We explore the isothermal total density profiles of early-type galaxies (ETGs) in the IllustrisTNG simulation. For the selected 559 ETGs at z = 0 with stellar masses $10^{10.7}\, \mathrm{M}_{\odot } \leqslant M_{\ast } \leqslant 10^{11.9}\, \mathrm{M}_{\odot }$, the total power-law slope has a mean of 〈γ′〉 = 2.011 ± 0.007 and a scatter of $\sigma _{\gamma ^{\prime }} = 0.171$ over the radial range 0.4–4 times the stellar half-mass radius. Several correlations between γ′ and galactic properties including stellar mass, effective radius, stellar surface density, central velocity dispersion, central dark matter fraction, and in situ-formed stellar mass ratio are compared to observations and other simulations, revealing that IllustrisTNG reproduces many correlation trends, and in particular, γ′ is almost constant with redshift below z = 2. Through analysing IllustrisTNG model variations, we show that black hole kinetic winds are crucial to lowering γ′ and matching observed galaxy correlations. The effects of stellar winds on γ′ are subdominant compared to active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback, and differ due to the presence of AGN feedback from previous works. The density profiles of the ETG dark matter haloes are well described by steeper than NFW profiles, and they are steeper in the full physics (FP) run than their counterparts in the dark matter-only (DMO) run. Their inner density slopes anticorrelate (remain constant) with the halo mass in the FP (DMO) run, and anticorrelate with the halo concentration parameter c200 in both the types of runs. The dark matter haloes of low-mass ETGs are contracted whereas high-mass ETGs are expanded, suggesting that variations in the total density profile occur through the different halo responses to baryons.


Pre-treatment prior to landfilling under tropical condition has been implemented on a typical landfill in Central Thailand. The process comprises homogenization and shredding followed by static pile composting. An intensive test phase has been performed being accompanied by a comprehensive on-site and off-site research program. The first implementation stages have been evaluated concerning performance of the process, degree of stabilization and future emissions potential. The behavior of the treated waste has been tested in labscale and semi-scale lysimeters. Additionally the loss of mass and the improved compaction due to the reduced moisture and break down of organic matter has been determined. In order to observe closely the liquid and gaseous emissions of treated waste and compare it with common waste disposal various samples of pretreated waste have been disposed of in lysimeters. The dominance of the waste composition, high moisture and an extreme plastic content as well as the variations of the climatic conditions governs the intended aerobic degradation. An open static pile composting without eventual turning will run at risk of an advancing anaerobic degradation. However, within a reasonable time and under controlled conditions a satisfactory stabilization according to given criteria can be obtained. The revised and extended considerations based on the latest results and their extrapolation show that under the given circumstances a pre-treatment is obviously an option to massively reduce the emission potential thus encouraging a further implementation in the region. Within the chosen pretreatment period overall gas formation potential can be reduced significantly and the global warming potential will be abated to a high extent. The pollution load from leachate can most likely be diminished for COD and nitrogen compounds by more than 85 and 70% respectively. With the on-going semiscale lysimeter information that tendency is clearly proven. A properly controlled pre-treatment is needed in order to reduce the total emissions significantly. Further fine-tuning of the process and future deliberations on the overall assessment of the combination of pre-treatment and a subsequent landfilling under specific tropical conditions has to be made and suitable stabilization criteria being developed.


A parametric spatial filtering algorithm with a fixed beam direction is proposed in this paper. The algorithm utilizes the normalized cross-spectral density between signals from microphones of different orders as a criterion for focusing in specific directions. The correlation between microphone signals is estimated in the time-frequency domain. A post-filter is calculated from a multichannel input and is used to assign attenuation values to a coincidentally captured audio signal. The proposed algorithm is simple to implement and offers the capability of coping with interfering sources at different azimuthal locations with or without the presence of diffuse sound. It is implemented by using directional microphones placed in the same look direction and have the same magnitude and phase response. Experiments are conducted with simulated and real microphone arrays employing the proposed post-filter and compared to previous coherence-based approaches, such as the McCowan post-filter. A significant improvement is demonstrated in terms of objective quality measures. Formal listening tests conducted to assess the audibility of artifacts of the proposed algorithm in real acoustical scenarios show that no annoying artifacts existed with certain spectral floor values. Examples of the proposed algorithm can be found online at http://www.acoustics.hut.fi/projects/cropac/soundExamples.


The objective of this paper is to gain insights into the relationship between deficit-reducing policies and the evolution of the debt/GDP ratio. We consider past events of fiscal consolidation in a selected group of EU countries, by using the new data set recently made available by Devries et al. (2011), and check what is the associated change of the debt/GDP ratio both from a short and medium-term perspective. Our results show that a favorable short-term response emerges in the majority of the countries considered, while the medium-term one is adverse for all. The analysis provides information to assess the convenience of deficit-reducing policies to contain or invert the evolution of the debt/GDP ratio.


Some cultivars of the genus Protea develop an important postharvest disorder, which manifests as a blackening of the foliage, only a few days after harvest. This blackening usually initiates in the leaves closest to the flower bud, which subsequently decreases the monetary value of the cut flower, and therefore limits the marketability of these cultivars. In a previous assay, antioxidant activity of ascorbic acid decreased the phenols and polyphenols associated with this kind of blackening, which led us to perform a subsequent experiment. In November, cut flowers of the cultivars 'Pink Ice' and 'Susara', which are both susceptible to leaf blackening, were collected and subjected to three treatments: the Control (TC) where flowering stems were kept in water as a vase solution; Treatment 1 (T1) where flowering stems were kept in a 5 g L-1 ascorbic acid vase solution, and Treatment 2 (T2), where flowering stems were kept in water as a vase solution, but were sprayed with 5 g L-1 ascorbic acid on a 24 h basis. 'Susara' flowering stems sprayed with ascorbic acid presented significantly less blackening in comparison to the control stems throughout the 13 days vase life period. On the contrary, a delay of 11 days in the development of blackening symptoms was only observed in 'Pink Ice' kept in the 5 g L-1 ascorbic acid vase solution when compared to the control.


The fertility of the males and females with the 11; Y translocation in the NIG-III strain rats is investigated. In the males, only the translocation heterozygous specimens (11/11; Y, X/dot-Y) are fertile, but the other combinations of the sex chromosomes always result in the sterility. In the females, however, the specimens with the 11; Y translocation, eventhough it is included at the heterozygous or the homozygous condition, are always fertile.


Regardless of whether one thinks of today's higher education students as "digital natives" or members of "Generation Me," it is obvious that traditional instructional methods are failing to engage them adequately in developing the kinds of higher order learning outcomes necessary in the 21 st Century. These outcomes should encompass the conative learning domain as well as the traditional cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains. This chapter describes a set of ten authentic tasks learning design principles that can be used to create and support the kind of engaging learning experiences that today's learners must have if they are to achieve a full range of cognitive, affective, conative, and psychomotor outcomes for the 21st Century. A case study of a graduate level online course that exemplifies these design principles is described. Responding to the needs of Generation Me learners requires far more of a pedagogical revolution than it does the widespread adoption of Web 2.0 technologies.


Some of the present limits on the improvement of existing materials and the development of new ones can be overcome if the materials can be given a nanocrystalline structure. Utilizing this new 'solid state', ceramics can be made ductile even at room temperature, composite materials can be taken close to the limits of their theoretical strength and other physical properties can be modified and tailored to meet specific requirements.


An information display device is a key component in the information society. A liquid crystal display is the most widely used among information display devices. However, its performance still needs to be improved in order to survive in competition with other information display devices. In this paper, we explain the structure and the operation principle of a liquid crystal display device and introduce our recent research activities on liquid crystal mode technology.


In embolotherapy for the treatment of carotid– cavernous fistula (CCF), several embolic agents and techniques have been reported depending on the type of fistula, size of fistula, and its venous drainage. Direct CCF is commonly treated via a trans-arterial endovascular approach with detachable balloons. However, trans-arterial balloon embolization fails in 5–10% of cases. Sometimes balloon embolization causes subtotal occlusion of the fistula and occlusion of draining veins leading to aggravation of symptoms. The dural CCF is not amenable to trans-arterial balloon embolization because of multiple small feeders arteries. Placement of fibred platinum coils via the trans-venous route is the preferred mode of treatment. However, angiographic and clinical cure is not often achieved due to difficulty in placing these coils. Guglielmi detachable coils (GDC) have been used infrequently in the management of CCF. We present our experience of using GDC as supplement embolization in treating type A and type D dural fistulae in which the primary treatment failed to produce optimal results. The role of GDC embolization in treatment of CCF is also reviewed.


India is a fascinating case study in happiness. Because of its remarkable history, fast economic development, huge population, and ethnic, religious, and linguistic variety, it is a one-of-a-kind civilization. In this chapter, we look at happiness as both a "outside-in" and "inside-out" phenomena, and we put it in the context of India. We examine poll data on Indians' life satisfaction from the outside in, finding that they are moderately happy but may grow more so if policies are established to provide employment and infrastructure to more people. We look at the various ways that subtle culture influences individual happiness from the inside out. Finally, we provide suggestions for happiness-related treatments. The findings in this area are significant not just for their contribution to our knowledge of human behavior, but also for their policy implications. While Bhutan may very well have taken a risk by coining the phrase Using the phrase 'Gross National Happiness,' a play on the more often used term 'Gross National Product,' a growing number of economists are realizing that happiness survey.


Inspection of the faults and damages in high voltage transmission lines is not only unsafe and costly but also a very time-consuming process. In addition, it demands highly skilled manpower for the operation at tens of meters above the ground on cables carrying thousands of Volts. Meanwhile, the Quadcopter Aerial Vehicle (QAV) system became a popular alternative for aerial photography applications due to its low cost, ease of usage, and fast response wherein the proportional-integral-derivative controller (PIDC) is used. The PID controller compares the expected location of the drone with the actual measured position thereby can accurately detect the faults in the transmission lines. Based on these factors, in this study, the flight simulation is done according to the desired flight path, and drone imagery is used for (insulator, power line, and porcelain) flaw identification. Furthermore, three movements (roll, pitch, and yaw) of the quadcopter were controlled by different PIDC that were optimized using the particle swarm optimization (PSO). The MATLAB/Simulink application was used to develop the system and simulate the results (R2021b). This clearly suggested that the quadcopter continues to fly on a trajectory with minimum inaccuracy, wherein the PIDC operated as a closed-loop adaptive controller. Finally, the PSO-PIDC outperformed the PIDC due to the critical nature of manual gain modification for quadcopter flight stability.


A palaeomagnetic pole position, derived from a precisely dated primary remanence, with minimal uncertainties due to secular variation and structural correction, has been obtained for China's largest dyke swarm, which trends for about 1000 km in a NNW direction across the North China craton. Positive palaeomagnetic contact tests on two dykes signify that the remanent magnetization is primary and formed during initial cooling of the intrusions. The age of one of these dykes, based on U–Pb dating of primary zircon, is 1769.1 ± 2.5 Ma. The mean palaeomagnetic direction for 19 dykes, after structural correction, is D = 36°, I = − 5°, k = 63, α95 = 4°, yielding a palaeomagnetic pole at Plat=36°N, Plong=247°E, dp = 2°, dm = 4° and a palaeolatitude of 2.6°S. Comparison of this pole position with others of similar age from the Canadian Shield allows a continental reconstruction that is compatible with a more or less unchanged configuration of Laurentia, Siberia and the North China craton since about 1800 Ma


On the basis of Azerbaijan-USA scientific investigations have been researched the innovative arguments and facts about development of the main historic-ethnographical and cultural features of local kinds of decorative-applied arts of Ganja city.


Florida International University (FIU) is in the process of developing inspection tools capable of inspecting the tank floors of double shell tanks through two main entry points, the air supply lines and air refractory channels. Two types of tools are being developed as a result: a pneumatic pipe crawler and a miniature rover. The air supply lines consist of an inspection path of approximately 100 feet of piping from grade, down through one of the drop legs and then lateral to the center bottom of the secondary tank containment. The route consists of pipes with varying diameters of 3 and 4 inches, reducers, and several elbows. The pneumatic crawler is being developed in an effort to properly inspect these lines. Resembling that of an inchworm in both motion and appearance and utilizing a modular design, it uses pneumatic actuators to emulate the contractions of peristaltic movements. The air refractory channels are located at the bottom of the tanks with channels as small as 2.5x1.5 inches and multiple 30 ̊ turns. The miniature rover is a remote controlled 4-wheeled vehicle utilizing skid steering through 4 micro DC motors designed for the inspection of these channels. There are no embedded electronics except for the camera in order to make the tool suitable for highly radioactive environments. It is designed to magnetically attach to the bottom of the primary tank (top of the air refractory channels) in order to avoid the debris that lines the bottom of the channels. Engineering scale testing of both systems is presented, with slight modifications being made based off of these tests. In order to test the pneumatic crawler, 100 feet of piping with the same lengths, dimensions, and fittings as the air supply line of the double shell tank (DST) named AY-102 was used. Testing for the crawler yielded satisfactory results, showing that the crawler was able to successfully navigate the air supply line. In regard to the testing of the miniature rover, brick pavers were used for the testbed to provide more realistic coefficients of friction between the tether and the channel. The rover proved to be able to overcome these frictional forces, although further modifications need to be made in order to ensure a consistent pull force.


Spacecraft observations of the seven innermost planets suggest that lightning is present on all planets with dense atmospheres. Thus lightning may be expected to occur on Neptune as well. Based on the level of lightning activity observed on Jupiter and on the assumption that the lightning energy dissipation rate is a constant fraction of the dissipation rate of the convective energy, the lightning rate on Neptune is estimated to be 1/19 that observed on Jupiter. It is predicted that approximately 60 events should be recorded by the Voyager imager during its search of the nightside of Neptune.


Taking a minibus transmission as the object of study,under the conditions of defined transmission structure and optimized gear ratios,a mathematical model for multi-objective optimization of transmission gear set is established with reliability as main constraint and the minimum total volume of gear set,minimum center distance and maximum total contact ratio as objectives.A multi-objective optimization on transmission gear set is performed with non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm Ⅱ(NSGA-Ⅱ)and its Pareto optimal solution set is obtained.The results indicate that the model and the optimization program are correct and effective.


The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy will convene a two-day task force Oct. 28 and October 29 to research various prescription-drug monitoring programs and recommend standards or model rules.


Much recent scholarship has focused on the right of publicity's connection to intellectual property law. This relationship is no more apparent and significant than under the Communications Decency Act (CDA), where Congress tempered a broad grant of Internet publisher immunity with an intellectual property exception. The CDA thus tees up the issue of whether defendants can assert CDA immunity against right of publicity claims. Analyzed in the context of newspaper online commenting, an emerging area of interactive journalism, this article uses right of publicity's roots in privacy law to tackle a contentious area of the law.  Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Thanks to John Beck and Amy Gajda for motivating and supporting this article. Thanks also to Ken Bass for comments and suggestions. The views expressed in this article are my own and are not necessarily the views of Kirkland & Ellis LLP or any of its clients. I/S: A JOURNAL OF LAW AND POLICY FOR THE INFORMATION SOCIETY 2 I/S: A JOURNAL OF LAW AND POLICY [Vol. 4:2


An app that tracks cigarette cravings and moods, one that guides patients through proper inhaler use, and 3 other top COPD apps for both patients and physicians.


Gas monitoring is an important issue since the leakage associated with the penetration of gases in the surrounding environment can result in fatalities and harsh consequences. In this work, we propose a novel sensor node architecture for a wireless outdoor CO monitoring unit. To guarantee an autonomous operation, the sensor node is supported by a hybrid power supply, which takes advantage of both wind and solar ambient energy sources to power the node and to charge super capacitors that act as energy buffers. Also, the gas measurement logic is developed such that the energy consumption is minimized. An additional backup energy storage is based on a Li-ion battery. Using an electrochemical CO sensor, we secure the low power consumption of the node without degrading the sensing capabilities. Our solution can be applied for CO monitoring in urban areas and outdoor industrial facilities.


As global partners, Kalypso and PTC enable clients to achieve results from digital innovation and on-going product lifecycle management (PLM) investments by combining strategy, process improvement, change leadership and technology.


Excerpt Interest in any subject is usually accentuated by some study of its early history, and in connection with some of the now well understood diseases a fascinating story may be written. Medica...


The diagnosis of pulmonary zygomycosis usually depends on the detection of fungal hyphae in biopsied tissue specimens. We describe a patient with a high-probability lung scan and diffuse pulmonary infiltrates due to Zygomycetes diagnosed by the demonstration of nonseptate hyphae in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. (Chest 1989; 95:238-40)


Despite inherent difficulties of assessment, accident investigation can provide useful estimates of the role of steering and suspension degradations and failures in causing accidents; studies conducted by the Indiana University Institute for Research in Public Safety indicate that such factors probably account for no more than about 5% of accidents, and other causation studies record similarly low involvement percentages. However, neither the influence of different original equipment capabilities nor the role of degradations as a source of driver fatigue has been adequately considered. Another group of studies has shown that degradations in steering and suspension components can adversely affect vehicle handling, and that such degradations are common in the vehicle-in-use population.


Ponorogo Regency has its own arts and culture which are the characteristics and identity of this Reog City. One example is batik. Batik Ponorogo has a variety of motifs that are unique and different from other regions. Ponorogo batik motifs are diverse, each of which contains a deep philosophical meaning and assumed to have relevance to the values of noble education character. The purpose of this study was describe the values of education character in the philosophical meaning of the Batik Ponorogo motif and to find out the understanding of high school students in Ponorogo Regency about the philosophical meaning of the Ponorogo batik motif on the values of education character. This study used a qualitative descriptive approach with descriptive-analytical analysis techniques. The data was obtained through in-depth interviews with batik art experts about the philosophical meaning of the Batik Ponorogo motif. Meanwhile, the data on the understanding of high school students in Ponorogo Regency regarding the philosophical meaning of batik was obtained through a questionnaire technique as supporting data. Based on the research that has been done by researchers to batik art experts, the Batik Ponorogo motif contains education character values that can be used to strengthen the students' character. In addition, from the results of the online questionnaire test that the researchers conducted on high school students in Ponorogo Regency, it was found that they were very familiar with the philosophical meanings which contained in each batik Ponorogo motif and its relevance to education character values.
Keywords: Philosophical Meaning of Batik, Education Character, Motif Batik Ponorogo


Abstract Choanoflagellates have been enumerated at between 7 and 10 stations on a transect > 300 km in length off the central California coast on 7 cruises from August 1989 to June 1990. Abundances and biomass of choanoflagellates, estimated from epifluorescence counts, ranged from 2900 to 3900 000 cells per liter and from 0.01 to 38.44 μgC per liter. Minimum abundances were associated with offshore stations during March and maximum abundances with the coastal stations during the same cruise, coincident with a Chaetoceros bloom. Choanoflagellate biomass comprised approximately 12% of the total heterotrophic biomass and was significandy correlated (r-0.54, P < 0.001) with the heterotrophic flagellates. An average of 17% of the choanoflagellates had autotrophic picoplankton in their vacuoles. Choanoflagellates were calculated to clear between < 0.1 and 180% of the water column per day


PURPOSE:To obtain the captioned printing head wherein the performance of an electromagnet for driving a printing hammer is improved and the large increase of speed is made possible, by providing an auxiliary magnetic pole in a specified position and by making the printing hammer shake around a supporting point part located between the auxiliary magnetic pole and an electromagnet. CONSTITUTION:An auxiliary magnet 14 is provided either between a permanent magnet 12 and an electromagnet 13 provided at both ends of a yoke 11 or on the outside of the electromagnet 13. A printing hammer 15 is made capable of shaking around the supporting point part 17d, as the supporting point therefor, of a hammer spring 17 spanned between comb teeth 16a. The supporting point part 17d of the hammer spring 17 is bent beforehand so that the printing hammber may be attracted easily by the magnetic pole 13a of the electromagnet 13 while standing by. When the printing is commenced, the printing hammer 15 starts to move and is attracted more strongly toward the auxiliary magnetic pole 14 when it passes about a half of a stroke.


The structure of the Lennard-Jones solid, obtained by molecular-dynamics simulation of crystallization in the supercooled liquid, may be fcc, although the hcp structure is energetically more favorable. This could derive from the cubic symmetry of the fcc lattice, allowing lattice defects that are not possible in the hcp arrangement, but are essential to crystal growth in the simulated liquid. Two crossing stacking faults in a small fcc crystallite can produce nonvanishing, growth-promoting, but stacking-fault-resisting, surface steps.


The paper studies the grammar features that characterize the Moscow revision of the Book of Needs (Trebnik), composed under patriarch Nikon (1658). The research is based on a comparison of Nikon's and Peter Mogila's (1646) Trebniks. The study confirmed the scientific statement that Nikonian editors revised the Trebnik in accordance with the recommendations of the Moscow edition of M. Smotritsky's Grammar. This is shown, for example, in the use of certain endings in the nominal and adjective declension and of the imperative indicator (in the verbs of the first conjugation in the 1st and 2nd persons of the plural). The emergence of hyper-correct phenomena points at to obligatory character of the corrections. One of the main directions of the Nikonian edition was the elimination of grammatical variability and homonymy. To this end, editors fixed one form for expressing grammatical meaning in those cases when the grammar allowed variations, for example, the use of the ending -ѣхъ in the local masculine and neuter plurals, the elimination of the enclitic forms of personal pronouns in the dative case in the adnominal position and their replacement by possessive pronouns, the use of reflexive verbs to express passive in place of combinations of passive participles with the verb byti (быти).


This study was conducted in poultry farm of the general authority of agriculture research in Alrashidia during 2012 on 280 day old white unsexed quail chicks reared under standard conditions for 14 days of age. At 3rd week start the checks distributed randomly to 4 treatments of 2 replicate each of 20 chicks. the control treatment fed standard ration and water ad libitum for 23 hours during the experiment period. while treatments 2,3,4 ware fed 6,9,12 hours daily respectively during the 3,4 week of age, While these feeding during the late period in 5,6 week of age in the treatments 5,6,7  . the result showed insignificant difference between early and late period for find body weight and total mortality also there was no significant difference within restriction level in final body weight, there was significant decrease in total mortality at 9,12 hour compared to free and 6 hour treatment, there was no significant difference in interaction effect between restriction level and period in final body weight. there was significant decrease in treatments 4,5,6,7 in total mortality compared to treatments 2,3 . There was no significant decrease in total body weight gain and feed conversion ratio in the effect of restriction period and level and interaction between them, but there was significant decrease within the period effect in feed consumption during the late period compared to early period, within restriction effect and interaction between period and restriction level there was significant decrease in feed consumption. For all restriction levels and treatments compared to control. There was significant decrease within period effect between early and late restriction in carcass weight its parts edible giblets, abdominal fat, dressing percentage, in the effect of time restriction level there was significant increase in percentage of breast meat in 9 hour level compared to other levels . There was significant difference in percentage abdominal fat for 6,9 hour treatments compared to other levels, There was no significant difference in dressing percentage between 9,12  hour and control , While there was significant difference in dressing percentage for 6 hour treatment compared to other  treatments, There was on significant difference in interaction effect between period and level of  restriction in carcass weight and its parts , edible giblets , abdominal fat between all treatments. There was no significant difference in dressing percentage between all treatments compared to control treatment except 6 hours treatment which decreased from control


The inverse relationship between arboreal lichen species richness and sulphur dioxide in ambient air has been thoroughly documented in the literature. Previous work in southern Ontario has shown that lichen bioindication can identify areas of potential concern regarding air quality. The EMAN suite oflichens was applied in the City of Samia by surveying 458 Sugar Maple trees, in order to test the applicability of lichen bioindication under conditions of high mean S02 levels and high species richness values. The results of the survey were explored using Geographic Information Systems. A spatial relationship between lichen community variables, the Bluewater Bridge and the highway was identified. Lichen species richness, lichen percent cover and Index of Atmospheric Purity values were higher along the bridge and highway. No strong gradients were found between other known pollution sources and no lichen deserts were identified. The most common community grouping consisted of Physcia millegrana Degel, Candelaria concolor (Dicks) B. Stein, Physcia aipolia (Ehrh ex Humb.) Furnrohr; all of which are known nitrophytes. The relationship between substrate pH and lichen species richness was examined. Sites with a known source of anthropogenic chemical contamination were found to have a correlation ofl=0.8 between lichen species richness and pH. The inverse was found for sites with no known source of contamination with a correlation ofr2=-0.72. The findings suggest that species richness may be influenced by altering substrate pH which promotes the growth of nitrophytic species capable of tolerating high S02 levels.


The Enhancing Quality of Prescribing Practices for Older Veterans Discharged From the Emergency Department (EQUiPPED) program aimed to reduce potentially inappropriate medication prescribing to older adults at 5 VAMCs.


The possibility of an equilibration of bridge circuits only by the same type elements is justified: by resistors, condensers or inductive spools. An equilibration separate, depended. In objects of monitoring, measurement or the researches can be theoretically not limited number of the elements and the reactive elements in them should be homogeneous. One of the first areas; where they started to use bridge circuits with impulse power in the informational systems, is aircrafi area and aircraft building .So in Great Britain such systems were used for testing airplanes without pilots [l]. In our country: for example, they were used in firm testing (firm experiment ) of aircraft [2] , in fuel-measuring equipment . The first scientific works in this direction were defended in CAGI. In Siberia such works were carried out in NET1 (for aircraft), SibNIq in TIASUR (for aircraft), the equipment in the discussed direction was produced by the enterprises first of all of Omsk and Novosibirsk . The main known problem in the equipment on the base of bridge circuits is the balancing of bridges by exemplary regulating the same type elements and first of all by regulating resistors [3]. There are particular solutions of this problem [ for example, 3; 4 ] as far as limited number of determined parameters are concerned, in general of two or three [3-51. By the present time work on theoretical summing of solutions of the discussing problem is almost done; they try to make out such a theoretical generalization, that will suit :as a matter of principle, to unlimited number of measuring parameters. By this, it was managed to reserve such important factor of bridge circuits as separate balancing. The principle ground of solution is the using in bridge circuits special multielemental four-port networks, that include variants of repeating circuits of the same type and power of bridges by sequences of impulse signals with changing power during its fimctioning according to the law of degree functions. As an example at Figure 1 there are


Applying the Narrative Coherence Standard in Non-Medical Capacity Assessments Tyler S. Gibb, Madison Irene Hybels & Khadijah Hussain To cite this article: Tyler S. Gibb, Madison Irene Hybels & Khadijah Hussain (2020) Applying the Narrative Coherence Standard in Non-Medical Capacity Assessments, AJOB Neuroscience, 11:1, 31-33, DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2019.1704934 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2019.1704934


Superior temporal retinal artery and vein diameters of patients with diabetic retinopathy were measured using near infrared light with crossed and parallel detectors and compared to normal age- and sex-matched controls.


Food Review provides a platform for food science and food technology students to showcase their work, such as this essay.


The fishes of family Tetraodontidae were collected from the trawl, trammel net, shore seine and hook and line catches of Visakhapatnam (lat 17o39 ́N; long 83o14 ́E) from January 2009 to December 2011. Of the 15 species, a total of 2751 specimens belonging to ten species, regularly represented in the catches of this region, were collected for length frequency distribution and length-weight relationship (LWR) studies. From LWR estimates b value varied from 2.8113 to 3.0223. These studies on length frequency and LWR for Arothron immaculatus, A. stellatus, Chelonodon patoca, Lagocephalus lagocephalus, L. guentheri, L. inermis, L. lunaris, L. sceleratus, Takifugu oblongus and Torquigener hypselogeneion has been estimated for the first time from Indian waters.


Objective To study the relationship between depression,anxiety,coping style and family environment in healthy pregnant women.Methods 96 healthy pregnant women were selected randomly from the obstetrical ward of Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University.They were assessed using self-compile common state questionnaire,Self-Rating Depression Scale(SDS),Self-Rating Anxiety Scale(SAS),Coping Style Questionnaire (CSQ)and Family Environment Scale-Chinese version(FES-CV).Results Among 96 healthy pregnant women who correctly finished the test-papers,the positive rates of SDS and SAS were 31.25%and 10.42%respectively.The severity of depression Was negatively related to family cohesion,expressiveness and problem-solving(standard regression coefficients were 3.766,0.786 and 0.637 respectively),and was positively related to independence,withdrawal,self-accusation and contradictoriness(standard regression coefficiems were 0.535,0.506,1.498 and 0.516 respectively).The severity of anxiety was negatively related to family cohesion,solving-problem,expressiveness(standard regression coefficients were 3.053,0.515 and 0.73 respectively),and was positively related to contradictoriness,self-accusation and withdrawal(standard regression coefficients were 0.841,0.418 and 0.393 respectively).Conclusion Some pregnant women have depression and anxiety mood.It has some relations with their coping style and family environment.

Key words:
Healthy pregnant women; Cross-sectional study; Depression; Anxiety; Coping style; Family environment


The possibility of thermal electron escape from the neighborhood of positive ions is studied from the point of view of the change of free energy. On the basis of a generalized spur (track) model a sufficient condition is formulated for the decrease of free energy in electron escape. This condition is fulfilled in every system if the electron‐electron repulsion is high, or in polar systems if the diffusing electrons are not too fast. Short dielectric relaxation time and large difference between static and infrared dielectric constants increase the escape probability.


The novel chlorine dioxide production technology is developed on the basis of the comprehensive analysis of the world widely current chlorine dioxide production process The chlorine dioxide is prepared in the liquid gas tube reactor by use of the organic acid HA with strong acidic and reductive ability and the NaClO 3 as the raw materials The yield and grade of the product are up to 90 2% and 99% respectively under the condition of the double stoichiometry dosage of HA and temperature 90~95℃


Abstract Results of Monte Carlo Simulations of Extensive Air Shower Development are discussed with respect to the influence of primary mass on shower characteristics (energy spectrum and lateral distribution of hadrons, frequency of nuclear active "multicores", mean total energy of hadrons, fluctuation of total hadron energy, mean total number of myons, fluctuation of total myon number, mean central electron density, frequency of electromagnetic "multicores"). Critical comments are presented concerning some empirical data.


The role of T regulatory lymphocytes (Tregs) and their immunosuppressive mechanisms in the context of programmed death (PD)‐1 blockade is not completely understood.


A way to measure the coaxiality by edge finder and XYZ platform is introduced in this article.This way takes the advantage of high-precision and multi-function of the Digital 3D edge finder,takes the advantage of the movement in three-dimensional space and a higher repeat positioning accuracy of the XYZ platform.The edge finder is adsorbed on the XYZ platform,and the measuring probe of the edge finder can move along a specific direction from a specific location when an axis of the XYZ platform is rotated.By adjusting the location of the electric spindle,the higher coaxiality between the dynamometer and the high speed electric spindle can be gotten,which can meet the requirement of reliability test in which the electric spindle can load at a high speed of 18000rpm.Finally,the expression of coaxiality between the dynamometer and the electric spindle is gotten by the method of seeking the distance between a point and a straight line.


A conserved quantity K of a Hamiltonian H implies a conserved quantity J of the S-matrix only if the forward and the backward asymptotic limits of K are equal. A conserved quantity J of S implies a conserved quantity of H only if J is also a conserved quantity of the free Hamiltonian H0. Therefore the integrability or chaoticity of S does not necessarily decide the integrability of H.


Involvement of the central nervous system and peripheral neuropathy have been reported in association with many diseases, especially during the postinfectious stage of contagious diseases of bacterial and viral origin. They have also been reported in connection with heavy metal intoxication and with vitamin B deficiency. Polyneuritis of the Guillain-Barre type with facial diplegia, extensive peripheral neuropathy and albuminocytologic dissociation of the cerebrospinal fluid associated with infectious mononucleosis is unusual enough to attract attention. I have made no attempt to review the entire literature on infectious mononucleosis. The articles which have been read leave one with the impression that the Guillain-Barre syndrome associated with infectious mononucleosis either does not occur often or is not reported. In 1943 Hiller and Fox 1 reported a case of infectious neuronitis associated with mononucleosis. Ricker, Blumberg, Peters and Widerman 2 reviewed the literature in 1947. They were able to find 1 case of the


Artemether-Lumefantrine tablets are inconvenient for caregivers to administer as they need to be crushed and mixed with water or food for infants and young children. Further, in common with other anti-malarial, they have a bitter taste, which may result in children spitting the medicine out and not receiving the full therapeutic dose. There was a clear unmet medical need for a formulation of AL specifically designed for children.


Abstract : The independent action theory is sometimes used as an approach to all-or none dosage-effect problems instead of the more usual dosage-effect methods such as probit analysis. With the probit and similar analyses, the basic assumption is of varying susceptibility among the subjects. With the independent action theory in its simplest form the assumption is that any toxic unit reaching the site of action will be effective. Each unit is believed to have a small but definite chance of hitting its mark; a higher percentage response to larger doses is produced by multiplication of this chance. This theory obviously does not assume varying susceptibility among subjects, and will logically lead to the same slope for all trials. If a is the chance of hitting the mark, the chance of escape is (1-a) for one toxic unit; for Z units, it is (1-a)2 ; for n units (1-a)n. Danger from bullets on a battlefield has been used as one illustration.


Nearly 50% of energy consumed in the developed world is consumed in buildings. Despite regulation intent, many new buildings are energy profligate. Thermal comfort standards are partly responsible for this increase in consumption. In this volume, Roaf et al. have described the evolution of current comfort standards and problems inherent in buildings they shape, and have discussed two new methods of regulating thermal comfort in buildings which recognize human adaptation and have potential for reduced energy demand. These new methods incorporate adaptation through a fixed heating and cooling threshold approach (similar to Japanese Cool-Biz) or through heating and cooling setpoints calculated based on outdoor conditions (using CEN standard equations). The impact on comfort and energy demand of these new approaches is investigated for a London office building. Variables such as future climate, future building upgrades, setback temperatures, internal gains and ventilation are also explored. Adoption of the new approaches gave a 50% reduction in heating and cooling energy for the simulated office. The new approach together with optimized setback temperatures, ventilation strategies and higher efficiency equipment gives predicted heating and cooling energy demand close to zero. Recommendations for future regulation, design and operation of buildings are proposed.


Coal mining wastes are suitable for reclamation purposes and could be used for landfill except that transport costs make that application prohibitive. Coal cleaning wastes contain significant quantities of carbon, thus have considerable energy content. Unfortunately, high amounts of sulfur are also contained in the tailings so that if combustion is an option the combustion method will require effective pollution control measures. One possibility is fluidized-bed combustion. Ashes and chars are produced by electric power plants and coal conversion plants. Considerable R and D is being devoted to the utilization of these wastes in the building industry and as sources of alumina and other minerals. Slags from flue gas desulfurization are used as sources of elemental sulfur and natural gypsum. Fluidized-bed combustion wastes are being considered for agricultural applications or for use as road bases. Large volumes of wastes from shale processing present utilization potential as well. Spent western shale is being considered as a source for alumina. The wastes from Chattanooga shales are being considered as a source for uranium. More R and D needs to be focused on the utilization of shale wastes. (DMC)


The study of NATO military involvement in the Yugoslav crisis since 1992 is essential to understand the evolution of the Alliance which led to the recent intervention in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. During the crisis, NATO forces found themselves involved in military activities which went well beyond those foreseen in the 1949 Treaty. It is argued that NATO forces' activities may be construed either as the collective action of member states coordinated through the Alliance, or as the action of the Alliance itself functioning as a regional organization under Chapter VIII of the UN Charter. This essay attempts to assess, under both alternatives, the legality of these activities, bearing in mind their heterogeneity. Special attention is paid to the relationship between NATO and the United Nations, and in particular to the effectiveness of the control exercised over the operations authorized by the Security Council. It emerges that the Alliance has operated in an increasingly uncertain legal framework and cannot postpone any more a new definition of both its institutional structure and its role in maintaining international peace and security.


The current work is based on performing the non‐classical and classical Lie group analysis for a system of nonlinear time‐fractional Heisenberg equation. Here, we apply analysis of the Lie group symmetry as one of the powerful tools dealing with the large class of fractional order differential equations in the Riemann–Liouville (RL) sense. Indeed, classical and non‐classical Lie symmetries group is used to similarity reduction of nonlinear time‐fractional Heisenberg equation. Especially, based on the obtained Lie symmetry generators, we construct conservation laws for the classical and non‐classical vector fields related to the Heisenberg time‐fraction equation.


This report is a descriptive profile of recent U.S. foreign aid education sector activities; it outlines actors, policy, funding levels, and programs.


Official statistics on contributions and retirement benefits show that coverage of social insurance is widening in Latin America. However, using maximum likelihood regression techniques, we found that certain segments of the working population are less likely than others to benefit from formal income protection in old age. These groups include married women, workers in rural households, and those employed in the agriculture, transportation, and construction industries. Access to social security systems in Latin American countries is also limited for workers in small firms and for those without a legal employment contract. Our results show that the growing concern among policymakers for workers in these sectors may be justified, especially in countries where the labor market is segmented and where jobs in covered sectors are rationed. The risk that governments will be faced with a Samaritan's dilemma is increased by the economic and institutional barriers between these workers and social insurance.


The transfer capacity is a varying value for a certain power system, which may be changed with the evolution of the system. Although the topology of a power system is usually designed in an optimizing way to maximize the transfer capability, the capability itself will be inevitably weaken because of a time lag between the increasing load and the enhancement of grid topology. Due to the lack of qualification tools to deal with the varying transfer capability, related topics are seldom to be discussed. This paper proposes a new method to evaluate the transfer capacity, in which the mechanism describing the mismatch can be boiled down to a new index named Spatial Characteristic Length Ratio (SCLR) considering of both the power injection and the power grid topology. By calculating the index SCLR, the transfer capability as well as the factors affecting it can be analyzed, which has an important meaning for power grid planning personnel. The method is used to analyze the transfer capacity of IEEE 4-node system, IEEE 9-node system and IEEE 162-node system, each under different modes of operation. Calculation results has proved the validity of this concept, and the related method is effective.


Automatic cruise control (ACC) systems based on mm-wave radar have been under development for several decades [1-5]. In the early 1970s the first test cars with 35 GHz sensors were road-tested. More than 20 years later in 1998 the Mercedes-Benz DISTRONIC system at - then - 77 GHz became operational. 8 years later this was followed by the DISTRONIC PLUS system going in series production for premium cars, combining a 77 GHz long range radar sensor (LRR) with two 24 GHz short range radar sensors (SRR) and making the system fit for urban traffic. Today this technology has moved to commercial stage with all major automotive manufacturers worldwide, lately introducing ACC systems also in the small car segment. With the introduction of the new Mercedes-Benz B-Class and A-Class in 2011 and 2012, respectively, "DISTRONIC PLUS" became available as a SA (Sonderausstattung: special equipment) product in smaller cars. The "PRE-SAFE BRAKE" system of Mercedes-Benz or the "Intelligent Brake Assist" from NISSAN take such ACC-systems as a prerequisite for advanced braking-systems, to reduce the number and the severity of road accidents. Besides 77 GHz for LRR the 24/ 26 GHz frequency range was adopted for short range automotive radar sensors (SRR), being employed for Blind Spot Detection (BSD) or as a Lane Change Warner (LCW). Narrow-Band (NB) Systems, operating in the ISM-Band (24.05 to 24.25 GHz) and Ultra-WideBand (UWB) systems between 21.65 to 26.65 GHz with different advantages and disadvantages are on the market today. Very recently Digital Beam Forming (DBF) antenna technology combined with electronic scanning techniques has been introduced. Now existing radar sensors can be easily adjusted for new applications. For example a BSD sensor can easily be adopted to function as a "rear cross traffic alert" (RTCA) sensor. Entirely new market opportunities are opening up. Medium range radar (MRR) systems in the 24/ 26 GHz range are on the market today. In spring 2014, with the introduction of the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class "COLLISION PREVENTION ASSIST" (CPA) 3.0 at 24 GHz (built by Autoliv) will become available as a standard series product. Thus, PRE-SAFE braking will be a standard series product for the first time . being no longer a special equipment only ....


The first randomised trials designed to test the effect of plasma cholesterol reduction came out in the mid-sixties and were largely carried out on patients who already had coronary heart disease. The trials were small and had relatively few new incidents of coronary heart disease in the treatment groups. Even in these high risk populations no general agreement on the benefit of cholesterol lowering was reached, and there was even the suggestion of an excess of non-cardiac related deaths in the treated groups. The first meta-analysis of randomised trials of cholesterol lowering, however, found no indication of an excess of cancer or total mortality in the groups treated by diet


Domino reactions between N,N-dimethyl enaminones and anilines affording quinolines have been accomplished by using triflic acid. The construction of quinolines proceeds by the cleavage of the branched C=C and C−N bond in the enaminones that provides C2−C3 and C4 fragments, respectively. Two new C−C bonds and a new C−N bond are formed during the product formation.


Objective To investigate the relationship between psychiatric head nurses' leadership behaviors and nurses' job satisfaction.Methods The PM Questionnaire was employed to assess psychiatric head nurses' leadership behavior,and Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire(MSQ) was used to assess psychiatric nurses' job satisfaction.Results The score of job satisfaction of psychiatric nurses was(65.98±9.66).Among the behaviors of head nurses,income satisfaction,spirit of collective work,performance criteria and psychological health protection influenced the external job satisfaction,and gender,performance,incentive and income satisfaction influenced the internal job satisfaction.Conclusion The psychiatric nurses' job satisfaction is related to the head nurses' leadership behaviors.Improving the head nurses' leadership behaviors may increase nurses' job satisfaction.


The life of Walkinshaw Cowan, who was appointed private secretary to the Swan River colony's new Governor, is discussed. Cowan made constant reference to the difficulties associated with peoples of two cultures, living in the same area but under different laws. The requirement for educational and training opportunities for Aboriginal youth and also the benefits of work release programs as opposed to imprisonment for Aboriginal offenders is described.


The Kashubian community is recently experiencing some sort of re-vival. This group, which is recognized outside Poland as Polonia, lives in the Pomeranian Voivodship. Kashubians didn't dissociate themselves from Polish society, they are still an integral part of it, so they are also affected by the same problems as Poles.
This article is an attempt to find an answer to the question of the im-portance of tradition for the survival and development of the only such community in Poland. In Kashubia – just like in the rest of Poland – the definition of national identity creates many difficulties. For centuries, culture and religion defined the national affiliation. And what is it like today? The authors of this article are trying to answer this question by examining selected issues, which in their opinion, are the most impor-tant. No position has been taken whether we are facing the process of changing the definition of national identity (for example due to cultural globalization, especially mass culture), the unification and accelerated social changes, among both large and small societies, whose identity is at risk. The presented research results illustrate only selected factors affect-ing the daily life of Kashubians, eg: who they are, how they perceive themselves, how they define Kashubian identity.


In his memoir published in 2002, George Dantzig, who had invented the simplex algorithm to solve linear programming problems, praised Wassily Leontief as a great pioneer for proposing a large but simple matrix model that represents the interindustry input-output structure of an economy. Input-output tables, which depict the transactions of goods and services between industries, have been intensively used to prepare the U.S. economy for World War II, and to eventually liberate Europe. This paper not only revisits the early development of structural analysis but also applies it to the 1939, 1947 and 1958 U.S. input-output tables using triangulation and dispersion indices as fundamental tools. The degree of integrity represented in the Leontief inverse significantly increased as the division of work progressed in the time of war to achieve maximum productivity. The structural changes ensured a smooth transition of the American economy from peacetime to wartime, and later, the fast rebuilding of European economies that had been completely devastated during the war.


evidence for the printed text, the second corrections of previous collations and emendationes minus probabiles. The value of the second section is dubious; some interesting material is included, but all that was worth printing could without inconvenience have been incorporated in the first. Nor is the information faultless; there are, for instance, two false ascriptions on the second page. The underlying principle of the text is sound. Mr. Blake aims at printing what Charito is likely to have written, and rightly rejects arbitrary restorations of pure Attic idiom. The inadequacy of the current editions of other Greek novelists sometimes leads him astray; thus Heliodorus IV 18 i is no defence for dfynrirevadfievos (III 7 2), but, like VII 29 2, supports Cobet's dfnnraad/jLevo';. But on the whole his judgment is good, and he has often vindicated the MS. The knowledge that F's scribe was inclined to omit words has tempted him to make some needless supplements. Charito clearly aimed at brevity, and one characteristic of his style is asyndeton ; it seems rash, therefore, to add connecting particles (e.g. yap I 2 2, VI 6 5; ical VI 3 8, VIII 4 2) or articles and pronouns not strictly necessary (e.g. rrjv I 1 13; fie VII 3 10; « IV 4 4). In filling the lacunae indicated by F he is often plausible, but there are places where he might have kept closer to the MS. At IV 7 6 F has . . fp yap TreiraiSevfievos. Mr. Blake adopts Reiske's ola yap IT., but Jackson, who knew nothing of the ep, was surely right in proposing dvrjp yap 7T. It is a pity that Mr. Blake did not use Jackson's article (C.Q. XXIX. 52-7, 96-112); for in emendation he is not at his best, and he has adopted several conjectures inferior to those that he would have found there (e.g. II 1 4, II 2 2, IV 4 4). But if he is not uniformly successful in correcting the MS. tradition, Mr. Blake none the less deserves gratitude for establishing it. When the evidence for the texts of all the Greek novelists is as well marshalled, scholars will be able to grapple more confidently with the linguistic problems. The book, which is very well produced, concludes with an analytical index of proper names and indices sententiarum et similitudinum.


In towed streamer marine seismic acquisition, data is typically recorded over a bandwidth of 2-250Hz. This is represented by a wavelet of finite width with side lobes in the time domain when zero phased. This ideal wavelet is distorted by two major factors: the source and receiver-side ghosts and absorption due to various propagation effects (Q). This paper presents two case studies of a deghosting, broadband processing workflow on conventionally acquired (single sensor, flat streamer) data from offshore West Africa.


Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are emerging as one promising solar cell technology. A DSSC consists of transparent conductive substrate, a nano-porous TiO2 nanoparticle photoelectrode, dye, electrolyte, and a counter electrode, which are all crucial on overall cell efficiency. This paper will focus on development of nanostructures for various parts of the devices and novel organic dyes for efficient DSSCs.


Inbreeding effect revealed as mortality and morbidity in general may be ascribed to deleterious mutations generally present at different loci of the ancestors common to each consanguineous mating. A new coefficient (E) is suggested to measure this effect. On the basis of this theory, a new method to estimate the load of mutations disclosed by inbreeding has been presented elsewhere, and is now extended. In this method, the load is estimated without introducing gene frequency notions. Genetic loads estimated through our method are in rather close agreement to those estimated through the classical theory of Morton, Crow and Muller (MCM).


We investigated the personality traits and performance management competence of 125 associate retail managers and whether these characteristics were related to rater rating level bias (including le...


Active traffic management aims to dynamically manage congestion based on existing and predicted traffic conditions. A challenge in this is that it is not usually possible to process data in real-time and use the output in control algorithms or in traveler information systems. A solution to this is to predict the traffic state based on assessments of current and past measurements. The work described in this paper develops an adaptive forecasting method to predict traffic speeds using dynamic linear models with Bayesian inference from a priori distributions. This study incorporates speeds collected from radar based sensors and validates the results with data collected from Bluetooth traffic monitoring technology. The highly adaptive model is confirmed with estimated traffic speeds during inclement weather and multiple incidents. © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of Elhadi M. Shakshuki.


High seed vigour is a precondition for fast and homogenous field emergence and good malting quality in barley. The aim of this study was to (i) assess the possibility of selection for greater vitality of barley seeds (Hordeum vulgare L.) in conditions of drought and cold, (ii) to quantify the relationship between the size of the root system of the parental plants and seed vigour of progeny. The root system size was measured by its electrical capacitance directly in field. The seed vigour of four spring varieties of malting barley and their mutual 12 combinations was assessed in three variants (without drought stress, under drought stress of -0.2 MPa and -0.5 MPa), in two years (2012 and 2013) and on the two locations (Hrubcice and Želesice). The vigour of 12 combinations from two locations was compared with vigour of their parents. Highly significant correlation was found in 2012 between the vigour of the mothers and their progenies (r = 0.832; P = 0.01), between that of fathers and of their progenies (r = 0.882; P = 0.01) and between the vigour of both parents and their progenies (r = 0.894; P = 0.01). The correlation between seed vigour combinations in F3 generation (harvest 2012) and in F4 generation (harvest 2013) was r = 0.886. This is another evidence for potential effective breeding for the seed vigour.


Our study relies on a general assumption that prices contain a rational component, which is consistent with the rational expectations theory, and an irrational one, better explained by behavioural economics. We decompose the probabilities of default computed by Bloomberg for the listed Romanian companies by filtering the irrational component with newly proposed gauges. To check for the relevance of the rationality component, we use MiDaS models to study the relation with sectoral GDP gap dynamics for the corresponding companies. Employing regression related methods, we further divide the irrational part of default probabilities into a measure for fear and a measure for habit. After each transformation, we check the connection with the corresponding sectoral GDP gap. Our objective is to investigate the extent to which there is a connection between the macroeconomic expected activity, measured by the sectoral GDP gap and the risk of companies listed at the Bucharest Stock Exchange, quantified by probabilities of default. We embark on this journey with the assumption that the irrational component obfuscates the above-mentioned connections.


A ultra-high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS) method was developed for determination of homocysteine (HCY) in human plasma. HCY in human plasma was derivatized with 2-chloro-1-methylquinolinium tetrafluoroborate (CMQT), and isolated through solid phase extraction (SPE). Derivatization, isolation and detection procedures were optimized. Satisfactory linearity was obtained with determination coefficients (r2 ) > 0.999. The intra- and inter-day precisions were in the interval of 1.2-5.1% and accuracy was within ± 7%. Mean recoveries were closed to 100%. The limit of detection (LOD) and the limit of quantification (LOQ) were 0.46 and 1.38 μmol/L, respectively. The method was then applied to investigate the relationship between plasma HCY and whole blood 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (5-MTHF) levels in healthy volunteers. The results revealed that plasma level of HCY was significantly negatively correlated to whole blood 5-MTHF in volunteers.


To meet the request of educators for a simple, moderately priced television film recorder, the Dage KR-11 has been designed using an especially modified single-system sound camera and a monitor with relatively uncomplicated circuits. Controls have been kept few in number, and a simple and reliable method for setting up the recorder has been developed. Single-system sound recording facilities have been incorporated. Several educational applications have been explored.


Abstract In this report I describe the Health Care Advice Bureau?s (sjukvardsradgivningen) historical background, proposals for its development according to a committee from the Blekinge County Cou ...


In recent years, many different techniques for inspecting and diagnosing photovoltaic (PV) cells and PV modules in laboratories have been evaluated in detail. Most of them consist of analysis by obtaining the characteristic curve of the PV source. Several methods of obtaining current and voltage PV curves are addressed in the literature. However, they still do not address the experimental aspects of implementation and the obtained results from these methods. This paper consists of a comparative analysis of the main methods of obtaining PV cells' current vs voltage characteristic curves, observing the following aspects that characterize their effectiveness: flexibility, fidelity, and response time to trace the curve, complexity, cost of implementation, and applicability. The main methods analyzed in this project are variable resistance, electronic load, capacitive load, and DC-DC converters.


While China's private enterprises overseas investment has developed quickly,they are also faced with a great risk,that is,the state risk and commercial risk.The paper analyzes the type and contributing factors to the risk of overseas investment,and then puts forward the legal countermeasures for preventing the risk of overseas investment from the angles of investor and state.


The simulation model and the real-time control model of the ball-and-beam system are established,and the double-loop fuzzy controller is designed.The ball-and-beam system is carried on real-time control with Wincon.The result shows this method is valid.


An experimental study of 3A molecular sieve behavior, in order to obtain anhydrous ethanol, was developed. The adsorption of water in vapor phase was performed in an essentially isothermal fixed bed. 99·9 wt% ethanol was recovered operating with azeotropic distillation and different flow rates. A simple model in terms of a driving force and linear equilibrium was tested. Runs in liquid phase were also carried out, obtaining lower treatment capacities than when working in vapor phase.


U.S. patents increasingly are challenged on validity grounds through inter partes reviews at the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("PTAB" or "board"). 1 In fact, from September 2012 through June 30, 2015, there have been over 3,000 inter partes review ("IPR") petitions filed by petitioners. 2 Filings per month have increased from an average of 28 petitions in 2012 to 58 in 2013 to 125 in 2014 to 144 so far in 2015. 3


This article discusses the impact on the spouse when his or her partner is being treated for cancer. The disease is defined, treatment effects are outlined, and issues affecting the psychological and marital adjustment of spouses are described. Implications are offered for counselors who work with spouses of cancer patients.


In this paper, suitability analysis of cross-flow turbine and synchronous generator (SG) characteristics for very low head hydro power application is performed. The former is a commercial product from a selected turbine manufacturer while the SG is a new commercial product bought from the public market. Given the technical specifications of the turbine: minimum power is 10 kW, rotation is 300 rpm, outer diameter (Do) of runner is 0.3 m, the transmission ratio is 1: 5, its suitability when coupled with a generator was tested experimentally. The results show that the generator performance was not as expected. Voltage ripples and current waves were found to be quite high. Vibrations always occur on the V-belt when the load of generator is changed. The efficiency of the generator was found to be around 60.61%. The results are expected to become a technical procedure in testing the suitability between a turbine and a generator when they are coupled; regardless they are new products or the existing ones.


This is a curious book. Only on the internal flyleaf is the subtitle "A Trainee's Companion", added, which is important when a work is to be assessed. The foreword describes the book as 'highly illustrated'. which is an understatement. Operative colour photography is taken beyond its limit


The essence of a web page is an inherently predisposed issue, one that is built on behaviors, interests, and intelligence. There are relatively a ton of reasons web pages are critical to the new world, as the matter cannot be overemphasized. The meteoric growth of the internet is one of the most potent factors making it hard for search engines to provide actionable results. With classified directories, search engines store web pages. To store these pages, some of the engines rely on the expertise of real people. Most of them are enabled and classified using automated means but the human factor is dominant in their success. From experimental results, we can deduce that the most effective and critical way to automate web pages for search engines is via the integration of machine learning.


The paper studies effect of psychological capital of administrative personnel on job performance through questionnaire and job performance scale,which indicates that management personnel's psychological capital in insurance company is positively correlated to their job performance,and hope and resilience in psychological capital dimensions have a distinct positive prediction function to task performance as well as toughness and optimism.


Four crosses were made among seven soybean cultivars for determining possible linkage between Adh1 and W1 loci. An examination of F2 seed indicated that these loci are linked with a recombination value of 20.6 ± 1.2%. These loci are located in linkage group 8. Key words: soybean linkage, isozymes, alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh1), color locus (W1), Glycine max.


Based on three years of Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) gamma-ray data of the Virgo cluster, evidence for an extended emission associated with dark matter pair annihilation in the b b-bar channel has been reported by Han et al. [1]. After an in depth spatial and temporal analysis, we argue that the tentative evidence for a gamma-ray excess from the Virgo cluster is mainly due to the appearance of a population of previously unresolved gamma-ray point sources in the region of interest. These point sources are not part of the LAT second source catalogue (2FGL), but are found to be above the standard detection significance threshold when three or more years of LAT data is included.


The prospective study, which took place from February 2011 to March 2014, included respondents who were sent for computerized dermoscopy because of non-melanocytic skin tumours. Respondents were divided into 2 groups. The first one, group A (45 respondents), consisted of respondents who had expressed concern about the observed changes in the skin and the desire for examination. The second one, group B (50 respondents) were respondents that did not come for examination due to changes on the skin, but for other reasons, so they had indirectly detected suspicious skin lesions. The aim of this study is to analyse the importance of early suspicion of non-melanocytic malignant skin tumours by specialists in primary and secondary health care. Parameters for comparison were respondents' subjective attitude of non-pigment skin lesions and dermoscopy and/or PH findings. It has been shown that changes in the skin that bleed are sometimes highly suspect of NMSC because group A had 5 such cases and NMSC was detected in 4 cases, and group B had 7 respondents with haemorrhage and there were 4 with NMSC. In group B, out of 12 respondents who said that they had found suspicious skin lesions caused by trauma, there were 8 NMSC, while in group A there were 3 cases, which is a statistically significant difference. In group B, out of 16 respondents who claimed that they had had suspicious skin changes dormant for years, NMSC has been proven in 3 cases, and in group A there was not NMSC which is also a statistically significant difference. It was confirmed that the claims of the respondents are unreliable and that all patients should be addressed to computer dermoscopy, in patients with visible changes that arise even a slightest suspicion of NMSC.


In this paper, we propose a new interconnection network, hierarchical odd network HON(), which used the odd network as basic modules. We investigate various topological properties of HON(), including connectivity, routing algorithm, diameter and broadcasting. We show that HON() outperforms the three networks, i.e. the odd network, HCN(m,m), and HFN(m,m).


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A clean-up procedure using a solid phase extraction technique and a high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for the determination of histamine in fish sauce from Thailand is introduced. The method was tested on fish sauce samples by adding various concentrations of histamine standards: 50–1000 mg/L of fish sauce, five replicates for each concentration. The samples were mixed with methanol and shaken for 1 min, applied to Bond Elut strong cation exchanger, then eluted with a mixed buffer solution of 0.5 M KH2PO4 (pH 6.5) : methanol (1 : 1, v/v). Analysis was carried out by using HPLC with a post-column reaction with o-phthalaldehyde to form a fluorescent derivative. The recovery from fish sauce ranged from 90.5 to 95.5% with the limit of detection at 5 ng of histamine. The analysis of 549 commercial fish sauce samples showed that the samples contained histamine at various levels with the majority in the range of 200–600 mg/L.


The formula and stability of sanitary compound beverage of carrot and sweet orange is researched,the result indicates that the best formula was 25% carrot juice,15% sweet orange juice,8% sugar and 0.2% citric acid.


This paper looks at the procedures and processes involved at the University of Queensland Library in its transition to a digital library, now known as the Cybrary, and describes the resultant information services available to students, scholars, and practitioners. As Australia's first virtual library, the University of Queensland Library has been recognised by the Australian Award for University Teaching in 1998 and again in 2000. (http://www.cybrary.uq.edu.au ) The UQ Library is also a member of QULOC, the Queensland University Libraries Office of Cooperation, a consortium which initiates and supports cooperative world class solutions to information resource needs of university libraries in its member institutions. The traditional paradigm of the library was a physical place where scholars and students went to gain access to recorded knowledge using bibliographic records to guide them to rows of shelves of printed materials. Librarians guarded collections and assisted users. Much has changed in recent times. With the availability of electronic forms of information, stored locally, and accessed remotely, the new paradigm is the Cybrary – a gateway for clients located anywhere to access electronic resources everywhere and at any time. The Cybrarian is a navigator and guide. The Cybrary is the window on the world of knowledge. The effectiveness of the Cybrary in service delivery is dependent upon the effective implementation of information technology, combined with appropriate training for both cybrary staff and end users. The Cybrary uses a single interface to provide integrated access to its printed and electronic resources and services - the Library's website. From the website, the information searcher has access to electronic databases, electronic journals, and Internet resources all of which can be searched/browsed by subject. Help tools are also available online to guide the searcher through the range of resources. The availability of remote access to information greatly facilitates the delivery of education to distant students, and enables the access to information by remote workers in the field. It revolutionises opportunity for students, scholars and practitioners alike. Many of the functions of the Cybrary are enhanced and supported through its membership of the Consortium, which is used as a vehicle for such activities as information sharing, continuing education, staff development, and cooperative research and development projects.


BACKGROUND
Few studies have investigated differences in the vulnerabilities of males and females to alcoholism and alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD). According to epidemiological and clinical findings, females appear to be more sensitive to the effects of alcohol and thiamine deficiency and have a worse prognosis in recovery from neurocognitive deficits compared to males. This study aimed to characterize the effects of chronic ethanol toxicity and thiamine deficiency across the sexes using rodent models.

METHODS
Male and female Sprague Dawley rats were assigned to chronic forced ethanol treatment (CET), pyrithiamine-induced thiamine deficiency (PTD), combined CET-PTD, or pair-fed (PF) control treatment conditions. Following treatments, spatial working memory was assessed during a spontaneous alternation task while measuring acetylcholine (ACh) in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and the hippocampus (HPC). The subjects also underwent an operant-based attentional set-shifting task (ASST) for the analysis of behavioral flexibility.

RESULTS
Female and male rats did not differ in terms of ethanol consumption; however, the CET and CET-PTD-treated female rats had lower BECs than male rats. Compared to the PF group, the CET, PTD, and CET-PTD groups exhibited spatial working memory impairments with corresponding reductions in ACh efflux in the PFC and HPC. The ASST revealed that CET-PTD-treated males and females displayed impairments marked by increased latency to make decisions. Thalamic shrinkage was prominent only in the CET-PTD and PTD treatment conditions, but sex-specific effects were not observed.

CONCLUSIONS
Although the CET and CET-PTD-treated females had lower BECs than the males, they demonstrated similar cognitive impairments. These results provide evidence that females experience behavioral and neurochemical disruptions at lower levels of alcohol exposure compared to males and that chronic ethanol and thiamine deficiencies produce a unique behavioral profile.


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Compositions for addition to milk or milk-based beverages, in other words w / w basis, the following components (ingredients add up to 100%): 1. About 1 to about 10% silica; 2. About 20 to about 90% vegetable oil; and 3. About 10 to about 90 percent of the polyglycol mixture composition comprising the same. According to the composition, it is possible to perform foaming and frothing of the suppression by the result of carbonation in beverages.


An efficient one-pot synthesis of highly functionalized pyrrolidines by using sulfonyl azides, alkynes, and dimethyl 2-(phenylamino)maleate catalyzed by copper(I)–Y zeolite under mild reaction conditions was investigated. This cascade process involves an azide–alkyne [3+2] cycloaddition/ring rearrangement/ketenimine formation/intermolecular nucleophilic addition cascade and consequent intramolecular cyclization followed by [1,3]-H shift. The important advantage of this methodology, which allows selective intramolecular nucleophilic attack of the generated ketenimine carbanion on an ester moiety for the first time, is that the starting materials can be easily prepared.


The present paper quantitatively examines how the process of fast reconnexion depends on the magnitude of the local resistivity enhanced in the vicinity of the magnetic neutral point. It is shown that quasi-steady Petschek-type configurations are set up, one for each of the variously imposed local resistivity enhancements. The fundamental structure of the quasi-steady configuration is largely controlled by the initially indented value of locally enhanced resistivity. It is especially remarked that the width of the diffusion region becomes smaller as the locally enhanced resistivity becomes smaller. We find that each of the quasi-steady configurations presents nothing other than the Petschek-type configuration that corresponds to the allowable maximum reconnexion rate for the relevant magnetic Reynolds number. We also see that the magnitude of fast reconnexion rate has a weak dependence on the local resistivity in the diffusion region. All our numerical results are very consistent with previous theoretical work on the fast reconnexion problem, once the problem is reconsidered from another angle. We hence suggest that the process of fast reconnexion should be viewed as a gross instability, inherent to the current sheet system itself, that can be triggered by some local onset of anomalous resistivity.


Over the last three decades, the sulfinyl group has received considerable attention in asymmetric synthesis1‒5 as a chiral tool. The sulfinyl group is widely used as to bring about numerous asymmetric transformations. The effectiveness of the sulfoxide in diastereoselective auxiliary-induced reactions is mainly due to the steric and stereo electronic differences existing between the substituents on the stereogenic sulfur atom: a lone electron pair, oxygen, and two different carbon ligands, which are able to differentiate the diastereotopic faces of a proximal or even remote reaction center. Besides the high configurational stability of the sulfinyl group,6,7 the existence of several efficient methods to obtain homochiral sulfoxide as well as their synthetic versatility has led to a substantial growth of the use of these chiral starting materials in the synthesis of enantiomerically enriched compounds and in the total synthesis of numerous biologically active natural products.


This article describes the mobile learning project, where a mobile device is used for educational activities. The article defines the word mobility from the educational point of view. The main perspective in this article is in teacher training. We present experiences of how mobile technology was used in teacher training, how trainees and supervising teachers felt the use of mobile technology. The pilot was carried out on Department of Home Economics and Craft Science in the University of Helsinki. The idea of the pilot was that the supervising teacher and trainee students discuss and share their ideas about teaching methods etc. through mobile devices and also use SMS-messaging and digital pictures as a part of supervising process. The use of digital pictures which were delivered via a mobile device came up to be surprisingly successful. The goal of these innovative pilot projects is to create flexible teaching solutions, which will enable the accessing of information with all kinds of devices, and to support learning in a variety of situations.


Quantum state tomography (QST) is an executable procedure, allowing complete reconstruction of a quantum state. As a basic tool, QST is widely employed in quantum information research. However, many projective measurements on identical copies of the quantum state under test are required in standard QST, which is heavily time-consumed. Here, we perform reconstruction of density matrix with dimensionality of $15\times 15$ by utilizing compressed sensing method at a sampling ratio of 0.35. According to the experimental results, the fidelity could be as high as 93.0%~99.4% and 73.8% for coherent laser beams and heralded single photon sources, respectively.


More than twenty US states use competitive elections - some partisan, some not - to choose their judges. As with much of the rest of US politics, judicial candidates are often reliant on campaign contributions from businesses, ideological groups, and individuals. In new research, Brent Boyea finds that where states hold partisan elections and have professionalized courts, individual contributors are much more generous than those where they do not.


In this paper, we focus on the exact solution of the coupled nonlinear Schr¨ odinger type equation by means of the simplest equation method for the cases when the simplest equation is the equation of Bernoulli or the equation of Riccati. We use the appropriate ansto convert the above-mentioned equations to an ordinary differential equation and reduced to nonlinear algebraic systems of relationships among the parameters of the equations and the parameters of the solution. The method used here can be also extended to many other nonlinear partial differential equations. The properties of s ome solutions for this system are shown by some figures.


A dissertation submitted to the Board of Postgraduate Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Wood Technology and Management,1993.


Amita-Buddha's Pure Land belief was prosperous in Tang dynasty.A lot of scholars hold this belief.But differencing from real Buddhist,their belief were complicated and often mixed with other religions thought.Their Amita-Buddha's pure pand belief had the following characteristics: based on Confucianism,mingle the Taoism and Buddhism;Buddhism belief not only in pure land;no distinction between Amita-Buddha's pure land and Maitreya's pure land;generally changing their belief to Amita-Buddha's pure land for some account.


In this article the PAT and its conformity with natural sciences is studied. PAT has been one of the most effective accounting research programs over the past four decades. One of the reasons of the success of Watts and Zimmerman (1986) in population and legitimization of their approach was that their view about accounting theory was the same as the one they had about science. Therefore, it is important to examine to what extent accounting has been successful in conformity with Natural Sciences and why it could not imitate the successes of the natural sciences. This paper presents the failure of PAT to follow valid scientific justifications. In contrast, the PAT encompasses all the elements of three valid scientific justifications. Finally, this article will identify some of the methodological gaps of the PAT.


SUMMARY Normally we protect ourselves from cross infection by supplying fresh air to a room by a diffuser, and the air is then distributed in the room according to different principles such as: mixing ventilation, displacement ventilation, vertical ventilation, etc. However, there is a possibility to supply air directly to the breathing zone when people are lying in beds, e.g. in a hospital ward. This principle, called "Personalized Ventilation" has shown to be very efficient in the protection of people from cross infection. The system supplies fresh air into the breathing zone through a pillow or a blanket. The system can also be used to reduce the emission of viruses or bacteria from the exhalation of a source patient. The air supplied from the personalized ventilation (PV) diffuser rises to the ceiling and with the right air distribution system it can be removed from the room. The experiments in this paper are carried out with tracer gas and two thermal manikins in the experimental SARS ward at Hong Kong University. One of the manikins is the source manikin, and the other one the target. The measurements show that a very high degree of protection can be obtained with this system. Optimum flow rate and temperature of the supply air are addressed in the research work.


15037 Background: Allard et al. (2004) has established the accuracy, sensitivity, reliability and linearity of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) detection using the CellSearch System. 57% prostate can...


In the present study, submicron ion-exchange fibers (IEFs) of polystyrene (PS) and its blends with styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (SBS) were prepared by electrospinning and postsulfonating modification. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images showed that the diameters of the fibers enlarged significantly after treatment and the surfaces become rougher. Mechanical properties analysis showed that the electrospun fibers (EF) and the IEFs from PS/SBS blend fabrics possessed better mechanical performances than those from pure PS. The ion-exchange capacity (IEC) of 4.35 mmol/g and and copper ions (Cu2+) adsorption value of 3.08 mmol/g for IEFs from PS/SBS blends were both higher than that of IEFs from pure PS and the conventional IEFs produced by coating or grafting fibrous substrates with functionalized resins or monomers. Dynamic adsorption experiments were made to test the behavior of adsorption for Cu2+. The results of dynamic adsorption experiments with Cu2+ showed that the IEFs from PS/SBS would quickly purify 3000 ml waste water containing Cu2+ (100 mg/L), and the removal rate for Cu2+ reached 96.5% even at the flow rate of 12 ml/min. The study provided an absorbent with a high dynamic adsorption capacity for removing Cu2+ from waste water.


The pollen morphology of nine tree species belonging to six genera (Acnistus, Aureliana, Brunfelsia, Capsicum, Cestrum, and Solanum)of the Solanaceae family and occurring in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, was considered in the present paper. The pollen grains were grouped into six pollen types corresponding to the six genera examined. An identification key for the nine species was presented. Species of a same genus differ by morphological secondary features only, maintaining an unique pollen type.


It is unsystematic and illogical to take suit as the cause of pause of the limitation of actions.In the system of the existing civil law in China,suit shall be taken as the cause of breaking off the limitation.If the plaintiff is approved,the period of limitation will be recalculated after the performing period founded by the judgment or from the time of the judgment becoming effective,and it does not break off as the result of application of implement.If the suit is not judged,and as long as the act of bringing a suit can be considered as a claim out of court,it can also pause the calculating of the period of limitation.


The optimal estimation method (OEM) has a long history of use in passive remote sensing, but has only recently been applied to active instruments like lidar. The OEM's advantage over traditional techniques includes obtaining a full systematic and random uncertainty budget plus the ability to work with the raw measurements without first applying instrument corrections. In our meeting presentation we will show you how to use the OEM for temperature and composition retrievals for Rayleigh-scatter, Ramanscatter and DIAL lidars.


The authors have calculated the Lande g tensor for the d holes in Pd near the X point in the Brillouin zone. They explore the g tensor as a function of wave vector and find very large wave vector dependence as one moves over the Fermi surface. The study has been motivated by the observation of a TESR signal in Pd by Hurdequint and Monod. The authors' analysis is based on a tight-binding description of the d electrons with s-d hybridisation ignored. This allows them to use analytical methods near the X point and isolate the key sub-bands and energy splittings that control the wave vector dependence. The authors conclude with a brief discussion of the influence of the k dependence of the g tensor on the conduction spin resonance signal from the d holes.


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When a systematic, coordinated treatment plan is used, many seemingly refractory ulcers can be treated in the home. Communication between the treatment team, which includes the patient, must be maintained. This article describes the various preventive measures, debriding, cleansing, granulating and epithelializing agents, their modes of action and their methods of application.


This paper discusses the influence of earthquake inputting in SSDI and summarizes the major states in seismic specification giving consideration to present states at SSDI with introduction of our new research findings in respect of SSDI.


(1973). The Bandman Criterion for Educators: "A Good Enough Reason". Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 39-57.


We present a study and a comparison in terms of complexity of two ML-lattice decoders, the Sphere-Decoder (SD) and the Schnorr-Euchner de- coder (SE), when used to decode multi-antenna trans- mission schemes, using full rate space-time codes, over a Rayleigh fading channel.


In recent years, educational institutes all around the world are adversely affected by the epidemic with the social distancing or lock-downs. E-learning and the virtual classroom has been one of the most favorable solution to overcome the difficulties. With the aim of helping real-time interaction in the on-demand online learning environment, this paper focus on two common information interaction methods among younger generations: 1) bullet screen; 2) PvE mode, and discusses their motivational effect for the learners. Furthermore, we formulate a novel all-course-applicable plug-in approach beneficial in learn-ers' engagement and concentration.


The current thesis explores and suggests the creation of a simple and cheap solution for a media facade. The world of media facades is rapidly changing given that this kind of facades must keep in pace, as much as it can, with the latest technology of electronic world in the market. The goal was to achieve the development of a media facade which can fulfil several requirements. The challenge of this project was the fact that there were many options of media facade technologies and through the requirements and preconditions analysed we concluded in something new and innovative.


Tomato is one of the most common crops across the world, but it is also one of the types of food that generates the most losses across its life cycle. This paper addresses this issue by providing a Life Cycle Analysis of greenhouse grown tomato in southern Spain. The results confirm that tomatoes are a thirsty and frail crop. Most of its energy demands and carbon emissions go to packaging (35%) and transportation (42%) as well as supplying water for their growth. There seems to be room for improvement in the recovery of energy (54.6%) and CO2 emissions, mainly addressing the waste treatment of packaging and plastic as well as improving transportation. Despite being highly water demanding, irrigation processes are already efficient in industrial greenhouses, and most of the water recovery will need to take place in the waste recovery stage. Food losses at the consumption phases do not constitute a significant loss in energy or a significant amount of carbon emissions saved.


In this paper, we propose a design method to improve the bandwidth characteristics of a new microstrip antenna using coplanar waveguide feed. This method adds a three section feed structure (TSFS) on the basis of the conventional coplanar waveguide feed and the addition of chamfers to the rectangular radiating patch to improve the detection performance of the antenna. The antenna can operate in the frequency band from 500MHz to 1120MHz, with a peak gain of 4.6dB and an average gain of 3.4dB in this band, with high gain. The directional diagram shows that the antenna has good omnidirectional radiation characteristics and can pick up electromagnetic signals coming from different directions in space. According to the optimization results, the antenna is fabricated, and the input S11 and standing wave ratio (SWR) of the antenna are measured using a vector network analyzer, and the measured results are consistent with the simulation results, which verifies the performance of the antenna.