Information architecture (IA) has become an important research area within the field of human computer interaction. The growing interest has led to the realization of the need to have validated methods for constructing website IA. Past practice of IA reflected the inclination towards using intuitive mapping of the website builder's mental model. This paper reports the work that explored on the usability of using the KJ method to categorize and prioritize halal food information labels for the structural design of information space of websites whose content is rich with information on halal. A group of participants consisting of knowledgeable halal information consumers took part in this KJ method exercise to generate a halal hierarchical classification system. A prototype of a halal website using the classification obtained was constructed and tested for its usability and compared to the usability of an existing website for halal information portal. The results of the testing showed that the website IA from the KJ method generated classification produced better results than the existing website of existing halal portal. Keywords: Information architecture, halal information management, KJ method;


Endocrine cancers, studied for the boards and then largely forgotten by medical oncologists, comprise a set of rare but very interesting tumors with a diverse clinical spectrum. Few tumors are more aggressive than adrenocortical cancer or more lethal than anaplastic thyroid cancer. And few are more


Marine propeller cavitation is a dominant noise source of ships. Thus, localizing the cavitation noise source is essential for subsequent remedy. Given that incipient tip vortex cavitation (TVC) noise radiates in all directions as a monopole source and a few noise sources exist in the vicinity of the propeller, the localization problem can be considered as a sparse signal reconstruction problem. Compressive sensing (CS) based localization technique utilizes a sparsity promoting constraint and solves the localization problem efficiently with high resolution. Block-sparse CS, based on block-sparsity, is adopted to process multiple frequency components of the sources coherently. Block-sparse CS localization of TVC shows superior performance with high resolution compared to the conventional CS based incoherent multiple frequency processing. To demonstrate the performance of the block-sparse CS localization, both synthetic and real cavitation tunnel experiment data are used.


Hereditary Gingival Fibromatosis (HGF) also referred to as idiopathic gingival hyperplasia is a rare type of slow growing gingival enlargement with great clinical and genetic heterogenity inherited usually as Mendelian autosomal dominant fashion. Occurring as an isolated trait (HGF) and/or as a component of a syndrome, the affected gingiva is characterized by firm, asymptomatic, nonhemorrhagic enlarged (hyperplastic) tissue with characteristic pale pink colour, covering most of the anatomic crown, involving usually all the quadrants. There is no definitive treatment present but post pubertal surgical intervention and good oral hygiene maintenance can improve the compromised esthetics and function of the patient. This paper presents a case report of a 15 year old male suffering from hereditary gingival fibromatosis with a positive family history. Periodontal management including gingivectomy (external bevel) was being undertaken after biopsy.


A fundamental theorem of Whitney from 1933 asserts that 2-connected graphs G and H are 2-isomorphic, or equivalently, their cycle matroids are isomorphic, if and only if G can be transformed into H by a series of operations called Whitney switches. In this paper we consider the quantitative question arising from Whitney's theorem: Given two 2-isomorphic graphs, can we transform one into another by applying at most k Whitney switches? This problem is already NP-complete for cycles, and we investigate its parameterized complexity. We show that the problem admits a kernel of size O(k), and thus, is fixed-parameter tractable when parameterized by k.


Abstract Within the framework of the phenomenological Ginzburg-Landau theory influence of semiconductor electrodes on the properties of thin ferroelectric films is considered. The contribution of the semiconductor electrodes with different Debye screening length of carriers is included in the functional of free energy. The influence of highly doped semiconductor electrodes on the depolarization field and the film properties was shown to be great.


Oilseed Bassica is susceptible to attack by the cabbage seedpod weevil while commercial yellow mustard, Sinapis alba L., is resistant. The objective of this study was to determine if canola-quality S. alba would maintain its resistance traits. In laboratory choice and nochoice tests we found the number of eggs laid by the weevil to be low or non-existent in all S. alba genotypes. Key words: Ceutorhynchus obstrictus, Ceutorhynchus assimilis, Sinapis alba, plant resistance


The proposed changes recommended by the report Changing Childbirth (Department of Health, 1993) heralded a new era for midwifery as it moved towards utilizing midwifery skills in a more holistic and less fragmented way in order to promote continuity of care. Seven years on from the report, midwives are unhappy. The proposed changes have led to midwives becoming overworked, stressed, undermined and feeling devalued. The majority of women are still cared for at the birth by an unknown midwife, and care continues to be fragmented. This is the second part of a four-part series, drawn from a qualitative study examining midwives' experiences of becoming integrated within teams. The author looks at why grounded theory was used to analyse the data. Issues of bias and being an insider are discussed, as they are factors crucial to the integrity of the work. It then examines the first major theme, 'Connection and Disconnection'. Some women experienced an increase in the contact with women and connected with them for...


A new method for manufacturing Mn18Cr18N steel applied to retaining ring has been developed based on hollow ESR ingot. The ESR hollow ingot not only keep away from upsetting and punching, provide hollow billet for forging directly, but also meet the need of high quality of the raw material. ESR hollow ingot of Mn18Cr18N steel has been produced successfully in our lab. Melt rate is the most important technological parameter of electroslag remelting (ESR) process, which influences ingot quality and production efficiency. To further investigate the influence of surface quality on melt rate, the experimental results comparing to the simulations results have been implemented in this paper. A mathematical model to describe the temperature distribution and the solidification structure of ESR hollow ingot of Mn18Cr18N steel has been established. The change of metal pool profile, pool cylinder part height, and grain growth angles during hollow ESR process are calculated based on the coupled technology of CAFE method and the moving boundary method, which are consistent with the experimental results. The experiment of hollow ESR Mn18Cr18N steel at the most suitable melt rate obtained by numerical simulation results has been carried out to reveal the law of cylinder part height of metal pool changing with the withdrawal speed. The optimal technological parameters applied in the experiment of hollow ESR process can reasonably control the surface quality of Mn18Cr18N hollow ingot.


Aim To make a continuous vegetative stat e animal model after brain injury of cat to observe i ts clinical character.Methods Epidural water sac installation were carried out in 40cats,then saline were pure i nto the sacs until coma and the evaluatio n of the animals were made.Results There were 12cats in the vegetative s tate 1month after operation.clinic al manifestation,signs were similar t o PVS patients.Conclusion Continuous PVS animal models are similar to that of clinical patients and was an ideal animal model of PVS.


Mobile IPv6 (MlPv6) has some limitations due to long delays and signaling load during handover operation. Hierarchical mobile IPv6 (HMIPv6) is the extension of MIPv6 that is designed to reduce the signaling load and to improve handover speed of MIPv6 by splitting the mobility management into macro and micro mobility management schemes. However HMIPv6 only improves micro mobility problem where the significant delay still occurs in the macro mobility management because the handover algorithm is similar with the MIPv6 environment. This paper proposes a new fast handover algorithm that overcomes the limitations in mobile MIPv6 and its extension HMIPv6. Our design objective is to re-establish the communication traffic flow quickly and to minimize the service disruption delay that occurs during handover process in a macro mobility environment. This handover algorithm is based on the modification of the HMIPv6 protocol using the multicast technique concept. This algorithm will enable the mobile node to receive packet faster than HMIPv6 protocol during handover, seamlessly and transparently.


SMEs in the textile sector face many problems in their production flows, mainly due to the lack of production management systems caused by poor management of the production chain. Therefore, a diagnostic analysis is carried out in a textile SME to evaluate and define the deficiencies and factors that affect its competitiveness, which began with the analysis of the current situation of the company, where it was established the existence of poor-quality management, high waiting times and lack of procedures. Therefore, the use of lean manufacturing tools such as Jidoka, Single Minute Exchange of Die with respect to the production line and process management for the measurement and control of operations in the production area is proposed. The incorporation of these tools in block allows to decrease the rates of defective products, the excess of operative work and the set-up of the machines for the change of model. The main result of the research was that production increased to 0.091 und/PEN.


1. Fusion of myogenic cells is important for muscle growth and repair. The aim of this study was to examine the possible involvement of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) in the fusion process of myoblasts derived from postnatal human satellite cells. 2. Acetylcholine‐activated currents (ACh currents) were characterized in pure preparations of freshly isolated satellite cells, proliferating myoblasts, myoblasts triggered to fuse and myotubes, using whole‐cell and single‐channel voltage clamp recordings. Also, the effect of cholinergic agonists on myoblast fusion was tested. 3. No nAChR were observed in freshly isolated satellite cells. nAChR were first observed in proliferating myoblasts, but ACh current densities increased markedly only just before fusion. At that time most mononucleated myoblasts had ACh current densities similar to those of myotubes. ACh channels had similar properties at all stages of myoblast maturation. 4. The fraction of myoblasts that did not fuse under fusion‐promoting conditions had no ACh current and thus resembled freshly isolated satellite cells. 5. The rate of myoblast fusion was increased by carbachol, an effect antagonized by alpha‐bungarotoxin, curare and decamethonium, but not by atropine, indicating that nAChR were involved. Even though a prolonged exposure to carbachol led to desensitization, a residual ACh current persisted after several days of exposure to the nicotinic agonist. 6. Our observations suggest that nAChR play a role in myoblast fusion and that part of this role is mediated by the flow of ions through open ACh channels.


Many Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients are unable to maintain normal blood sugar levels. This is caused by lack of physical activity, disobedience to treatment and obesity. The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of progressive muscle relaxation therapy on blood sugar levels of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. The method of this study used a pretest – posttest design nonequivalent control design with statistical analysis of an indentent sample t-test. The results of the majority of the age of 45-59 years (41.7%), female sex (75%), duration of diagnosis of diabetes mellitus> 5 years (66.7%), Obesity (41.7%) and some work as civil servants (37.5%). The difference in average blood sugar values in the group after progressive muscle relaxation exercises (45.5 mg / dl) p value 0,000 (α 0.05), the difference between the progressive muscle relaxation exercise group and the control group showed the difference (44.9 mg / dl) p value 0,000 (α 0.05). Pregressive muscle relaxation is a practical therapy that can be carried out by everyone who is beneficial in reducing blood sugar levels


We present stable solid-state perovskite based luminophores with different emission colors via surface protection of CsPbX3 (X = Br or I) with a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane.


From the Benedikt-Kreutz-Rehabilitationszentrum, Bad Krozingen, West Germany. In 1972 a new clinic, a model for cardiovascular rehabilitation, was opened in Bad Krozingen. Patients come from all of Germany, but because of its location in Baden-Wfrttemberg, most are from the southern part of West Germany. The aim and purpose of this clinic were not only to realize pre-existing concepts, but to try out new methods of cardiovascular rehabilitation. Optimal functional and morphologic diagnosis helps us to codify therapeutic measures and permits controls in average and long-term studies. Soon after introduction of routine coronary angiography, it became obvious that in a certain number of patients, rehabilitation was not possible without surgical revascularization. Therefore, from 1973 on, patients were sent to different surgical units and even abroad (Table 1). The rather long waiting lists for surgery, which caused almost unbearable breaks in rehabilitation, forced the people in charge to plan and realize their


new scales make use of the assumption, methods, and principles of the age scale. Both mental ages and intelligence quotients have been retained, but a table is provided by means of which these may be converted into standard scores. One of the most important new features is a correction in the chronological ages used in finding the intelligence quotients between the ages of thirteen and sixteen. In the old scale the full chronological age up to sixteen was used. When the intelligence quotients of persons above that age were to be found, the chronological age was regarded as sixteen, the assumption being that mental maturity is reached at sixteen. In the new scales the counting of chronological age is discontinued by degrees starting at age thirteen. The chronological age of a subject who is between the ages of 13-0 and 16-o is counted as 13-0 plus two-thirds of the additional months he has lived. By the time a person has reached a true age of sixteen, his "adjusted CA" is 15-0, which is the highest divisor used in computing an intelligence quotient. A table has been provided for finding the "adjusted CA" between 13-0 and 16-o. One of the limitations of the old scale was that the results were susceptible to influence by the personality of the examiner and by the procedures that he used in administering the tests and scoring the responses. As a correction of this limitation, definite directions are given in the guide for administering the new scales, and the scoring standards are stated in great detail. It may be anticipated, therefore, that the objectivity of the new scales will be considerably superior to that of the old test. It is probable that for some years to come Measuring Intelligence will be the


Abstract : Internal system for management control of deficiency report processing. Effort includes assessing activities, assigning management goals, measuring progress and periodic updating of procedures for efficient Quality Deficiency Reports (QDRs). (sdw)


The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire society, being particularly detrimental to ethnic and racial minorities. Moreover, the problems faced by these communities are characterised and the measures that can be implemented to improve their situation are put forward. Many authors have suggested introducing the solutions according to the socio-ecological model which considers individual, organisational, community and policy factors. Due to the lack of trust of ethnic minorities in health care, no effort should be spared to restore their trust. To achieve this goal, educational programs should be carried out to dispel doubts about research and treatment. Furthermore, the impact of social media on the dissemination of discriminatory content should be meticulously analysed. The present paper is a systematic review of current literature, which analyses the authors` opinions on racial and ethnic discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic.


The purpose of this study is to reveal the tendency of planting design through the analysis of the planting of designer's gardens in the Suncheon Bay National Garden and to derive implications for future garden planting designs. The results of the study are as follows: First, the results of the study show that the practice of tree-based planting is still valid. Large growing trees such as 'Pinus densiflrora', 'Celtis sinensis', 'Zelkova serrata', 'Machilus thunbergii', 'Pinus strobus' overwhelmed the size of the designer's garden(150 to 390m 2 ). Second, the selection of trees tended to be made considering the designer's intention and the decorative effects rather than by considering the physiological and ecological conditions of the site. Third, among the herbaceous, the rate of the planting of perennials was high. Fourth, the flowering period of planted herbaceous was the most common in summer, followed by spring, fall, and winter. Fifth, the frequency color of the planted herbaceous was the most common in summer, followed by spring, fall, and winter. Fifth, in terms of flower color frequency, the most common was the yellow-series, followed by red-series, blue-series Sixth, average height herbaceous plants(20~60cm) were planted the most(47.4%). Seventh, structural plants that determined the garden's framework depended on trees, and the focal plants mainly utilized were evergreen trees, and the midrange plants were the planted herbaceous plants. The implications derived from the above findings are as follows: First, to ensure the garden's quality and sustainability, the selection of trees should be carefully considered, not considering only the artist's intention but also taking into account the physical and ecological conditions. Second, herbaceous plants can be used in various ways― the garden's focal plants, midrange plants, and ground covers, so more active herbaceous planting needs to be considered. Third, in consideration of the winter landscape, herbaceous planting using characteristics, as fruits and stems, as well as flower colors should be considered. Fourth, blue and black color herbaceous plants noticeable effect even in a small amount, so it is necessary to plant them actively. Fifth, for the design of herbaceous planting, where the individual property of plants can be expressed, the design method should be considered.


Underneath the umbrella of national competitiveness there are microeconomic and macroeconomic factors, but the recovery and the revival of a state competitiveness must be based on a strategy developed and coordinated centrally and implemented in strategic areas of the economy. In this respect, this paper aims to analyze the situation of European Union's competitiveness in terms of country risk and fiscal and budgetary discipline of the Member States, based on empirical data. Therefore, this study's analysis includes the following two steps: first, a segmentation of the European Union by determining distinct groups of countries according to national competitiveness (GCI), public debt (PD) and budget equilibrium (BD); and second, a factor analysis performed on the resulted clusters of countries based on GCI, PD, BD and CDS (credit default swap).


Since the early 2000s, the question of access to medicines at affordable prices for Southern populations has appeared as one of the major challenges for the international governance of health. But what is at stake is the creation of market for medicines in the global South, particularly countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa. These markets are new in nature in the sense that they are driven by international organisations where Southern firms, especially from India, occupy an increasingly important position. However, the specificity of these markets and the way they are constituted have been little analysed. In this article, we suggest focusing the attention on the constitution of the market of antimalarial drugs and highlighting the role played by Southern firms in this market. Our study focuses on the public sector market of antimalarial drugs. We provide an institutional and quantitative analysis of the creation of this public market. We then discuss the growing importance of the Southern firms, mainly Indian and Chinese, in this market.


Approximation of an image by the attractor evolved through iterations of a set of contractive maps is usually known as fractal image compression. The set of maps is called iterated function system (IFS). Several algorithms, with different motivations, have been suggested towards the solution of this problem. But, so far, the theory of IFS with probabilities, in the context of image compression, has not been explored much. In the present article we have proposed a new technique of fractal image compression using the theory of IFS and probabilities. In our proposed algorithm, we have used a multiscaling division of the given image up to a predetermined level or up to that level at which no further division is required. At each level, the maps and the corresponding probabilities are computed using the gray value information contained in that image level and in the image level higher to that level. A fine tuning of the algorithm is still to be done. But, the most interesting part of the proposed technique is its extreme fastness in image encoding. It can be looked upon as one of the solutions to the problem of huge computational cost for obtaining fractal code of images.


Pasireotide is a novel multireceptor‐targeted somatostatin analogue that has shown efficacy in patients with acromegaly and Cushing's disease when administered by subcutaneous (SC) injection. This study assessed the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics (PK) of a continuous infusion of pasireotide in healthy volunteers. In this single‐center, open‐label, dose escalation study, healthy male volunteers received a 7‐day continuous SC infusion of pasireotide in sequential ascending‐dose cohorts. Single and/or 8‐hour blood samples were taken on days 1 to 10 to assess PK and on days 1, 2, and 7 and a control day to assess glucose metabolism. Adverse events were evaluated throughout. Forty‐four participants were enrolled into 8 cohorts: pasireotide 450, 900, 1350, 1800 (3 cohorts were enrolled at this dose level), 2250, and 2025 μg/d. Doses were well tolerated up to 2025 μg/d. Adverse events were generally mild and gastrointestinal. Pasireotide steady‐state clearance was reduced at high doses, and plasma concentrations increased disproportionately with increasing dose. Blood glucose levels increased after initiation of pasireotide infusion with attenuation by day 7. Insulin and glucagon levels decreased after pasireotide infusion, with insulin levels exhibiting a greater degree of suppression. Pasireotide has the potential to be administered as a long‐acting release formulation, and future studies are warranted.


A relatively young body with roots in an older institution, the UN Human Rights Council has enjoyed some success and continued to serve important positive goals, many of them not easily realized. However, the system has always had significant internal and external limitations and continues to be beset by many problems – some more serious than others, and others more imagined than real. In our own time, the rise of right-wing populist regimes around the world, the continuities and discontinuities of the challenge that this sort of populism has posed to multilateralism in global governance, the economic crises that recently beset many parts of the world leading to serious resource constraints among many of the States that contribute the most to the UN's budget, and the on-and-off withdrawals of the US (one of the most powerful States in the world) from the Council amidst charges of selectivity, appear to have combined to produce heightened crisis within and about that body. What to do? Informed by the cross-fertilization of the author's academic thought and practical experience at the UN, the article offers an analysis of the Council's attainments (including its embrace of a broader and more inclusive agenda, upr reduction of selectivity, the reform of its system of appointing special procedure mandate holders, increase in the number of standing invitations issued by States to such mandate holders, and establishment of an effective sids/ldcs fund); discusses the problems that presently confront the Council (many of which have already been referred to above); and works out in some detail some of the ways in which these difficulties can be effectively ameliorated so as to enhance the Council's performance in the near- to medium-term future.


A. Bigdelou, L. Schwarz, N. Navab. "An Adaptive Solution for Intra-operative Gesture-based Human-Machine Interaction." International ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI), Lissabon, Portugal, February 2012  L. Schwarz, A. Bigdelou, N. Navab "Learning Gestures for Customizable Human-Computer Interaction in the Operating Room." Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Toronto, Canada, September 2011


The Administration for Children and Families is proposing a methodology to determine the child poverty rate in each State. If a State experiences an increase in its child poverty rate of 5 percent or more as a result of its Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, the State must submit and implement a corrective action plan. This requirement is a part of the new welfare reform block grant program enacted in 1996.


This paper analyzes the characteristics of existing storage technology and its shortcomings,describes the storage needs of digital resources,introduces the concept and benefits of cloud storage,and proposes a cloud storage architecture program based on Hadoop HDFS.


Background: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is an arthritis of unknown etiology that begins before the 16th birthday and persists for at least six weeks with other known conditions excluded. In JIA, there is a destructive inflammatory process in the border between bone and connective tissue of the joint similar to the inflammatory process of the supporting tissue around the tooth in periodontitis.

Objective: To emphasize the role of a pedo-dentist in the multidisciplinary management of JIA (to treat this detrimental disease before it becomes irreversible).

Patients and Methods: A case-control study was conducted among JIA patients at Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Rheumatology Unit and private rheumatology clinic during the period September 2020 to May 2021. Twenty Iraqi patients diagnosed with JIA by rheumatologist (after fulfilling International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR) criteria), compared with 20 healthy control individuals matched age. All patients were sent to specialized pediatric dental clinic in Baghdad where dental examination was applied. The examinations were conducted by two certified specialist pedo-dentist to indices Dental findings (dmf-s/DMF-S), Gingival inflammation (GI), Plaque index (PI). The surfaces of Ramfjord teeth were examined with diagnostic instruments (mirror and periodontal probe) and scored for all indices.

Results: According to joint numbers involved, the polyarticular manner was the most common in 40% of patients, followed by oligoarticular in 35% of patients, and systematic manner in 20% of patients. In addition, one case presented with enthesitis related arthritis. The mean of gingival index (GI) in patients' group (0.88±0.623) was higher than that of control group (0.61±0.53), without any significant difference (p=0.0545). However, the plaque index (PI) results showed high statistically significant difference (p=0.0162), similarly, the dmfs demonstrated a high significant difference (p=0.026) between patient and control groups. The DMFs was statistically significant (p=0.015), CRP level in relation to the indices, all indices have a significant high level association level (≥5mg/L) over normal level of CRP (<5 mg/L), effect of Prednisolone was statistically significant for GI (p=0.0245), and dmfs (p=0.0015). However, it was not significantly different in the value of PI (p=0.098), and DMFs (p=0.0627). In our study DMARDs (MTX) had a direct effect on GI and PI with a statistically significant difference (p=0.0164), and (p=0.017), respectively. Finally, the role of MTX on dmfs and DMFs was not significant.

Conclusions: The indices used in this study to evaluate oral health in JIA children were GI has no significant difference compared to healthy children; PI was significantly higher compared to healthy children; the dmfs/DMFS both showed significantly higher compared to healthy children. The high CRP level has a significant association with GI, PI and dmfs, but no significant association with DMFs. Regarding the JIA treatment, Prednisolone has significantly modified all indices (in particular GI and DMFs), NSAIDs has significantly modified PI only, DMARDs (MTX) had direct effect on GI and PI, but no role on dmfs and no significant effect on DMFs.


Abstract We present the snow-accumulation distribution over Austfonna, Nordaustlandet, Svalbard, based on 29 shallow ice cores that were retrieved from this ice cap during 1998 and 1999. Mean annual net accumulation is deduced from radioactive layers resulting from the 1954–74 atmospheric nuclear tests (maximum in 1963) and the Chernobyl accident (1986). The Chernobyl layer was located in 19 ice cores in the accumulation area, and the nuclear test layer was located in two deeper ice cores. In addition, the spatial variation of the depth of winter 1998/99 snowpack was mapped using snow probing, ground-penetrating radar methods and pit studies. The altitudinal gradient of the mean annual net mass balance and the altitude of the mean equilibrium line are determined along five transects ending at the top of the ice cap. The mean annual net mass balance and the equilibrium-line altitudes show a high degree of asymmetry between the western and eastern parts of Austfonna, in accordance with the distribution of winter accumulation. Large interannual variations of the accumulation exist. However, the study of the mean annual net mass balance shows no trend for two different time periods, 1963–86 and 1986 to the date of the drillings (1998/99).


Correlations in space and time of the light intensity from extended sources, observed by Brown and Twiss and by Forrester, were analyzed by these authors primarily in terms of field oscillations. This paper discusses an atomic process which brings out the intensity correlations, namely, the photoionization of a pair of atoms following photon emission by another pair of independently excited atoms. The calculated probability of this process depends sinusoidally on the relative positions of the four atoms and also, when the source atoms emit different frequencies, on the time interval between the photoionizations, in agreement with the macroscopic treatment. The oscillations arise from an interference of probability amplitudes which is not affected by the random phases of the source atoms. The calculation follows a standard approach but involves some novel detail.


In this article, I document the introduction the music's practitioners, an examination of and development of gospel music within the this genre at the local level will shed insight African-American Christian community of into the development and dissemination of Omaha, Nebraska. The 116 predominantly gospel music on the broader national scale, black congregations in Omaha represent Following an introduction to the gospel twenty-five percent of the churches in a city genre, the character of sacred music in where African-Americans comprise thirteen Omaha's African-American Christian insti percent of the overall population.1 Within tutions prior to the appearance of gospel will these institutions the gospel music genre has be examined. Next, the city's male quartet been and continues to be a dynamic reflection practice will be considered. Factors that fa of African-American spiritual values and aes- cilitated the adoption of gospel by "main thetic sensibilities. By focusing the research stream" congregations during the 1930s and on perceptions and descriptions provided by 1940s will then be addressed. In conclusion, the role of Salem Baptist Church as a focal point and instigator of musical change from the 1950s to the present will be described. The accepted definition of the word "gos pel," as found in the Oxford English Dictionary, reads, '"the glad tidings (of the Kingdom of


AbstractAn intuitive deformation tool is essential in design applications where freeform control of an existing object is required. In this paper, we present a technique for deforming 3D objects using an axial curve, which allows direct control on the local coordinate frames (LCF) defined on the axial curves. Users can move and twist the LCFs arbitrarily, while maintaining the continuity and the smoothness of the shape. This avoids undesirable twists as a result of the lack of intuitive control on the LCFs. The continuity and smoothness of the axial curve, and hence the associated geometric shape is maintained by adopting a suitable interpolation scheme to determine the LCF between user defined LCFs. Experiments show that the proposed method is capable of maintaining the shape's smoothness while eliminating undesirable twist and distortion.


Development of control systems for electric wheelchair has been an active area of research since the 1990's and yet few sophisticated control systems have been deployed for general use in the wheelchair user population. Evidence of comparisons of wheelchair control systems in the literature are limited and few examples exist that indicates how specific control systems may benefit users with specific symptoms rather than underlying medical conditions. This paper provides an overview of a simple virtual environment that may be used to compare various wheelchair control systems. Elements of each control system are separated into layers which not only allow the comparison of control systems detailed in the literature but also allow the recombination of the layers into new control systems. A comparison of two control systems with differing levels of complexity is described here. While the virtual environment described does not yet have all features fully implemented the initial results from the comparison of the two control systems does indicate that the virtual environment produces results analogous to those derived from real world testing.


PNH is a rare haematological disorder due to the clonal expansion of abnormal haemotopoietic stem cells ,carrying a mutation in the PIG-A gene. Eculizumab ,as a humanised anti-complement component (C5), has proven highly effective in controlling intravascular haemolysis, and is expected to result in a remarkable improvement of survival. Should Eculizumab thus be offered as first treatment to all PNH patients? Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is still the only curative treatment for PNH by eradicating the abnormal PNH clone, leading to definitive survival improvement and QOL benefits. Methods We assessed the long-term clinical and hematologic results in 13 PNH patients who received Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in our centre between Jan 2010 and Apr 2014. The patients were aged 13 to 54 (median 24 years). Eight donors were HLA -haploidentical and 5 were HLA-identical (3 siblings and 2 unrelated donors). Results Eleven patients received a myeloablative conditioning consisting of busulfan and cyclophosphamide and 2 were given a reduced intensity conditioning consisting of fludarabine, busulfan and ALG (2 HLA-identical sibling donor). All patients achieved sustained engraftment with a median time of 11 days (range 11-26) to reach 0.5 ×10 9 /L neutrophils and 15 days (range 12-126) to reach 20 ×10 9 /L platelets. The overall cumulative incidence of grade II-IV acute GvHD was 15.4% and 2 patients showed limited chronic GvHD in evaluable 12 patients (cumulative incidence 16.7%).Transplant-related mortality for all patients was 15.4% (1 due to TMA and 1 due to severe pulmonary infection). As of Aug 1,2014, 11 patients are alive with complete hematologic recovery and no evidence of PNH following a median follow-up of 13 months. The 3-year Kaplan-Meier probability of disease-free survival was 80.2±12.8%. No thromboembolic event nor recurrence of the disease were reported following transplant. Conclusions The findings of this study confirm that most patients with PNH may be definitively cured with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


This paper investigates the use of morphological size distributions to characterize textures and explore their sensitivity to the presence of inhomogeneities and multiple textures. When the image texture is a result of material properties such variations in texture typically correspond to defects on the surface being imaged. An application where the analysis of texture variations is of great significance is the assessment of distresses on pavement surfaces. We develop a novel normalization scheme based on a Gaussian model to enhance the sensitivity of the morphological distributions to texture variations indicative of defects. Results from a simple rule-based classification scheme are presented to demonstrate that measures derived from the normalized distributions are useful in classifying distresses. Our use of normalized distributions, and not the original images, to develop measures for analyzing textures results in a significant reduction in computational and storage requirements.<<ETX>>


Mobile Banking, also known as M-Banking and SMS banking is a terminal used for checking balances, financial transactions, payments using mobile devices such as cell phones. Mobile Banking is currently mostly demonstrated via SMS or Mobile Internet but can also use mobile device download programs. This study aims to determine the effect of Ease of Use, Trust, and Benefits of Using Mobile Banking Services on Students of the Faculty of Economics and Business, Warmadewa University. The research method uses a questionnaire while data analysis uses multiple linear regression. The research sample was 50 mobile banking users. The results of this study indicate that ease of use has a positive and significant effect on the use of mobile banking services, trust has a positive and significant effect on the use of mobile banking services, and benefits have a positive and significant effect on usage. mobile banking services.


greatly facilitate the study and understanding of the many interacting individual, social, and situational factors involved in differential occupational mobility and career success. Finally, it should be recalled that the application of a situational theory has greatly facilitated the building of a general theory of leadership. Since high occupational status is the most common form of real-life leadership status, it seems logical to expect that the increased application of a situational theory in sociological research of the "middle ran e" will likewise facilitate the building of a general theory of differential occupational mobility and career success. From such situational theory and research, there may also result more real-life answers concerning why some individuals "make names for themselves" occupationally, while other individuals "never amount to much." After all, for those who believe in the truth or falsity of the American Dream, the dream may become real in its occupational consequences.


Objective To identify the microscopic structure of Nigella glandulifera Preyn et Sint in Xinjiang.Methods Nigella glandulifera preynet sint was made into several slices and its characters were observed,described and taken pictures by the normal of pharmacognostical authenticate.Results The detailed researches were carved out about the characters of Nigecca glandulifea pregyn et sint,cross section of the seeds and its physics and chemistry.Conclusion The method is proved to be simple,rapid and it can provide identification basis for taking for and developing the Chinese herbal medicine resourcs.


Public signs refer to the type of sign posted in public places to alert readers to certain information.They constitute a special genre in terms of language use, communicative functions and cultural features. The translation of public signs from Chinese into English presents a number of unique challenges. This article concentrates on issues relating to information loss and change of appellative effect in Chinese-English public sign translation based on actual examples collected in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. It discusses the problems in Chinese-English public sign translation and presents a number of case studies, followed by a detailed analysis of the possible reasons for these problems. Such reasons include linguistic differences, inappropriate use of existing English public signs, inadequate understanding of culture and practices in English-speaking countries, unclear target readership, and the qualifications and experience of translators. Satisfactory solutions to these problems are yet to be sought. As one possible solution, the article proposes changes to the design process for bilingual public signs -i.e. when a sign is intended to be bilingual, consideration should be given from the beginning to its appropriate English translation. However, this strategy may compromise the features of public signs in the language concerned. The article concludes with a call for more research in this field.


The present invention relates to a transparent thermoplastic plastic, an inorganic infrared absorber (hereinafter also referred to as infrared absorbing agent), a combination of at least one inorganic pigment and at least two nanoscale organic colorant having a specific structure absorbs infrared radiation (IR) the preparation and use of the polymer composition, and the polymer composition of the present invention, as well as products made therefrom.


One of the definitions of suspense is anxiety arising from an uncertain situation. Alfred Hitchcock was one of the best-known film directors and produ


The neutron, proton, and matter densities of the ground state of the proton-rich 23Al and 27P exotic nuclei were analyzed using the binary cluster model (BCM). Two density parameterizations were used in BCM calculations namely; Gaussian (GS) and harmonic oscillator (HO) parameterizations. According to the calculated results, it found that the BCM gives a good description of the nuclear structure for above proton-rich exotic nuclei. The elastic form factors of the unstable 23Al and 27P exotic nuclei and those of their stable isotopes 27Al and 31P are studied by the plane-wave Born approximation. The main difference between the elastic form factors of unstable nuclei and their stable isotopes is caused by the variation in the proton density distributions, especially the details of the outer part. Moreover, the Glauber model is used to calculate the matter rms radii and reaction cross-section of these exotic nuclei.  The calculated results of the mentioned nuclei give a good accordance with the experimental data.


Many analysts have argued that the most harmful forms of drug use are disproportionately concentrated in poor communities of color, and that this pattern—combined with law enforcement's tendency to focus on outdoor drug activity—explains racial disparity in drug arrests. Others contend that comparatively high black and Latino drug arrest rates result from racial bias or racist intent on the part of the architects or lieutenants of the drug war. This article offers an alternative explanation of racial disparity in drug arrests in Seattle, Washington. Specifically, we argue that the racialization of imagery surrounding drugs in general and crack cocaine in particular had long-lasting institutional and cultural effects that continue to shape police perceptions and practices, and that these effects explain much of the disparity that characterizes drug possession in Seattle.


Trauma of the kind that plagued twentieth-century modernity has hardly been left behind in the emerging public sphere of the new millennium. Recent troubles—most notably the destruction of the World Trade Center—have surely driven home the traumatic stakes of globalization in 2001. The need to come to terms with trauma, its relation to historicity, and its place in cultural studies generally has never been more pressing. By definition, however, trauma poses a limit to critical reason and—as wound, disaster, or catastrophe—eclipses thought itself. Nevertheless, the psychological, social, and political impact that trauma effects historically, as well as the psychic toll it takes in our daily lives, demand theorization even as they resist total understanding. Since 1980—when the American Psychiatric Association officially recognized Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)—a substantial corpus of neurological, psychological, legal, theological, ethical, literary, and cultural studies has complicated any simple or straightforward approaches to trauma. Key questions asked by some scholars in the emerging field of trauma studies are site specific, or unique to such singular events as, say, the Holocaust. Other writers formulate more general questions by comparing different cases of modern trauma, such as genocide, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear accidents, natural disasters, rape and incest narratives, hate crimes, global terrorism, and other crimes against humanity, not to mention the ontic sources of trauma that may well be rooted in the human condition as such. During the 1990s, trauma studies developed into a dynamic and cross-disciplinary, if provisional, enterprise. Today it faces a moment of methodological crisis even as it negotiates disciplinary legitimation. Until now trauma studies lacked the kind of discerning metacommentary that would adjudicate among its emergent logics, truth claims, intellectual strategies, objects of analysis, and scholarly positions. That dream of totalization, however, is precisely what LaCapra casts doubt upon in his important new book, which includes essays, modified talks, and an interview that speaks to the core issue of trauma's relation to disciplinary inquiry in the wake of the Holocaust. MODERNISM / modernity


New complexes of coumarin-3-carboxylic acid (HCCA) with holmium [Ho(III)] and erbium [Er(III)] were synthesized and their structures and spectral properties were investigated by elemental analysis, IR, Raman and NMR measurements. According to the experimental data of the complexes, their formulae and geometries have been suggested. Vibrational frequencies, IR intensities and Raman activities as well as 1 H NMR chemical shifts of HCCA and its lanthanum [Ln(III)] complexes are presented. The comparative experimental spectral analyses of both the ligand and the Ln(III) complexes predicted the bidentate binding to Ho(III) and Er(III) through the deprotonated carboxylic oxygen and the carbonylic oxygen of the ligand. The cytotoxic/cytostatic properties of the ligand and the newly synthesized complexes of coumarin-3-carboxylic acid with Ho(III) and Er(III) were tested by MTT reduction assay against two mouse tumour cell lines, melanoma B16 and fibrosarcoma L929, as well as against normal mouse peritoneal macrophages. The proliferation inhibitory effect of the complexes compared to that of the ligand proved their cytotoxic/cytostatic properties against both the tumour cell lines. The complexes were less cytotoxic against normal mouse macrophages and modulated NO release by activated macrophages. The results are in accordance with our previously published data on the activity of lanthanide (III) complexes with coumarins.


As data sets grow and conventional processor performance scaling slows, data analytics move towards heterogeneous architectures that incorporate hardware accelerators (notably GPUs) to continue scaling performance. However, existing GPU-based databases fail to deal with big data applications efficiently: their execution model suffers from scalability limitations on GPUs whose memory capacity is limited; existing systems fail to consider the discrepancy between fast GPUs and slow storage, which can counteract the benefit of GPU accelerators.

In this paper, we propose HippogriffDB, an efficient, scalable GPU-accelerated OLAP system. It tackles the bandwidth discrepancy using compression and an optimized data transfer path. HippogriffDB stores tables in a compressed format and uses the GPU for decompression, trading GPU cycles for the improved I/O bandwidth. To improve the data transfer efficiency, HippogriffDB introduces a peer-to-peer, multi-threaded data transfer mechanism, directly transferring data from the SSD to the GPU. HippogriffDB adopts a query-over-block execution model that provides scalability using a stream-based approach. The model improves kernel efficiency with the operator fusion and double buffering mechanism.

We have implemented HippogriffDB using an NVMe SSD, which talks directly to a commercial GPU. Results on two popular benchmarks demonstrate its scalability and efficiency. HippogriffDB outperforms existing GPU-based databases (YDB) and in-memory data analytics (MonetDB) by 1-2 orders of magnitude.


The rose essential oil was extracted using simultaneous steam distillation,and the chemical composition was analyzed by GC-MS,which identified a total of 14 chemical components and the total content was 95.25%.Citronellol is the main component of the essential oil,the relative content was 90.37%.Antimicrobial activity showed that rose essential oil possessed different excent antimicrobial activity to seven kinds of bacteria except for Aspergillus niger,in which,the MIC values of rose essential oil against Staphylococcus epidermidis,Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli were all 0.063% v/v,the MIC values of rose essential oil against Bacillus subtilis,Proteus vulgaris and Candida albicans were all 0.125% v/v,however,the antibacterial activity of the essential oil against Pseudomonas aeruginosa was relatively weak,MIC was 0.500% v/v.The results of inhibition diameters also showed that inhibition diameters of rose essential oil against six strains were higher than 8.5mm except for A.niger and P.aeruginosa.The bactericidal dynamic studies of rose essential oil against three-sensitive strains including S.aureus(gram-positive bacteria),E.coli(gram-negative bacteria) and C.albicans(fungi) were investigated,which provides a theoretical basis for the application of rose essential oil.


Building the line of defense of the firm Party discipline and law is an important measure of preventing and curing corruption from the source. This article revealed some problems, which lies in present system construction .


Ca imaging techniques are used for various physiological purposes. Recently, several statistical
 calibration methods have been proposed to quantify Ca2+ concentrations from the fluorescence signals in
 Ca images. These methods share a common problem: parametric indefiniteness. In this study, to resolve
 the indefiniteness, we extend a state-space model by giving it a hierarchical Bayesian structure for describing parameter generation processes. We implemented this model with the particle filter and verified its
 effectiveness by applying it to artificial and real fluorescence signals.


A case of hepatic oil embolization following bipedal lymphangiography is presented. The CT appearance, pathogenesis, clinical significance, and differential diagnosis are discussed.


With the aim of discovering potential cytotoxic agents, a new series of substituted 4-chromenes were synthesized in three steps starting from the readily available 4-chromanone 3. Alkylation of compound 3 afforded alkyne 4-chromanone 5, which on subsequent cyclization provided pyranochromene 10. Reaction of compounds 5 and 10 with Grignard reagents yielded the desired compounds 7, 8a-d/9a-9d, 12a-b and 14a-c/15a-c. The synthesized compounds were evaluated for their cytotoxic activity on three different cell lines, namely HT29, T47D and L929 and most of them were shown to be relatively good with IC50= 100-130 μM. Among them, 14b/15b and 8c/9c were the most potent ones with the IC50=92.28 ± 16.84 (on HT29) and 94.48 ± 15.37 μM (on T47D), respectively.


This research paper deals with fault detections and dynamic recoveries of electrical smart grids that should be flexible and automatically adapted at run-time when faults occur on lines or devices. These grids are composed of three levels of power lines: High Voltage Lines (44KV), Medium Voltage Lines (11KV), and Low Voltage Lines (380V). In order to control the complexity of detection and deduction, we propose new relations between faults. We define also a multi-agent architecture to allow dynamic recoveries where two types of agents are defined: static agents and mobile agents. Static agents have as a task the detection of local faults on power lines and the recovery of their normal behaviors by using a local knowledge-base. The mobile agents are created to dynamically move on lines and to find new solutions when no local solution is found. To validate and test our approach, we present experimental results showing the originality of the paper's contribution by assuming a case study.


Kelly Brownell joins a long list of science luminaries, including Carl Sagan and Margaret Mead, as recipient of Dickinson's Joseph Priestley Award.


Comparative analysis of interrelation of homocysteinemia and intracardiac hemodynamics, blood lipid spectrum indices and coagulothrombocytic hemostasis in ischemic heart disease patients and healthy persons was performed. Ischemic heart disease patients revealed hyperhomocysteinemia and increased content of SRB which is associated with the risk of Q-IM development and increased need in coronary revascularization.


1. I n t r o d u c t i o n The not ion of an A-hypergraph i s nothing e l s e than L i p s k i ' s no t ion of an acyc l i c family of s e t s [ 6 ] formulated i n terms of hypergraphs. Acyclic f a m i l i e s o r ig ina t e i n the design of f i l e o rgan i za t i ons . The not ion of a WA-hypergraph i s a g e n e r a l i z a t i o n of the not ion of A-hypergraph'and was int roduced ( i n d i f f e r e n t terminology) by the author i n 1976 [ 7 ] . WA-hypergraphs have a s t rong connexion with the theory of matroids [ 3 ] , see a l so [ l l ] . In Sec t ion 2 we prove t h a t each A-hypergraph i s a WA-hypergraph and tha t the basio theorems concerning A-hypergraphs can be genera l ized t o WA-hypergraphs. We a l so prove a c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n of WA-hypergraphs. T-hypergraphs are of e s s e n t i a l importance i n the topolog i c a l a n a l y s i s and syn thes i s of l i n e a r networks. T-hypergraphs ( i n terms of s t r u c t u r a l numbers) were developed by the author i n [ 8 ] . I n Sect ion 3 we s t a t e a r e l a t i o n between T-hypergraphs and WA-hypergraphs. Throughout the t e x t , the s tandard mathematical n o t a t i o n I s used. All s e t s considered in the paper are assumed to be f i n i t e . P{X) denotes the power se t of a se t X and | X1 i s the c a r d i n a l i t y of X. Throughout the paper, by a hypergraph we t?.ill mean a pa i r H = (X,M) where X i s a nonempty s e t , MCP(I ) , 0 £ U and UM = X. The elements of X and U are c a l l e d , r e s p e c t i v e l y , the v e r t i c e s and the edges of H. I f H = (X,M) i s a hypergraph and ? = (7,N) i s a hypergraph suoh t h a t


An extract of leaves and stems of Aster koraiensis, an extract of roots of the Aster koraiensis and an extract of flowers of the Aster koraiensis are provided to inhibit generation of AGEs(Advanced glycation end products:AGEs), one of main cause of diabetic complications, and inhibit the activity of aldose reductase(AR) effectively, thereby being used as a pharmaceutical composition or a health functional food for preventing and treating the diabetic complications and anti-aging. A pharmaceutical composition or a health functional food for preventing or treating diabetic complications or anti-aging comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of: an extract of leaves and stems or roots or flowers of Aster koraiensis; an ethyl acetate fraction or a normal butanol fraction or a water fraction of the extract of leaves and stems, an ethyl acetate fraction or a normal butanol fraction of the extract of roots; and an ethylacetate fraction or a normal butanol fraction of the extract of flowers as an effective ingredient.


Why some patients with renal disease start to compose poetry? They concord that this is a supplement to their clinical history and a help to physicians. They underline that poetry does not get rid of Evidencce Based Medicine (EBM) and of its scientific basis, but they find in it a support to their soul voice. It is a supplement of clinical practice and an extra kick to progress toward the hope of a better lifetime. Poetry is a help that a man offers to other men, a guide to avoid or to lessen pain and mistake. If poetry is a supplement of clinical practice, EBM has a privileged role in accompanying it when it enters in the dialysis ward. On the other hand, EBM is strictly tied up to bioethics guiding every clinical approach; then a "red thread" makes a sound choice by applying poetry to nephrology and EBM. The poetry of three renal patients explains the development of a comprehensive bioethical principle and gives us a guide to its application in everyday clinical activity. Talking about EBM and poor importance nowadays somebody gives it, an outstanding medical journal published these ironic alternatives to it: Eminence based medicine, Vehemence based medicine, Eloquence based medicine, Providence based medicine, Diffidence based medicine, Nervousness based medicine.


We present examples of real-time mobile navigation systems and approaches to vision-based Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) based on the second generation of our image processing library, XVision. Although the application-field of XVision is not limited to mobile navigation, the real-time requirements and limited computational resources on mobile systems provide a good testbed for it. We discuss the general architecture of the library and its modular processing pipeline, and we show how multiple tracking and low-level image processing primitives for color, texture and disparity can be combined to produce vision-guided navigation systems. The applications we discuss make use of XVision capabilities to solve the temporal correspondence problem by tracking an image feature in a given image domain.


The built environment in the 21st century faces a massive and unprecedented crisis: the depletion of the very basis of urbanisation as we know it. The coming end of the fossil fuel era throws the meaning of architectural dogma in the 20th century into stark relief. The modem movements of Futurism, Constructivism, the Bauhaus, Postmodernism and Deconstructivism and their legacy are a highly significant but temporary historic feature - the product of the last Industrial Revolution, was sparked by an abundance of cheap energy. The mainstream discourse engendered in late 19th and 20th century architecture and town planning principles celebrated a wild illusion: the arrival of the New Age as an all-powerful myth that thrived by totally obfuscating the underlying issues of sustainability.All contemporary urban civilisation, mega-city formation and spatial globalisation are driven by a single-worldwide force-, cheap oil, coal and natural gas as development drivers. As these supplies dwindle and the spectre of catastrophic climate change triggered by greenhouse gas emissions rises, the call for fundamentally new conceptual frames and solutions will soon become all-consuming –and lend ultimate meaning to the currently rather vague concept of sustainability on the built environment.


God forgives, but time to none, says the song. What a profound truth! Sometimes part of the intellect is preserved, but other times it is lost forever. The above when detecting any psychoanalytic or neurological abnormality in the patient. In what age range do these symptoms appear? It is not 100% clear, cases have even been detected in people under 50 years of age. What do countries do in these cases? In Chile there are clubs for older adults that take advantage of some government royalties, offering special trips to see places other than the country of origin. Is that waiting for us? At the University, monetary stimuli are offered to all those who have reached enough age to leave the institution and light the fireplace, understanding by the latter the incorporation of new academics from some fashionable professions, but one thing is clear, everything with the doctor degree at least.


This thesis attempts to provide an explanation of how changes to
subjectivity occur in TQM change programmes. Through an examination of
the TQM and management of change literature, the thesis argues that existing
analyses are limited in their presentation of changes to subjectivity by their
dependence upon either neo-Marxist or postmodernist thought. Using three
medium-sized, privately-owned manufacturing plants in the West Midlands
the thesis uses grounded theory and phenomenological methodologies to
construct a theory which explains how changes in subjectivity occur. The
theory that is developed uses a combination of structuration theory and
existentialist philosophy to understand how trust, distrust and angst mediate
structural forces, organisational conditions and employee subjectivity.
There could be several implications of this framework, but three are
stressed. First, it is argued that habit, in the form of trust and distrust, allows a
modelling of workers that is neither under- nor over-socialised. Second, it is
argued that the traditional distinction made between attitudes and behaviours
is unnecessary in a processual study. The distinction hampers our
understanding of how change works in practice. This argument raises serious
questions regarding the validity of notions such as 'acting out'. Thirdly, and
consequently, the thesis argues that researchers' methodologies need to be
much more sensitive to hard-to-measure intangibles than many are at present.


Abstract Background Evidence suggests that in individuals with psychosis, paranoia is reduced after trauma-focused therapy (TFT) aimed at co-morbid posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Objective To identify mediators of the effect of TFT on paranoia. Method In a multicenter single-blind randomized controlled trial 155 outpatients in treatment for psychosis were allocated to 8 sessions Prolonged Exposure (PE; n=53), 8 sessions Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy (n=55), or a waiting-list condition (WL; n=47) for treatment of co-morbid PTSD. Measures were performed on (1) paranoia (GPTS); (2) DSM-IV-TR PTSD symptom clusters (CAPS-IV; i.e., intrusions, avoidance, and hyperarousal); (3) negative posttraumatic cognitions (PTCI; i.e., negative self posttraumatic cognitions, negative world posttraumatic cognitions and self-blame); (4) depression (BDI-II); and (5) cognitive biases (i.e., jumping to conclusion, attention to threat, belief inflexibility and external attribution), cognitive limitations (i.e., social cognition problems and subjective cognitive problems), and safety behaviors (DACOBS). Outcome in terms of symptoms of paranoia (1) and potential mediators (2-5) were evaluated at post-treatment, controlling for baseline scores. Results The effects of TFT on paranoia were primarily mediated by negative self and negative world posttraumatic cognitions, representing almost 70% of the total indirect effect. Safety behaviors and social cognition problems were involved in the second step mediational pathway models. Conclusions Targeting the cognitive dimension of PTSD in TFT in psychosis could be an effective way to influence paranoia, whereas addressing safety behaviors and social cognition problems might enhance the impact of TFT on paranoia.


Hyperprolactinaemia is an important but neglected adverse effect of antipsychotic medication [1]. It occurs frequently with conventional antipsychotics and some atypical antipsychotics (risperidone and amisulpride). We found hyperprolactinaemia in all 10 patients evaluated during therapy with low doses (50 mg per day) of amisulpride used as an augmentation to antidepressant treatment, benzodiazepines or in monotherapy [2]. We decided to suspend amisulpride treatment for patients in which no clinical benefits were observed. Plasma prolactin levels were measured in 3 women and 2 men (mean age 44±13.5 years) with depressive symptoms who were treated with 50 mg of amisulpride per day as an augmentation to antidepressants (n=3) or benzodiazepine anxiolytics (n=3) for a median of 61 days. Informed consent was obtained from all subjects. The prolactin plasma assessment was the same as in our previous study [2]. The normal range established for prolactin assay is within 1.39–24.2 ng/ml. All patients had hyperprolactinaemia (range 39.8–200 ng/ml). Only one woman suffered from amenorrhea that was possibly induced by amisulpride use. All patients were reassessed after 7–24 days (median 10 days) of the amisulpride withdrawal. There was a significant decrease of prolactin levels (Wilcoxon matched pair test, Z = 2.02, p=0.043) from the median 91.9 ng/ml (±95% CI 22–188) to the median 17.5 ng/ml (±95% CI =–18–95). Two of the five patients continued to have hyperprolactinaemia (119 ng/ml and 27 ng/ml) after 10 and 7 days of amisulpride withdrawal. It seems that the median of 10 days after withdrawal of a low doses amisulpride is sufficient to show a significant decrease of the prolactin level but the period of 10 days is insufficient to achieve euprolactinaemia in all of the patients. From a research point of view, it is valuable to follow prolactin plasma levels after withdrawal of amisulpride monotherapy in future studies. In our opinion the data from our small sample have clinical importance due to the lack of information concerning the time profile of prolactinaemia change following cessation of a low dose of amisulpride.


Obtaining a patent provides the patentee with the ability to offer a potential entrant a license to operate within the patent that has been claimed. This paper shows that the patentee always has an incentive to provide a license if the patentee is unable to use patent breadth to deter entry (if the patentee can deter entry, it is optimal for the patentee to do so). Licensing a new product to a competitor has two benefits for the patentee. First, licensing creates an incentive for the entrant to select the product location that maximizes the joint profits of both it and the patentee, rather than just its own profits. Second, the patent breadth decision determines the default profits for both the patentee and the entrant, which in turn affects the manner in which the benefits of the cooperative R&D are shared between the two parties. Generally the patentee has an incentive to choose a smaller patent breadth when licensing is possible than it would choose where licensing not possible. The smaller patent breadth is optimal because it lowers the probability of the patent being found invalid, which in turn lowers the default profits for the entrant (i.e., the profits earned in the absence of a license). Copyright 2008 by Murray Fulton and Amalia Yiannaka. All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies. Strategic Licensing of Product Innovations


It is likely there is only 5% of the world's terrestrial habitat remaining in ''something approximating its natural state'' (131). If we think of this 5% spread out across the earth's continents as ''islands'' of natural habitat, this translates to retaining only about 5% of the world's biodiversity (135). Because of the unavoidable consequences of habitat loss, conservation, as it is traditionally implemented, cannot avert the extinction crisis; it can only delay it. In short, setting aside reserves and restoring natural areas simply cannot account for the dynamic nature of, well, nature. So, what is a conservationist to do? In Win–Win Ecology, Michael Rosenzweig uses arguments such as these to introduce an arguably more effective strategy for biodiversity protection: reconciliation ecology. Reconciliation ecology is not a replacement for reservation or restoration efforts; it is proffered as part of a triumvirate of conservation strategies. Invoking the Chinese maxim, ''the careful foot can walk anywhere,'' Rosenzweig maintains that for effective biodiversity protection, humans must ''reconcile'' our needs with those of biodiversity by reducing the impact of the human footprint. Officially, he defines it as the ''science of inventing, establishing, and maintaining new habitats to conserve species diversity in places where people live, work or play'' (7). It takes programs like the National Wildlife Federation's Backyard Wildlife Habitat to the next level by ''creating self-supporting populations of species on our land'' (8). This book is largely a collection of case studies showing reconciliation ecology in action, with a secondary focus on his scientifically-based rationale. In the first chapter, Rosenzweig introduces reconciliation ecology and all of its promise for conservation. Chapter 2 addresses the basis for human habitat selection as well as our alteration of it into forms that ''few species'' like. Chapter 3 is a single case study used to differentiate reconciliation ecology from restoration ecology. In Chapter 4, Rosenzweig tries to answer the question of whether reconciliation ecology can be profitable, and in Chapter 5 he uses a case study of coffee production to argue that, in some cases, a reconciliation approach may be better than modern production methods. Chapters 6 and 7 are examples of reconciliation ecology in practice, respectively differentiated by whether reconciliation is the result of deliberate human effort or simply a ''happy accident.'' In Chapters 8 through 10, Rosenzweig takes a step back and provides a scientific rationale for adopting reconciliation ecology as a primary conservation strategy. We


Starting from a tight binding description,the existence of mixed s-dwave pairing state is discussed. Then,within the framework of the phenomenological G-L theory, the structure of vortex lattice in a high-T c superconductor is studied.It is shown that there is a strong correlation between the structure of a single vortex and the shape of the vortex lattice.At low temperatures,with the existence of s-wave component and its coupling to d-wave component,the d-wave order parameter and the local magnetic field show tetragonal anisotropy,and the structure of vortex lattice is oblique;however,when the temperature is close to T c , it may become triangular.


This paper is an analytical description of a course service that aims to improve the digital skills of university students. This innovation is part of the Digital Skills program of Swissuniversities (P8) and is currently developed in Fribourg (collaboration between the University and the HES-SO Fribourg). It is more a course service than a course because we propose: different modalities (a 3 ECTS course in Autumn and a self-learning course all year long), flexibility of contents (adaptation of the digital skills to be developed), flexibility of the course opening (students from all faculties and all BA years) and communication actions on the course in the institutions. We first analyze why a digital skills development is important today and what the main learning objectives are. A second part shows, with the help of surveys on the students' learning needs in digital skills, why flexibility has become a key element in the design of our service. A third section describes how the construction of a detailed competence framework facilitates the definition of learning resources that are aligned with the targeted digital skills and then enables the implementation of content flexibility. Finally, we describe the course system structure itself.


In this paper we analyse the existence of fraudulent behaviour in reported sickness absence using Spanish data. By means of a simple theoretical model, we illustrate the relevance of monitoring systems and disciplining devices in preventing workers' shirking. In order to test for the empirical implications of this model, we estimate a simultaneous equation model in which we endogenise workers' sickness absence and their propensity to absenteeism. The evidence in this paper is consistent with the hypothesis that fraudulent behaviour arises from an evasive disposition on the part of the employee which is not necessarily related to the need for time o® work to perform o®-the-job tasks (e.g. family care, administrative sta® or other personal errands). Furthermore, the results show the relevance of health conditions at work, job dissatisfaction and the type of working day performed by employees as explanatory variables of sickness absence.


. The traditional compressed sensing algorithm realizes the optimization of image reconstruction through multiple iterative calculation from limited measurements, which cost high computational complexity and long reconstruction time. As the development of deep learning, it is proposed to combine the technology with compressed sensing(CS) which shows great advantages in accurate and fast CS reconstruction. In this paper, we propose a novel algorithm synthesize the advantages of the two technology as well as add another sparse prior technique based sym8 wavelet, which dubbed WCS-Net, is focus on two parts: sampling network based on sparse representation and deep reconstruction elastic network. Experimental results show the WCS-Net has the advanced performance at measurement rates 0.01, 0.04, 0.1, and 0.25, respectively, while maintaining the same running speed as existing image compression methods based on deep learning.


Renewable energy has recently been a promising interest as a substitute for fossil fuels due to an increasing energy demand as well as a rising concern over the environmental impact of fossil fuel consumption around the globe. Biofuel, in particular, is a type of renewable energy, which can be derived from various biomass types. In this research, we analyze relative efficiencies using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique from three types of energy-related plants in the Northeastern region of Thailand, which are cassava, sugarcane, and palm. The relative efficiency of each province is further analyzed during 2017 to 2019 for a comparative study. Next, the input criteria are collected including allowable planting area, labor cost, and rainfall amount; whereas the included output criterion is the quantity of harvested product. Our initial analysis using CCR, BBC, and Scale Efficiency (SE) models of DEA provides the baseline of efficient provinces to be benchmarked and directions for improving inefficient provinces, given desired input and output criteria in this study.


I study the transitional welfare effects of a budget neutral reform in a small open economy with overlapping generations and age-dependent mortality. The reform eliminates the capital income tax and replaces it with a consumption tax. I simulate the model for Chile and calculate lifetime welfare effects. I find that the reform generates welfare gains for all generations and on all dates. Furthermore, welfare gains are increasingly positive over time. At the time of the reform, generations born before the reform experience smaller welfare gains than the generation born on that date. At the same age, future generations experience significantly larger welfare gains than existing generations.


Clean water is one of the basic human needs. However, the problem now, especially in big cities is that the need for clean water is often not met properly because the sources of clean water are decreasing. Groundwater is one of the sources of clean water that is most widely used by humans to meet the needs of clean water because the amount reaches 30% of the total freshwater on earth so that the use of groundwater is one of the most efficient ways to obtain clean water needs. Posyandu Lestari is a public facility that requires a source of clean water. To overcome the problems at the posyandu, it is using groundwater as a water source. As for the targets and outputs in the implementation of this PkM are (a). Fulfillment of clean water by utilizing groundwater through wellbore (b) Knowing the role of a wellbore in increasing efficiency in meeting the need for clean water for Posyandu Lestari in Mambue Hamlet. (c) Increase the fulfillment of clean water needs by utilizing groundwater through drilled wells by Posyandu in Mambue Hamlet.


Data are presented showing that lightly doped or relatively pure GaAs lases basically by a band‐to‐band recombination transition at a photon energy at threshold of 1.495 eV ≈ Eg − 0.015 eV (∼77°K). The ∼0.015‐eV energy reduction from bandgap, which is greater than the exciton binding energy of 0.0034 eV (∼77°K) and unlike the exciton energy is dependent upon carrier concentration, occurs because of many‐body, electron‐hole‐lattice (EHL) interactions.


On the basis of an exact vacuum solution of Einstein's equations, {\it vis}. the pencil-of-light field, we study the light-like motion of test and non-test objects. We also consider the quantum theoretical interaction of massless scalar particles through virtual gravitons. The dragging phenomenon is manifested and its agreement with astronomical observations established.
This paper submitted to {\bf arXiv} is a somewhat reedited copy of my article dedicated to Dr. Ivar Piir in a volume published on the occasion of his 60th birthday in 1989 in Tartu by the Estonian Academy of Sciences.


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This thesis is a study which primary objective is to examine the court´s risk assessment in legal custody, and contact disputes when a child is at risk of being harmed. My thesis also includes an interdisciplinary perspective to give a more detailed understanding of the process – of which consequences it entails if authorities and courts don´t make reliable risk assessments. Physical, psychological and medical consequences for children who are maltreated is the line of argument through my thesis and is also illustrated in the court cases I have chosen. Something that has been noted during the past years is our view on the youngest, that is the children in society. Children are no longer possessions that can be battered and controlled, but instead are individuals who should be treated with dignity and respect. It is also easy to realize how vulnerable children are in relation to adults. It is critical who our parents are and which consequences can occur if the child is not given the basic security that we assume that children should experience.

It didn´t take me long to realize that my topic is complex. It depends on how children are at risk of taking harm are treated by different authorities, so that the final risk assessment that takes place in court will lead to a safe situation for these children. After all social services has the past few years focused on investigations conducted by the social welfare boards and the importance of risk assessment in court as well. Critique towards the investigations that takes place at social services has through the years been extensive. The court´s risk assessments has also been criticized. Through my review of court cases I note that there still are grounds for mentioned critique. It is very rare that the courts make an adequate risk assessment when it is stated that a child is at risk of being harmed. The thesis also shows that the courts multiple times show significant shortcomings in its risk assessments. Focus is instead on the parent´s disagreements and the child´s best interest comes second, even though the child´s best interest is supposed to be prioritized in every dispute on legal custody, residence and contact. My survey at the courts in Sweden also shows that many of the judges answering the survey believes that a public counsel would have shifted focus from the parent´s disagreements to the child´s best interests. I therefore believe that as long as we don't´ give sufficient notice to the child as a party in the court case with its own public counsel, there is a significant risk that the child´s security is at stake and that the meaning of "the child´s best interests" fails to satisfy the legislator´s intention. The child will still be regarded as an accessory to the parents and the child as an individual is neglected. It is not only in custody disputes that this occurs but also when children are witnesses to domestic violence. This children are not noticed to the extent that the legislator intended. It is remarkable that children who are witnesses of domestic violence are not seen as victims of crime and as a consequence are assigned a public counsel which also would follow the child in case of a following custody dispute. "The child´s best interests "is a vague term that needs to be problematized. How are children shaped in society- as independent actors or as accessories to their parents? As long as we don´t assign public counsels to children in dispute on legal custody, residence and contact we can´t possibly regard the child as an individual who is guaranteed safe. In multiple cases focus is on the parent who creates disproportionate circumstances for the child. In multiple cases the court discusses whether it is the child´s own and will that is being expressed, or if it is the parent´s worries that is being considered. Risk assessments are very complex; and often difficult to assess. The judges in my survey also pointed this out. I have made a critical review of many of the court´s risk assessments and I find it unacceptable that a risk assessment without analysis is accepted; where both consequences and a forecast of the future best interests of the child are being excluded. The courts in Sweden also highlight shortcomings in social services in dispute on legal, custody, residence and contacts investigations. The shortcomings still consist of the same problems with conclusions that are difficult to interpret and sometimes reformulations of the child´s opinions. After all it is the court that has the ultimate responsibility that the child´s best interest is being adequately assessed and the court still has an obligation to request additional information or expert opinions when something is considered doubtful.


We adopted the JK decision, in June of 1959, "to breach relations"with the IMF, as element to be tested in this present work. Certainthat we would find, at this moment in the Brazilian history, ananalytical snippet that would make it possible for us to follow upthe process of relations of Brazil with the IMF, new elements on thesubject were certified during the development of the analysis of thespeeches from the involved actors.


S OF PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE CANADAIN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING CONFERENCE, BRANDON, MB, JULY, 1992 Copies of papers are available for US $3.50 each for CSAE/ASAE members ($5.00 non-members) plus $2.50 handling per orderfromAmerican Society of Agricultural Engineers, 2950 Niles Rd., St. Joseph, MI 49085-9659. 92-101. NON-LINEAR LOW GRADIENT FLOW THROUGH SAND-BENTONITE MIXTURES T. Karthigesu and R. Sri Ranjan, Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB. Sand-bentonite mixtures are used in cut-off walls to isolate contaminant spills from the surrounding area. They are also used as barrier materials in hazardous waste disposal. The flux of water through the soil, as described by Darcy's law, is directly proportional to the gradient of the soil water potential and under saturated conditions the proportionality constant is defined as the hydraulic conductivity of the soil. The hydraulic conductivity is assumed to be a constant independent of the hydraulic gradient. Conventional methods of measurement of this parameter are carried out by measuring the water flow under imposed hydraulic gradients which are usually high to permit the measurements to be made within a reasonable length of time. A review of literature and experimental evidence on 10% bentonite-sand mixture indicate that under low hydraulic gradients the hydraulic conductivity is an order of magnitude less than that obtained under high gradients. The natural gra dients prevailing in the field are low enough to cause the hydraulic conductivity to be much lower than would be used in the modelling of the flux through these barriers. 92-102. USE OF A WIND TUNNEL TO SIMULATE SPRAYER TRAVEL SPEEDS J. Underwood, Agricultural Engineering Section; and H. Spieser, Resources Management Branch, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture & Food, Ridgetown College of Agricultural Tech nology, Ridgetown, ON. A wind tunnel has been constructed to simulate travel speeds of a spray boom. Speeds of 0 to 20 km/h can be obtained. The wind tunnel contains a patternator floor with 50 mm wide troughs 3.6 m long. The effect of travel speed on spray patterns and spray loss due to travel speeds can be studied in controlled conditions. 92-103. DETECTION OF SOIL MACROPORES USING


:This paper points out the importance of the SCM test and control system's reliability and the interference sources. Run-of-mill methods are discussed from software and hardware. They are simple, effective,practical and easy to be realized. Automatic resets solving routine out of control are proposed in detail.


This article addresses the threat posed by invasive exotic species to the environment, including particularly destructive species that have had an impact on the environment resulting in environmental loss and claims. It then proceeds to review the history and current status of the laws and regulations concerning the problem of invasive species. Finally, this article suggests an alternative regulatory framework to deal with the economic and environmental threat posed by invasive exotic species, based upon the polluter pays principle, calling for the creation of incentives for the public to address the problem of invasive species.


Based on the modern educational theories and teaching practice of physical experiment, the double educational functions of explorative physical experiment are studied. The explorative physical experiment has double educational functions, one is the explosion of student's interest and the development of student's spirit, the others is the evocation of teacher's creativity.


The Friction Stir welding is a solid state welding invented in the year 1991.This welding technique is highly energy efficient, eco-friendly in joining the high strength aerospace aluminums alloys and its other alloys which are not able to weld by the conventional fusion welding process. Initially FSW is use to weld aluminums alloys and gradually it applies to all form of metals and alloys. In this review article the current state of understanding and development of FSW with respect to Magnesium alloys AZ 31 B is addressed. And particular emphasis is given to the effect of FSW process parameters on the mechanical properties, corrosion behavior and microstructure evolution. At this stage there is wide gap in understanding the mechanism of dissimilar Magnesium welds on microstructure evolution and microstructure property relationships with respect to FSW and Submersible FSW process.


Mutations in the Progranulin gene (PGRN) recently have been discovered to be associated with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) linked to 17q21 without identified MAPT mutations. The range of mutations of PGRN that can result in the FTD phenotype and the clinical presentation of patients with PGRN mutations have yet to be determined.


e20082Background: Patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are candidates for different types of treatment, including chemotherapy and radiotherapy or supportive care. Despite the ...


We experimentally demonstrate a high sensitivity pulsed laser vibrometer that is capable of detecting optically rough surfaces vibrating with the displacement value of 75 pm as well as its application as a laser microphone. By directing the probe light beam repeatedly onto the vibrating diaphragm and/or pressure sensing interface, the sensitivity of the pulsed laser vibrometer in detecting the displacement of the vibrating diaphragm is significantly improved down to an estimated value of less than 4 pm In this paper, we present the principles of operation of this new kind of laser microphone together with experimental validations.


A fast method of detecting and automatic marking ellipses in the circle array target image sequences with high quality and strong regular pattern is proposed in this paper. This method collects a small amount of edge points from the ellipse by directly scanning the target image and searching for jumpy-changing of pixels, which can be used to identify the rest of other edge points by combining with the block properties of the elliptical regions, so that the expected ellipses can be calculated. The ellipse raster conversion process is then used to optimize and obtain the correct parameters of ellipses. After this, the multiple coordinate systems can be created based on the corner ellipses on the boundary of the ellipse array, and the fast marking of topological position of ellipses can also be achieved by mapping the ellipses between the different coordinate systems. The main advantage of the proposed method is that it significantly reduces the time complexity as it does not require the complex edge detection and spatial transformation operation. In addition, it is not restricted to any specific target models, and so it has very strong universality. This method is easy to be implemented, and has the high accuracy of detection. Thus, it can meet the requirements of the fast detection of the target image.


Review Article Open Access Is Omega-3 Supplementation Changes the Body Weight, Fat Mass, and Fat-Free Mass? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Rcts Moradi S1 , AsghariJafarabadi M2 , Khajebishak Y3 , Alivand M4, Alipour M5 and Alipour B6* 1Student`s Research Committee, Department of Nutrition, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, I.R., Iran 2Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 3Department of Nutrition, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran 4Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 5Medical, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 6Department of Community Nutrition, Faculty of Nutrition, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran


This paper describes recent developments to the legacy VGK method based upon a new coupling with the Callisto boundary layer code developed for Airbus. The new CVGK method has been compared against its predecessor and validated against a transonic swept-wing dataset. Various conceptual studies have then been carried out to model the effect on form drag (viscous pressure drag) of changes to boundary layer entrainment and shock-control ramps. It is concluded that there are both risks to, and opportunities for, drag reduction techniques associated with managing the form drag contribution from the aft region of highly-loaded transonic aerofoils.


Objective The aim of this review was to investigate whether e-cigarette use compared with non-use in young non-smokers is associated with subsequent cigarette smoking. Data sources PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Wiley Cochrane Library databases, and the 2018 Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco and Society for Behavioural Medicine conference abstracts. Study selection All studies of young people (up to age 30 years) with a measure of e-cigarette use prior to smoking and an outcome measure of smoking where an OR could be calculated were included (excluding reviews and animal studies). Data extraction Independent extraction was completed by multiple authors using a preprepared extraction form. Data synthesis Of 9199 results, 17 studies were included in the meta-analysis. There was strong evidence for an association between e-cigarette use among non-smokers and later smoking (OR: 4.59, 95% CI: 3.60 to 5.85) when the results were meta-analysed in a random-effects model. However, there was high heterogeneity (I2 =88%). Conclusions Although the association between e-cigarette use among non-smokers and subsequent smoking appears strong, the available evidence is limited by the reliance on self-report measures of smoking history without biochemical verification. None of the studies included negative controls which would provide stronger evidence for whether the association may be causal. Much of the evidence also failed to consider the nicotine content of e-liquids used by non-smokers meaning it is difficult to make conclusions about whether nicotine is the mechanism driving this association.


The purpose of this article is to describe the 15 activities we carried out when conducting our own internal CIS program review. This review was aimed at improving our curriculum and instructional practices. In this article, we include excerpts from our finished document as well as other artifacts that will help illustrate our approach. In addition, we note, in hindsight, some of the weaknesses of our review and how we might improve the process next time. Finally, we report what we learned about ourselves and explain why we are hopeful that this process will serve as an impetus for real change.


Let G be the Green function for a domain D $\subset$ Rd with d ≥ 3. The Martin boundary of D and the 3G inequality: $\frac{G(x,y)G(y,z)}{G(x,z)} \le A(|x-y|^{2-d}+|y-z|^{2-d})$ for x,y,z $\in$ D are studied. We give the 3G inequality for a bounded uniformly John domain D, although the Martin boundary of D need not coincide with the Euclidean boundary. On the other hand, we construct a bounded domain such that the Martin boundary coincides with the Euclidean boundary and yet the 3G inequality does not hold.


Large 'through space' hydrogen-fluorine coupling has been observed in 2-fluorobenzamides (5JHF = 10 to 16 Hz). The solvent dependence of the coupling shows that nuclear spin information is transmitted via hydrogen bonds.


The compatibility with polar material and bonding performance of SBS is improved by introducing polar group.The SBS is modified by copolymerization with mixture of methyl benzene and 120# solvent oil as solvent,and methyl methacrylate(MMA),butyl acrylate(BA) and maleic anhydride(MA) as monomers.The effects of reaction conditions,ratio and amount of raw materials and ratio of mixed solvent on performances of products are studied.And the products are characterized by IR,GPC etc.The optimum conditions for polymerization are discovered as follows: m(BA)∶m(MMA)=1∶1.2,m(BA)∶m(MMA)∶m(SBS)=9∶10.8∶50,m(methyl benzene)∶m(solvent oil)=1∶3,the amount of initiator BPO is 0.9~1.2g/100g(monomers),reaction temperature is 80~83℃,reaction time is 7.5~8h..The acrylate/SBS copolymer which is prepared under these conditions has excellent boding performance and storage stability,so their applications are broader than the unmodified ones'.


DC grid interfaces for supercapacitors (SCs) are expected to operate with a wide range of input voltages with fast dynamics. The class-C DC-DC converter is commonly used in this application because of its simplicity. However, it does not work if the output voltage (V2) becomes smaller than the input voltage (V1). The non-isolated bi-directional Buck–Boost DC-DC converter does not have this limitation. Its two half-bridges provide a means for controlling the power flow operating in the conventional dual-state mode, as well as multi-state, tri, and quad modes. These can be used for mitigating issues such as the Right Half Plane (RHP) zero that has a negative impact on the dynamic response of the system. Multi-state operation typically requires multi-variable control, which is not easy to realize with conventional PI-type controllers. This paper proposes a unified controller for multi-state operation. It employs a carrier-based modulation scheme with three modulation signals that allows the converter to operate in all four possible states and eight different modes of operation. A mathematical model is developed for devising a multi-variable control scheme using feedback linearization. This allows the design of control loops with simple PI controllers that can be used for all multi-state modes under a wide range of operating conditions with the same performance. The proposed scheme is verified by means of simulations.


This paper describes a resonant switched-capacitor converter (RSCC) for voltage balancing of several capacitor or battery modules connected in series. This voltage balancing circuit transfers electric charge between the capacitor modules with a soft switching operation, resulting in a reduction of power loss and EMI. Moreover, a phase-shift control method enables to improve its voltage-regulation performance. Its current loops are analyzed in a circuit configuration which has more than three capacitor modules. Based on the analysis, a new controller is designed to improve the transient response. Experimental results confirm the validity and effectiveness of the proposed control method.


The improvement of the corporate governance of state-h olding corporations is vital to the reform of state-owned enterprises and the ma nagement of state assets. So, it is essential that the idea of "good governance" should be formed, the goal of maximizing the core competence of an enterprise s et up, and the structure of corporate governance of state-holding corporations m ade optional. Besides, the duty and right of different levels of a business in o peration should be defined and the related legal system improved.