is the leading cause of death in both men and women. In Cuba it represents the first order among men and women, discounting skin tumors. Its diagnosis can be made by cytology, but biopsy remains as the gold standard. Objective: to characterize lung cancer cytohistologically at Abel Santamaria Cuadrado university hospital in 2014. Methods: an observational, descriptive and retrospective study was conducted. Target group: all patients with a cytological study corresponding to bronchial secretions through washing methods, bronchial brushing, undergoing to a subsequent histological study (N = 243). Sample: it was comprised of patients with histological confirmation of lung cancer who underwent previous cytological studies (n = 231). Data were taken from the records of biopsies of the Department of Pathology. Results: it was more frequent in male gender, with prevalence of cigarette smoking in both genders. Conclusions: cytological diagnosis of bronchial secretions and BAAF in peripheral lesions is useful and important, a high percentage of positive and suspicious diagnoses by means of this method, the highest number of the cases diagnosed suffered from non-small cell carcinomas. A close cytohistological relationship among the varieties of lung carcinoma was observed, adenocarcinoma was the most frequent.


The Magic Wand is a simple Photoshop tool for making color and tone-based selections on a digital image ... or so it would appear. The Magic Wand works best when the color selected is quite different from other colors & tones in an image, e.g., the color of a clear sky. This tool can provide a quick selection for some images, however it doesn't work as well for more intricate color-based and tone-based selections.


We propose an expanded beam micro lens in standard connectors, compliant with harsh environment connections. Low Insertion loss, high return loss and relaxed alignment tolerances compared with SMF are demonstrated in C and O band. We give two examples of harsh environment optical fiber sensor applications.


&NA; Coordinated mutual displays by 2 individuals are believed to play important roles in social and sexual communication. Although previous studies have described mutual displays in birds, few have conducted quantitative analyses. To understand the role of mutual signals, we investigated the reproductive function of pair dances in the red‐crowned crane (Grus japonensis). We used an information theory approach to quantify the characteristics of the pair dance and tested the classical "pair bond hypothesis," which states that the elaborate dance is related to reproductive success. We found that characteristics of the pair dances were related to reproductive success, but the results were not always consistent with the predictions. Dance duration increased as the breeding season approached. However, the past reproductive success of an individual was negatively related to dance coordination (i.e., mutual information) of a pair. These results partially support the pair bond hypothesis, but more importantly, also suggest the need to define the vague concept of a "pair bond" in a biologically reasonable, measurable way.


This article discusses the production conditions of colonial Potosi iconography, particularly that elaborated by architects who knew the Villa Rica first-hand, either as travelers or as residents of the city. At the crossing between the field of visual culture and the reflection on genres and textual typologies, a review of images that emerged from the xvi to the xvii centuries is proposed. Such images depict the fixation of a certain way of seeing. Against the common determination of addressing conventional forms of representation of Potosi and its Cerro Rico, a reiterated encounter with a shared experience of the surrounding space is shown as the reason for the repetition of these images. The result, represented in a double conical profile of Cerro Rico and Huayna Potosi (or little Potosi), and the presence of a small conical hill located to the right of the observer's vision range, accounts for communication exercises of a shared and familiar experience.


The purpose of this work is to study the effect of various process parameters of EDM on the surface roughness of Ti6Al4V.The input process parameters chosen were peak current, pulse on time, pulse off time and the response parameter was surface roughness. Each input process parameter was set at three different levels. The most significant process parameters in contributing surface roughness have been optimized by using Taguchi. All other parameters of EDM are kept constant during experiments. In this work the surface roughness was found 0.947μm at I= 3 Amp, Ton =50 μs, and Toff =200μs, whereas surface roughness was drop by 6% i.e. 0.890μm when pulse off time was increased by 100μs at same pulse on time and current. Further with the changed value, I= 4.5 Amp, Ton =50 μs, Toff =100μs, surface roughness obtained is Ra= 0.815μm, but with the increment in the value of pulse off time Toff = 200μs, again there is a 12.3% drop in the surface roughness value which is equal to 0.715μm. The effect of peak current, pulse on time, and pulse off time on the surface topography was investigated by SEM analysis. © 2018 ijrei.com. All rights reserved


Background  Reducing mucosal cyclo‐oxygenase‐2 and prostaglandin E2 production and suppressing intraoesophageal acid may be effective chemopreventive strategies in patients with Barrett's oesophagus.


The Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) requires high Computational power, ability to choose the algorithm and architecture to implement it. This project explains the realization of a 3/6 FFT processor based on a pipeline architecture. The implementation has been made on a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) as a way of obtaining high performance at economical price and a short time of realization. FPGA can be used with segmented arithmetic of any level of pipeline in order to speed up the operating frequency. The processor has been simulated up to 200 MHz, with an Xilinx Spartan 3E as a target device, for a transform length of 6 complex points. To combine the higher parallelism of the 6-FFTs and the possibility of processing sequences having length of any power of 6.The simultaneous operation of multipliers and adder-subtracters implicit in the 3/6 FFT, leads to faster operation at the same degree of pipeline. The 3/6 FFT algorithm is implemented in Xilinx FPGA Spartan 3E.


Objective To explore the effect of nursing intervention on quality of life for patients after breast cancer operation.Method 40 patients after breast cancer operation receive nursing intervention.Assess patients by quality of life core questionnaire before and after intervention.Result Quality of life is obviously improved after nursing intervention.There is significant difference on quality of life between two groups(P0.05).Conclusion Nursing intervention can improve patients' quality of life after breast cancer operation.


In the Steiner Networks Activation problem we are given a graph G = (V,E), S ⊆ V , a family {fuv(xu, xv) : uv ∈ E} of monotone non-decreasing activating functions from R2+ to {0, 1} each, and connectivity requirements {r(u, v) : u, v ∈ V }. The goal is to find a weight assignment w = {wv : v ∈ V } of minimum total weight w(V ) = ∑ v∈V wv, such that: for all u, v ∈ V , the activated graph Gw = (V,Ew), where Ew = {uv : f uv(wu, wv) = 1}, contains r(u, v) pairwise edge-disjoint uv-paths such that no two of them have a node in S ∖ {u, v} in common. This problem was suggested recently by Panigrahi [14], generalizing the Node-Weighted Steiner Network and the Minimum-Power Steiner Network problems, as well as several other problems with motivation in wireless networks. We give new approximation algorithms for this problem. For undirected/directed graphs, our ratios are O(k log n) for k-Out/Inconnected Subgraph Activation and k-Connected Subgraph Activation. For directed graphs this solves a question from [14] for k = 1, while for the min-power case and k arbitrary this solves an open question from [11]. For other versions on undirected graphs, our ratios match the best known ones for the Node-Weighted Steiner Network problem [10].


In this paper we examine the behaviour of the prices, of Cocoa, Coffee and Tea as beverages (substitutes). We also investigate if the pricing of one asset is influenced by the prices of any of the other assets. Using Akaike Information Criterion (AIC), Schwarz Information Criterion (SIC) for selecting the best model out of all the competing models, the best models fitted were, Cocoa prices being ARIMA (0, 1, 2), Coffee prices ARIMA (1, 1, 1) and Tea prices ARIMA (0, 1, 0) respectively. Thus, all the three variables were integrated of order I (1), Using Johansen cointegration test, we observed that there was at most one cointegration equation, among these assets, indicating that there is a long-run equilibrium among the pricing of the prices of Cocoa, Coffee and Tea. Analysis of the Granger causality test shows that there is Granger causality between all the three variables; hence there is a long run association among prices of cocoa, coffee and tea. Also from the cross correlation matrix it was observed that all the three variables were positively correlated with cocoa and coffee having a very high correlation of 0.8. This indicates a probable higher dependency of the pricing of these two assets on the price of the other. Due to the cointegration, Vector Error Correction model (VECM) was used to estimate the equation relating the prices of Cocoa, Coffee and Tea.


The pore structure of shale gas reservoir is of important research significance to the development and exploitation of shale gas and domestic scholars have done massive researches on the pore structure of shale. To better study the porosity features of shale gas reservoir, the common porosity determination methods and their influencing factors are analyzed in this paper and the following conclusions are made: the domestic common porosity determination methods are nitrogen adsorption method, mercury intrusion method, acoustic logging method and nuclear magnetic resonance method and all of them have the factors that may affect the porosity test results. Adsorbent is of important significance to the accuracy of nitrogen adsorption method; material hardness, sample preparation and contact angle pose great influences on mercury intrusion method; the interval transit time is a decisive influencing factor in the acoustic wave test; the instrument parameter, micro pore of sample and paramagnetic substance are the main factors that affect the experimental results of nuclear magnetic resonance. I hope that this research can provide certain reference to the domestic and foreign peers.


The field of peer-to-peer reputation systems has exploded in the last few years. Our goal is to organize existing ideas and work to facilitate system design. We present a taxonomy of reputation sys...


In spite of better performance, the disposal of used petroleum-based cutting fluids threatens our environment. Thus, it is essential to develop eco-friendly cutting fluids for performing machining operations in industries. The main contribution of this paper is to develop an eco-friendly cutting fluid for the plain turning of AISI 1010 steel which is used in the automotive industry. In the present work, boric acid (H3BO3) was mixed with the neem seed. Neem seed oil is easily available in many countries including India. The effectiveness of the proposed cutting fluid was evaluated by conducting different tests as per the standards. The mean biodegradability value of the developed cutting fluid is 97% which is better than other cutting fluids. The average cutting force required by the proposed cutting fluid is only 127.2 N which is much less than the cutting force requirements of dry machining and conventional cutting fluids. The average surface roughness of the machined component using the proposed cutting fluid is 122.9 µm. The mean flank wear of the tool is only 289 µm. The flash point of the proposed cutting fluids is more than 250 °C which is better than the conventional cutting fluids. The fire point of the neem oil-based cutting fluids is 300 °C. The results of the stability test and the microhardness test revealed the effectiveness of the proposed cutting fluids. The results obtained in this work are superior to several other cutting fluids reported in the existing literature. Hence, it is suggested to replace the existing petroleum-based metal cutting fluid with this eco-friendly cutting fluid in the automotive industry in Hosur, India.


(57) Abstract: The present invention provides a carrier for transport to the cell compartment and nuclear compartments both molecules having biological functions. Carrier of the present invention, proteins, molecules such as peptides or DNA, as a non-invasive transport of vehicles which are indicated, heat shock protein as described herein ( "Hsp70") or a fragment of Hsp70, cell activity It can be adjusted. The invention also includes the regulation of cellular activity, preferably for the regulation of nuclear activity in a cell include the use of Hsp70, or a fragment thereof.


The present invention provides an apparatus, a timing controller, and an image display method, comprising taken when receiving an image signal of the odd field and even field, a scan timing controller outputs a gate clock signal (GCK) in accordance with an interlaced scanning type and output enable signal (the OE), respectively real interlaced odd and even field images, the present invention takes the interlaced signal to interlaced mode, to avoid the prior art converter with memory.


This Paper introducde the method that measured the initial temperature and effective accumulated temperaturc Orange-spotted shoot moth in natural condition.Through studid,we found that the initlal temperature and efrective accumulated temperature of pupa were l2.26+0.83(℃);120.54+17.15(day-degree) respectively.The initial temperature and effective accumulated temperature of egg are 14,19+1.27(℃);81.6+16.26(day-degree) respectively.The Phases of growth of pupa and egg are 21days and l2days restestively.


In this paper, we investigate the mass spectra of bottom-charm baryons systematically, where the relativistic quark model and the infinitesimally shifted Gaussian basis function method are employed. Our calculation shows that the $\rho$-mode appears lower in energy than the other excited modes. According to this feature, the allowed quantum states are selected and a systematic study of the mass spectra for $\Xi_{bc}^{'}$ ($\Xi_{bc}$) and $\Omega_{bc}^{'}$ ($\Omega_{bc}$) families is performed. The root mean square radii and quark radial probability density distributions of these baryons are analyzed as well. Next, the Regge trajectories in the $(J,M^{2})$ plane are successfully constructed based on the mass spectra. At last, we present the structures of the mass spectra, and analyze the difficulty and opportunity in searching for the ground states of bottom-charm baryons in experiment.


Bank is one of the financial institutions engaged in finance. In its day-to-day activities the bank has a business goal that is gaining huge profits continuously in order to keep the bank's life in order to be assured and develop in the future. The factors that may effect the ROA of a bank include aspects of liquidity, asset quality aspects, sensitivity aspects, and efficiency aspects. This study aims to determine the effect of liquidity, asset quality, sensitivity, and efficiency simultaneously, partially to the ROA at the national public Bank go public. The sample used in this study is 3 national commercial banks to go public listed on the Stock Exchange and OJK since 2013 to 2017. The results of this study are simultaneously variable LDR, LAR, IPR, APB, NPL, PDN, IRR and FBIR Influence is not significant on ROA at national public bank go public, while partially variable BOPO significant effect on ROA at national public bank go public.
Keywords : Quality, assets liquidity, sensitivity and efficiency and ROA


Because of their great dependability and good working conditions, rotating machines are important inside the manufacturing industry. Bearings often cannot withstand large loads, causing them to degrade and finally fail. Early detection of rolling bearing faults can aid in overcoming the stumbling blocks of the production process. This study proposes a unique approach for detecting bearing problems in the early stages of their development. The prominent characteristics of a Non-Linear Dynamic System are chosen using the Minimum Description Maximum Relevancy algorithm after they have been extracted from the data. To avoid the real connection of the vibrating pickup to the machine equipment, a non-contact type vibrating pickup has been built in this study, to get vibration data for bearing wellness monitoring under load and speed variation. Issue determination has been refined utilizing a change for demonizing the sign. In this research, the frequency values are collected as numerical values. Finally, these selected highlights have been forwarded to Support Vector Machines (SVM), Logistic Regression (LR), Naive Bayes (NB) and XG Boost (XGB) for recognizing and further grouping the different bearing imperfections. A near examination of the viability of SVM, LR, NB and XG Boost has been done.


India is agriculture based country whereas there are many factors that affect the increase or decrease of agricultural crops such as rainfall, temperature, humidity and growing season. Rainfall is one of the main factors that can change production that indicates the growth of that region. Considering the variation in soil which assumed to be constant and the environment parameter behaviour are in fuzzy nature. The proposed model is a prediction model which predicts the rainfall with parameter as temperature and humidity using fuzzy logic. The model also predict the growth of the agriculture production based on fuzzy logic concept. The simulation result shows a valid response of the growth of agriculture.


Activity of two commercial pullulanase preparations has been compared with biochemical grade enzyme from Sigma. Of them PULLUZYME 750 was chosen as a reagent for hydrolysis of raw starch granules from different botanical species. The obtained results suggest that high amylose corn starch and native potato starch are more resistant to pullulanase action than wheat starch which under the action of this enzyme becomes slightly degraded.


Background:Transmission through breast-feeding is an important cause of infant HIV-1 infections in developing countries; however, its mechanism remains largely unknown. We have explored the association between cell-free virus (CFV) and cell-associated virus (CAV) levels in breast milk (BM), as reflected by viral RNA and proviral DNA, respectively, and the risk of infant HIV-1 infection after 6 weeks postpartum. Methods:Sixty-one HIV-positive mothers who transmitted HIV-1 by BM were matched to 61 HIV-positive nontransmitting mothers based on their infant's age at sample collection. CFV and CAV were quantified in a single milk specimen per mother preceding the infant's first HIV-positive result. Results:After adjusting for maternal CD4+ cell counts and disease stage, each 10-fold increase in CFV or CAV load was associated with an almost 3-fold increase in BM transmission. Whereas CAV load was predictive of transmission before and after 9 months postpartum, CFV was a significant predictor of transmission occurring only after 9 months. Phylogenetic analyses of the C2 to C5 env region showed that 85% of infants (11 of 13 infants) harboring viruses that clustered with CFV in their mother's milk were infected after 9 months postpartum. Conclusion:A reduction in milk CAV and CFV loads might significantly decrease HIV-1 transmission by breast-feeding.


Planktological investigations in various parts of the world have established
that there are divergences in the pattern of annual distribution of plankton
at the same station as well as between closely adjacent stations in the same
general region at the same time. Despite these differences certain trends
or nebulous patterns become apparent from prolonged observations. To
differentiate the fortuitous from the truly repetitive changes data should
necessarily cover a number of years and the observations should be spaced
as closely as possible. These ideal conditions are, however, often difficult
to achieve.


In recent years, there have been more and more applications of deep learning in natural language processing, and people have paid more and more attention to the value embodied in patent. In this paper, based on the value of right-claiming document in the patent, a deep learning tool word2vec is used to convert text information into a set of word embeddings. The word embeddings carry semantic information, so that the quantified metrics the relationships between words. Then, the kmeans clustering method is used to extract words whose distance between words is closer to the center of the cluster, so as to achieve the purpose of automatic indexing the right-claiming document. Keywords—deep learning; word2vec; k-means; automatic indexing; keyword extraction


Purpose The purpose is to investigate the facilitators and impediments of business sustainability of the micro enterprises. The study also proposes a framework of social sustainability through women micro entrepreneurs in India. Design/methodology/approach In order to fulfill the objectives primary data has been collected and analyzed by employing Binary Logit model. Additionally, in-depth interviews and focus group interviews were conducted to get more precise insight on the issue. Findings The study finds out the factors determining sustainability of micro enterprises. The economic, political, demographic factors along with family contribution are found to be important factors in determining sustainability and success of micro enterprises. The study also show that micro enterprises emerging from SHGs are adding value to the society by overall women empowerment. Research limitations/implications The study will pave the way for further research about the sustainability factors of micro enterprises in emer...


A tubular, prefabricated light element (14) for building walls (12) flush with an outer wall face (20) of the building or out of the wall (12) out projecting and flush or remove protruding with an inner wall side (30) of the building tube (18) inserted in an outer disc (28) and the inner wall side (30) towards end with an inner pane (32), characterized in that the cross section of the tube (18) to the outer wall side (20) is out easily extended and the lower edge of the tube (18) has a slight inclination downwards in the direction of the outer side wall (30).


The Order of Preachers was created under the skilled direction of two great men: Dominic of Caleruega and Jordan of Saxony. Whatever else they may have been, both were brilliant organizers; they sketched between them the most sophisticated constitutional organization known to the Middle Ages; for good or ill, they created for us the idea and technique of committee government. Both, it is clear, had tidy and lucid minds. We know that Jordan wrote excellent Latin, was capable of making plain in a few words the nature of the casting vote in general chapter, and equally capable of communicating to his friend Diana Dandalo, and to us, the inwardness of spiritual friendship and the delight of missionary work among the students of Bologna and Paris, many of whom he gathered into the Dominican Order.


OBJECTIVE
To date only planktonic bacteria have been shown to bind irreversibly to dialkyl carbamoyl chloride (DACC)-coated Cutimed Sorbact dressings. Therefore, this study was designed to determine whether bacterial biofilm bound to the DACC-coated dressing in vitro.

METHOD
Samples of DACC-coated dressings and uncoated control dressings (supplied by BSN medical Ltd, Hull) were placed in contact with plastic coverslips on which biofilms of either Pseudomonas aeruginosa or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) had been cultivated for 24 hours. Dressing samples were examined by scanning electron microscopy to detect the presence of biofilm.

RESULTS
Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm bound avidly to both DACC-coated and uncoated dressing samples. MRSA bound more extensively to DACC-coated dressings than to uncoated samples.

CONCLUSION
Biofilms of two different test bacteria bound to dressings in vitro with the DACC-coating on the dressings enhancing the binding of MRSA biofilm.

DECLARATION OF INTEREST
This study was supported by BSN medical Ltd (Hull). The company had no influence on the experimental design or the interpretation of the results.


Research Abstract Purpose: Academic engagement as a basis for reformist efforts in the field of education is very important in achieving learning experience so that indirectly guarantees students' academic achievement. Therefore, purpose of this study was to prediction of academic engagement based on academic optimism, perception competence and achievement emotions in students. The descriptive- correlation method was used. Methodology: The statistical population consists of all male students studying of Hewraman region in year academic 2019-20 to 1476 student. In this study, according to random cluster sampling method, 100 married students by formula Plant of Tabachnick & Fidell (2007) were selected as samples and they were asked to academic engagement scale (AES) of Reeve (2013), perception competence scale of Harter (1982), academic optimism scale (AOS) of Tschannen ‐ Moran, Bankole, Mitchell and Moore (2013) and achievement emotions questionnaire (AEQ) of Pekrun, Goetz & Perry (2005). Findings: The data were analyzed by tests of Pearson correlation and multivariate regression. Results: Findings showed that there was positive and significant correlation between spdemic optimism, perception competence and positive achievement emotions with academic engagement (P<0/01). There was negative and significant correlation between negative with academic engagement (P<0/01). Regression analyses also revealed that %79/2 of variance of academic engagement was explained by academic optimism, perception competence and achievement emotions. Conclusion: This study confirmed the significant contribution of academic optimism, perception competence and achievement emotions in academic engagement of students. The results of this research can help planners and implementers of education organization to adopt appropriate educational policies in order to engage students in academic studies and the factors affecting


The present invention relates to a method for placing in the reservoir by the liquid substance (9) (1 + 2) in the production of foam or mousse emulsifying device, a fluid reservoir sealed container and can be made elastically deformable (1) and an end member (2), with the handheld device and the manner in response to the container (1) modification of the manual pressure to produce a foam or mousse. Apparatus according to the present invention comprises a storage element (5), the storage member has: two holes (51, 52), to allow air and material exchange between the liquid reservoir and the storage device; (54), the first check valve associated with two holes, so that always maintain a certain amount of liquid substance in the storage member. The apparatus of the present invention makes it possible a good responsiveness and to obtain a controlled amount of manual pressure is nearly independent of force or duration excellent foam or mousse. The storage member (5) sized to allow optimal intake amount from the reservoir between the two manual pressure is applied.


[1] Phytoplankton light absorption spectra (aϕ(λ)) were measured in the Canadian Arctic (i.e., the Amundsen Gulf, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, northern Baffin Bay and the Hudson Bay system) to improve algorithms used in remote-sensing models of primary production. The absorption by algae, dominated by picophytoplankton (<5 μm), was not the major light absorption factor in the four provinces; the colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) contributed up to 70% of total light absorption. During the fall, the low total chlorophyll a-specific aϕ*(443) (aϕ(443)/TChl a) coefficients of the Canadian High Arctic were associated with photoacclimation processes (i.e., the package effect) occurring in light-limited environments. Low light availability and high proportion of CDOM (absorbing strongly the ultraviolet) seem to allow the growth of phytoplankton with accessory pigments absorbing light at longer wavelengths. The ratio of photoprotective and photosynthetic carotenoids (PPC:PSC) was inversely proportional with the salinity and the cell size, and mostly decreases throughout the Canadian High Arctic during fall. In return, the highest TChla-specific phytoplankton light absorption coefficients at the blue peak (aϕ*(443)) were observed in the Hudson Bay system from September to October (i.e., fall) as well as in the Amundsen Gulf from May to July (i.e., spring/summer). These results will ultimately allow the accurate monitoring of phytoplankton biomass and productivity evolution that is likely to take place as a result of the fast-changing Arctic environment.


A detailed illustrated history of the development of the English parsonage from 1811 up to around 1850, focusing in particular on the impact of A. W. N. Pugin and the gothic revival on late Georgian architecture. Illustrated with extensive new photography by Martin Charles (Full Text Available via URL below)


Computers have brought about a revolution across all industries. Computers have become the most important part for the success of any enterprise. Computers are the best means for proper storage and management of data. They can assist as knowledge bases and can be utilized for financial transactions due to their processing power and storage capacities. PCs handle and keep a track of data which is very confidential and essential for an organization. So, managing the security of these computers is a very important task. This realization has led to the development of techniques that attempt to detect problems or loopholes in software systems. However, there exist some software failures which could be used for an intentional attempt to severely damage the systems. These software failures commonly denoted as computer vulnerabilities, have special properties that separate them from other software failures. The detailed analysis of each vulnerability classifies its characteristics, policies violated by its exploitation, and leads to the understanding of the measures that are needed to eradicate these vulnerabilities in future programs. This paper aims to demonstrate several vulnerabilities in the http://www.ijccr.com VOLUME 1 ISSUE 3 MANUSCRIPT 13 NOVEMBER 2011 Windows Operating system. It will demonstrate and analyze how registry, clipboard, autoplay and task manger are vulnerable to attacks in Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.


A claw hand causes disability as kinematics are affected due to hyperextension at the metacarpophalangeal joints. Zancolli lasso procedure is a simple tenodesis procedure which effectively lessens clawing to allow better grip. We present a


The effect of electrical stimulation of the medial preoptic area and arcuate nucleus upon luteinizing hormone release was studied in male rats. Stimulation of either area at 300 µ A


Some researches and present application in construction of the composite heat insulation wall materials are told in this paper.An introduction to such energy-saving systems as those of the internal heat insulation of the exterior wall,sandwich composite heat insulation,the external heat insulation of the exterior wall and the single heat insulation wall is made as well.And here the developing direction in the future in this aspect is given.


Objective To investigate the significance of PI3K/AKT signal transduetion pathway in gastrointestinal stromal tumors(GIST).Methods The expression of PI3K、Akt、PTEN were detected with RT-PCR and Westem-blot of tumor specimens from 124 GIST cases and the corresponding normal gastric mucosa.Results In gastrointestinal stromal tumors,the tumor suppressor gene-PTEN was on low expression as with the inereased expression of PI3K and Akt.The positive expression rate of PTEN,PI3K and Akt was not statistically correlated with patients'demographics and tumor histological type,but they are significantly correlated with lymphatic metastasis and mucosal invasion.The expression of PI3 K and Akt are of significantly positive correlation(r=0.292,P=0.031).The expression of PI3K and PTEN are of significantly negetive correlation(r=-0.412,P=0.036).The expression of PTEN and Akt are of significantly negetive correlation(r=-0.386,P=0.024).Conclusion PI3 K/Akt and P,PTEN may have bean on reciprocally suppressive effect during the development of GIST.

Key words:
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors; 1-phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase; Signal transduetion; Apoptosis


From abstract: The existing locks at Locks and Dam No. 1 were constructed between 1929 and 1932. Problems have been experienced with accumulation of ice and debris at the intakes, air entrapment in the culverts of the filling and emptying system, excessive turbulence in the lock chamber during filling, and hazardous conditions downstream from the locks during emptying operations.


Status analysis of machines is important for the factories to reduce the breakdown of machines and improve the quality of the products. Most existing solutions are limited to manual data collection and analysis, which has poor real-time performance and low data utilization. To solve this problem, this paper proposes a health status analysis for brick machines based on industrial internet of things. We firstly introduce the framework of industrial internet of things to obtain the operation data of brick machines. Then the data are analyzed to derive the features that presents the status of the brick machine. The preprocessed data are further evaluated based on the clustering algorithm. Based on the clustering results, the status of brick machines can be classified as shutdown, standby, abnormal, voltage loss and normal. The experimental results are provided to prove the effectiveness of the proposed system.


Abstract. A model is proposed to realize light collimation by surface modes that propagate on a corrugated surface around the output of a photonic crystal (PhC). The dispersion relation of the surface corrugation is given for a number of surface terminations. Self-collimation effect simulation can be obtained compared to the structure without surface corrugation. Precision collimation is shown at the chosen frequency, which matches with the self-collimation frequency in the PhCs.


The Gas valley ball was a Health building and entertainment project which developed rapidly in recent years.It changes the HR and BP.In this study,the remote_site testing methods were used to measure the older participants'HR and BP.The conclusion is that the scope of HR and BP is very appropriate for the elderly,and there is relevance between the mount of exercise and the recovery.


Through scientific and effective evaluation of dance classroom teaching quality, teachers can objectively and accurately evaluate teaching methods, attitudes and effects, and lay a cognitive foundation for the improvement of dance teaching quality. The purpose of this article is to evaluate the teaching quality of dance multimedia in vocational colleges based on artificial intelligence technology. The application of BP neural network in teaching evaluation and the algorithm of BP neural network teaching quality evaluation model are studied, and the construction of dance classroom teaching quality evaluation system is discussed. First, the same teacher uses the same teaching materials and uses different teaching methods to teach the students in the two classes respectively, and secondly, an interest survey on dance classes. The experimental results show that multimedia teaching has brought great convenience to teachers in preparing lessons and improved their professional level. In addition, the use of courseware to demonstrate actions in teaching avoids the negative impact on student presentations due to differences in teacher age, technology, and personal understanding. Compared with the control class, the experimental class increased the density of free practice by 10.93%, and the heart rate increased by 8 times / min.


Sir, Dr Chang (January 1994). writes a fervent defence of the subject matter of the study by Danielian et al. (June 1992). but this was never under attack. We all agree that the main issue is growth rather than size, as was also stated in my letter (Gardosi 1993). But just because the purpose of a study is correct, this should not place incorrect methodology beyond criticism; my point about Danielian and his coworkers' selective use of nomograms while disregarding the adjustment tables for maternal size (Altman & Coles 1980) still stands. The letter from Danielian et al. (1993) fails to explain why they bothered to adjust for parity and sex, either of which results in not more birthweight variation than that observed for even only a 0.5 unit difference in body mass index around the mean, such as between two mothers who are 2.5 cm plus 2.5 kg above, vs 2.5 cm and 2.5 kg below the population average in height and booking weight, respectively (Altman & Coles 1980 Table 2). The view which is now being put forward is that it is irrelevant which weight-for-gestational age charts are used (Danielian et al. 1994); we could do away with them altogether (Chang 1994) in favour of routine serial growth assessment. This is even more worrying. Serial scanning does pick up abnormal growth and is often used to monitor high risk pregnancies, but proposals to apply this routinely to screen for abnormal fetal weight gain would, even if ever feasible, result in many false positive and false negative assessments because an ultrasound estimation of fetal weight is after all just that. an estimate. A simple calculation, applied to the study by Danielian et al. (1992) will illustrate how often a significant error is likely to occur, In their protocol, only one estimation of fetal weight was needed, as the second point to calculate a change was the actual birthweight. The estimation of fetal weight was obtained between 28 and 34 weeks of gestation according to a fetal weight formula (Hadlock et al. 1985). This was used to obtain a weight centile from which an estimated birthweight was derived for comparison with the actual birthweight. Receiver-operator curves suggested that a drop by more than 5 YO between scan-predicted weight and birthweight was clinically significant, and this was observed to have occurred in 22 YO of pregnancies. Assuming the accuracy of estimated fetal weights was as good in this study as the best possible results published in the literature, the standard deviation of error was f 7.3 YO (Hadlock et at. 1985; Robson et at. 1993). A 5 % difference in estimated fetal weight would translate into a Z-score of 5/7.3 = 0.685 which represents 25 YO of a normal distribution. This means that in a quarter of all pregnancies, an initial overestimation of estimated fetal weight is to be expected which will have resulted in an apparent weight drop of 5 % or more due to ultrasound error alone. This is more than the 22% of cases that resulted in the study by Danielian et at. (1992), most of which were therefore unlikely to be representing a population of babies that were growth retarded by their own definition. This begs the question as to why an expected excess of the number of false positives, due to the truly weight reduced babies in a population, were not picked up in their study. Another source of problem is systematic estimated fetal weight error, which was not addressed in the study by Danielian et al. (1992) but apparently resulted in an average difference between estimated and actual birthweight of 76 g (-22 YO). The choice of fetal weight standard itself can also lead to considerable variation. Danielian and his coworkers used a weight formula by Hadlock et al. (1985) which is based on four parameters (HC, BPD, AC, FL); however, to calculate fetal weight centiles they then chose a reference standard by Jeanty et al. (1984) which is based on an altogether different weight formula (Shepard et at. 1982) derived from two parameters (BPD, AC) and has a different normal range. To illustrate the potential error due to this variable alone, the median estimated fetal weight at 28 weeks is 1228 g according to Jeanty et al. (1984) and Shepard er al. 1982; the median is 1210 g by Hadlock's fetal weight standard (Hadlock et al. 1991) using his own fetal weight formula (Hadlock et al. 1985). (i.e., 6.1 Yo less). According to fetal weight tables which Dr Chang himself helped to construct (Gallivan er al. 1993) and which are also based on Hadlock's weight formula. the median 28 week weight is 1256 g, which is still 2.2% lower than Jeanty's; whereas, at 34 weeks it is 2445 g vs 2369 g (i.e.. 3.2% higher). The outer limits for fetal weight show even more variation: Jeanty's 5th centile at 28 weeks is 957 g and Gallivan's 1058 g (+ 10.6%); at 34 weeks, the difference rises to 1750 IT 2096 g (+ 196%). Therefore it is apparent that the methodology adopted in the study by Danielian et al. (1992) was not conducive to detect a real 5 % loss in fetal weight, and it seems unlikely that the clinical differences observed for the two subgroups were due to a failure of fetuses to reach their own growth potential. Yet clinical differences were still claimed, which highlights the potential problems of relying on soft outcomes, such as CTG abnormalities and operative delivery rates, to draw conclusions about fetal growth, while all three neonatal outcome measures (Apgar scores, intubation, transfer to neonatal unit) assessed in this study showed no differences. Neonatal morphometry was. regrettably, not included but would have been more likely to show which babies were actually growth retarded. The need to define appropriate endpoints in such studies has been raised in previous correspondence about this paper (Owen 1993). Turning now to the prospect of inferring growth from two consecutive estimated fetal weights, the potential for error must be even greater because either or both weight estimations can err in either direction, resulting in a large number of possible growth velocities. With luck, the systematic error may cancel out. The longer the interval between scans the smaller the relative effect of estimated fetal weight error over the actual weight increment, but also the longer the delay before abnormal growth is detected. Chang et at. (1993) performed up to eight scans between 26 and 40 weeks but chose the first and last measurements to calculate changes in estimated fetal weight to show an association with neonatal morphometric indices. This resulted in the last scan occurring on average only five days before delivery. For prospective growth assessment it would be more useful to use an earlier second scan to assess growth velocity, but this may result in larger error due to forward projection. In a protocol of two scans at, say 32 and 36 weeks, any error in growth velocity derived from the two estimated fetal weights would double during the next four weeks up to the estimated date of delivery. Using the definition of Danielian et at. (1992) for IUGR at birth (i.e., weight loss of more than 5 %), this would be found after an estimated fetal weight over-estimation of 2.5 YO at the first scan alone (chance: Z = 2.5/7.3 = 0.342; 37%), or an estimated fetal weight under-estimation of 2.570 at the second scan alone (chance 37%). No current strategies are successful but researchers who propose routine serial scanning to screen for growth retardation


Verification of neutron fission cross-sections of minor actinides from some
 recently available evaluated nuclear data libraries was carried out by
 comparison of the reaction rates calculated by the MCNP6.1 computer code to
 the experimental values. The experimental samples, containing thin layers of
 235U, 237Np, 238,239,240,241Pu, 242mAm, 243Cm, 245Cm, and 247Cm, deposited on
 metal support and foils of 235U (pseudo-alloy 27Al + 235U), 238U, natIn,
 64Zn, 27Al, and multi-component sample alloy 27Al + 55Mn + natCu + natLu +
 197Au, were irradiated in the channels of the tank containing fluorine salts
 0.52NaF + 0.48ZrF4, labelled as the Micromodel Salt Blanket, inserted in the
 lattice centre of the MAKET heavy water critical assembly at the Institute
 for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow. This paper is a
 continuation of earlier initiated scientific-research activities carried out
 for validation of the evaluated fission cross-sections of actinides that were
 supposed to be used for the quality examination of the fuel design of the
 accelerator driven systems or fast reactors, and consequently, determination
 of transmutation rates of actinides, and therefore, determination of
 operation parameters of these reactor facilities. These scientific-research
 activities were carried out within a frame of scientific projects supported
 by the International Science and Technology Center and the International
 Atomic Energy Agency co-ordinated research activities, from 1999 to 2010.
 Obtained results confirm that further research is needed in evaluations in
 order to establish better neutron cross-section data for the minor actinides
 and selected nuclides which could be used in the accelerator driven systems
 or fast reactors.


Editorial Comment: The authors describe a girl with an upward deflection of the urinary stream such that she was unable to sit to void. After watching the child void the authors confirmed the presence of a small anterior urethral shelf at operation, which they corrected with a straightforward urethral meatoplasty (https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S1477513117303522-mmc1.mp4). Although this condition is rare, we should be aware of its existence. Incision of the shelf resulted in complete resolution of symptoms.


The author considers the new approaches to the rating system (labor complexity evaluation) of directors and specialists of the production and structural subdivisions of Transneft system entities, based on the results of independent expert and analytical evaluation of a universal set of production and technical values, representing the subdivisions' activities. The author performed a number of practical studies and developments in the area of forming universal mathematical models, which allow economic analysis to be carried out and establishing a justified salary as per the positions of the directors of various subdivisions, regardless of activity type and level of position. The article introduces universal systems of point-based and factor-based ranking, based on the use of innovative mathematical analysis methods (multi-innovating normalizing, decision matrices, hierarchy analysis) for obtaining normalized assessment of production activity), administrative work load and professional labor complexity. The devised analytical approaches to the selection and assessment of the performance of subdivisions provide the possibility for objective and independent calculation for rating determination (salary) both for the Transneft system as a whole and for separate structural subdivisions (observing labor laws). The represented methods have significant applicability in modern conditions – on the stage of transition to the new system of professional standards and evaluation of qualifications, as well as the rejection of traditional models, based on strict attachment to the rating and qualification system, fixed salaries, etc.


This article examines two recent memoirs of Australian
historians, Peter Read's Belonging and Mark McKenna's Looking
for a Blackfella's Point, from the perspective of the crises of
settler belonging in Australia. It also contextualizes the two
narratives in the wider network of intellectual memoirs,
ego-histoire and whiteness studies.


FROM THE PROGRAM PAGE: "If capital accumulation is the single most important process of capitalism, then what is capital? We all might assume capital is an economic entity rooted in production and consumption, but Jonathan Nitzan claims otherwise. In Part One of the interview he argues that capital is, instead, a mode of power. He also describes the separation of economics from politics and the bifurcation of the economy into the real and nominal spheres. In Part Two, Nitzan brings up corporate profit-taking, the sabotage by capitalists of industry, and conflicts over energy. He also contends that the concept of the economy as a distinct, objective category needs to be discarded."

Part One: 52 minutes

Part Two: 32 minutes


Thirty consecutive patients with asthma attending the chest outpatient clinics at Newmarket General and Addenbrooke's Hospitals were studied. Their details are shown in table 1. The diagnosis was supported in all by 15% improvement in peak flow or FEV1 after administration of bronchodilator. Each patient was given a questionnaire on nonrespiratory symptoms associated with their asthma (table 2). After this had been completed the answers were discussed with the author to elicit further details. The number of patients experiencing symptoms is shown in table 2. There was no association between any of the symptoms and age, age of onset of asthma, or number of positive skin test responses. Tiredness, sleepiness, and depression were usually present for about one day before the asthma deteriorated, but occasionally for two to three days. Twenty (67%) patients had nose and throat symptoms a few minutes before their asthma attacks and a further two had similar symptoms only during their attacks. Nose and throat symptoms were present in all six subjects with a dry mouth before their asthma attacks, in two out of six with this symptom during attacks, in all seven who were thirsty before their attacks, in all eight with skin itching, in five out of six with skin flushing, and in all three with colicky abdominal pains. Itching of the skin was noticed a few minutes before the onset of asthma. In nearly every case this was around the nose, chin, chest, neck, eyes or scalp, but it occurred elsewhere in the body in addition in three patients. One subject found that scratching her skin appeared to exacerbate her wheezing. Three of the patients with skin flushing also noticed itching. Limb and back aches were present for up to two hours before the deterioration in asthma. Palpitations, increased sweating and dizziness occurred especially during severe attacks. The two patients who were nauseated before their asthma attacks were both taking a theophylline preparation, but the five who were nauseated during the attacks noticed this symptom particularly when


The preparation of complexes of transition metals with the new ligand sulphur bis(t-butylimide) is described. Complexes [M(CO)4{S(NBut)2}](I; M = Cr, Mo, and W), [MCl2{S(NBut)2}2](II; M = Pd or Pt), and [PtCl2{S(NBut)2}(NH2But)], (III), have been characterised by analytical and spectroscopic methods. The i.r., 1H n.m.r., and mass spectra of the complexes are discussed and structures are assigned.


There is still considerable debate among commentators about the extent to which Descartes intended to, or actually did, exercise the principle of methodic doubt. Basically, the debate is about the import of the word "all" in the opening sentence of the synopsis of the Meditations: "In the first Meditation I set forth the reasons for which we may, generally speaking, doubt about all things … " (HR 1, 140; AT 7, 12). A. K. Stout and Willis Doney have argued that the thing to be doubted is all knowledge to the extent in which memory plays a role in it. They attempt to show that Descartes is looking for a guarantee for the reliability of memory rather than for, say, a guarantee for the reliability of all clear and distinct ideas. Most commentators do not restrict methodic doubt in this way. For example, Alan Gewirth has recently suggested that sometimes Descartes even doubts the cogito.


On December 30, 2013, the Ministry of Finance issued "High School Accounting System" and formally implemented it on January 1, 2014. Based on the practice, this paper analyzes the problems of the settings and cohesion from the new university's accounting system, then makes recommendations to ensure a smooth transition for the new accounting system implementation at universities.


The compound-type composition of the > 675/sup 0/C residue of the Russian crude oil is compared with those of > 675/sup 0/C residua of crude oils previously investigated. The results indicate that the residue represents 11.8% of the total crude oil. The residue comprises compounds of mol wt of 350 to 1811, corresponding to 30 to 130 carbom atoms in a molecule. The smaller molecules must contain polar heteroatom functional groups; otherwise they would distill in lower boiling fractions. These compounds were classified by ir spectrometry, mass spectroscopy, vapor-pressure osmometry, and elemental analysis. Polar compound types identified include amides, pyrroles, pyridine derivatives, phenols and carboxylic acids, accounting for 2/3 of the total residue. The amounts of acids in the > 675/sup 0/C residua of the Russian, Gach Saran and Wilmington crude oils represent 17.5% but their compound type compositions are unique. High amide content and trace amounts of carboxylic acids are the major components of the Russian residue which make it different from the Gach Saran and Wilmington crudes. 11 figures, 3 tables.


Atomic clock transitions are desirable for quantum information storage and processing thanks to the protection from decoherence they provide. In the context of rare- earth-ion-doped crystals for quantum information storage, clock Zeeman or hyperfine transitions have been identified and exploited for long-lived storage in spin degrees of freedom. We present a theoretical and experimental analysis on the existence of an optical clock transition in Tm3+:YAG, in view of storage in optical coherences. The combination of a Zeeman-like term and a quadratic electronic Zeeman term in the Hamiltonian, lead to the existence of a magnetic field amplitude (12 mT) for which the derivative of the optical transition energy with respect to the field amplitude vanishes, regardless of the magnetic field orientation. We have verified this prediction through hole-burning spectroscopy experiments. In addition to that, a study of the behavior of the Hamiltonian as a function of the magnetic field orientation yields the direction for which both derivatives with respect to the magnetic field angular coordinates also vanish. The condition for an optical clock transition with three vanishing partial derivatives is met.


A-dec Inc. is a dental equipment manufacturer headquartered in Newberg, Oregon. A-dec implemented an innovative product development process to support the launch of a new product line. The change in process motivated the A-dec Marketing Communications team to address how to align their process with the company's product development direction. The group decided to focus on content. They faced the challenge of how to control and manage content, which started their education in the area of content management and content management systems. This ongoing case study discusses their journey towards implementing a content management system. Located in Vancouver, BC, Intentional Design Inc. is a technical communication consultancy focused on improving the performance of communication products. The strength of the organization lies in the "wildbrain" approach (see Dale Dauten's The Gifted Boss) to performance improvement and its impact on the solutions provided to clients.


The present invention relates to wireless communication technologies, and particularly relates to a method for transmitting data transmission period and determined, system and device configurations in order to avoid LTE TDD frame structure can occur where the data transmission can not satisfy the requirements of the relay link. Method of an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a transmission delay time of twice the transmission delay between the transmitting and receiving devices, and the receiving device on the transmission distance of the radius of the cell where the comparing; determined according to a comparison result transmitted receiving a first specific period of the second special subframes in the first transmission period GP and the corresponding receiving devices in the second device corresponds to the GP, wherein the transmission period and the reception the same length of time. Example of the present invention can be applied to a LTE TDD frame structure of TDD relay frame structure, thereby improving the transmission efficiency and resource utilization of the system.


Abstract : This research focused on modeling the behavior of specific dissident groups. In particular, it focused on explaining and forecasting sustained campaigns of dissdent violence by these groups. We ask: which variables should we monitor in terms of anticipating when groups will turn to campaigns of violence? We sought to specify models which examined the interactions of groups, governments, and the mass populace within various environmental contexts. To meet this objective, new data was collected on the behavior of groups and governments using autmated natural language processing techniques. New data on the attitudes of the masses and Arabic mass media were also collected using similar techniques. Using this data, we specified econometric models to explain and forecast the behavior of groups of interest. Each group was modeled on its own but each model contained similar sets of variables. The groups of interest studied were the Tamil Tigers, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Bangladesh Chhatra League, the People's War Group in India, the Free Papua Movement in Indonesia, Hamas, Al Aqsa, Hezbollah, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.