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Electrophotographic machines, which are represented by copy machine (PPCs), fax equipment and printers, are expected to continue to develop into the future as important image output equipment that provides high image quality, high speed and low noise operation. Recent trends of electrophotographic machines include miniaturization, lowering of price, and shifts from analog to digital, from single function to complex function, and from monochromatic to color machines. The processing parts of these machines, the heart of the machines, will become standardized in order to enhance users' convenience and to facilitate the exchange of wear-and-tear parts. Fuji Electric, as a manufacturer of photoconductors, has developed and manufactured selenium photoconductors and organic photoconductors (OPC), and recently is promoting the development and manufacture of process peripheral equipment aiming to add value to the products and to offer proposals for processes to our customers. In this paper, an overview of our activities concerning process units is introduced.


Using Becker method, we have made research on evaporation rate by considering the parameters of cathode manufacturing process that conclude the tungsten base porosity, aluminate formulation and the coated film material. Finally, the impact level and the weight results are given quantitatively.


Objective To explore applicability and safety of GlideScope video laryngoscope for tracheal intubation in clinical anesthesia. Methods One hundred ASAⅠ~Ⅱ patients,aged(45±15) years,were randomly assigned into 2 groups(n=50 each),scheduled for gynaecological laparoscopic surgery under general anesthesia(group G) with tracheal intubation.Anaesthesia was induced with fentanyl 2~3 μg·kg-1,propofol 2 mg·kg-1,vecuronium 0.1 mg·kg-1 and maintained with 1% isoflurane.Orotracheal intubation with GlideScope video laryngoscope was performed for group Ⅰ patients at 3 min after intravenous vecuronium;Group Ⅱ patients were intubated by direct laryngoscopy using Macintosh(group M).The glottic exposure time and the tracheal intubation time were recorded.The BP and HR were recorded before and after induction of anesthesia during tracheal intubation. Results The glottic exposure time was(15.38±5.21)s in the group G and(14.21±3.11)s in the group M.The mean tracheal intubation time was(30.22±11.31)s in the group G and(30.11±12.23)s in the group M.The BP was significantly decreased after induction of anesthesia,but HR was significantly increased during tracheal intubation in both groups. Conclusion GlideScope video laryngoscope achieved better glottic exposure with less tracheal irritation and damage.The method may reduce the risk of cross-infection to doctors.


For Implementation of principle of Ayurveda, we must know detail Ayurvedic Shaarir (Anatomy). In all Ayurvedic samhita (text) sharir sthana is separately described. Many structure with their functions are mentioned in it. But some concepts mentioned by Aacharya have lot of ambiguities. Detail anatomy & functions are not found. Such as Simanta, Sivani & Sanghata. Sanghata means group & Asthi sanghata means group of bones. Group of bones in Asthi sanghata form a special Anatomical structure different than Sandhi.


The present study examined whether sex differences in emotion are related to the social context and addressed differences between global, retrospective, and on-line, momentary self-descriptions of ...


Using a newly developed plastic strain measurement technique based on digital image correlation, surface plastic deformation of polycrystalline aluminum alloys in a thin sheet form has been experimentally characterized at a length scale comparable to that of the thickness of the aluminum sheets but much larger than the average size of individual grains. Both static and dynamic local straining patterns in these aluminum alloys have been observed and these strain patterns can not be simulated using the conventional plasticity models. The texture clustering of grains may contribute to the static local plastic strain patterns detected in an Al-Mg alloy. Two distinctive dynamic straining behaviors resulted from the dynamic strain aging of dislocations due to the alloying elements have been experimentally established for 5XXX and 6XXX alloys, respectively. First observation of dynamic strain inhomogeneity is also made in a sheet metal specimen deforming predominately in a plane strain state.


To assess the worldwide impact of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and contributing risk factors, researchers used data from PURE, a prospective cohort


This study aims to determine the effect of corporate social responsibility disclosure, capital intensity ratio, inventory intensity ratio and tax avoidance. This study uses a sample of manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the 2016-2018 period. A total of 99 property and real estate company-year were sampled in this study. The sample technique used in this research is side purposive method. The data used in this research is secondary data. The research data was obtained from the website www.idx.co.id. The data obtained and collected were then processed using the SPSS version 24 application. The results showed that the effect of corporate social responsibility disclosure with a significance value, the ratio of capital intensity with a significance value, and the ratio of inventory intensity with a significance effect on tax avoidance. This study provides theoretical implications, namely disclosure of corporate social responsibility, capital intensity ratios, and inventory intensity ratios which have a positive effect on tax avoidance. The results of this study support the agency theory that high quality company profits will accurately reflect the company's operational performance and reduce corporate tax avoidance efforts.


The importance of creative thinking in strategy development is already well documented. Mintzberg (1976), for example, calls for business schools to gain a balance between the analytic and the intuitive; Handy (1989) articulates the need for upside-down thinking and De Bono (1984) compares vertical, logical thinking with the need for lateral, creative or generative thinking. De Wit & Meyer (2004:16) describe the tension between logic and creativity in strategic thinking as a paradox, a "both-and" problem where "conflict between the two opposites is accepted, but the strategist will strive to accommodate both factors at the same time". In this article, Wagner Weick suggests that current strategy teaching tools such as case studies primarily educate students in "analytically based problem solving" rather than the ability to think "conceptually and creatively".


A family of acoustic finite elements was developed based on C continuity (acoustic pressure being the nodal variable) and the no-flow condition. The family include triangular, quadrilateral and hexahedral isoparametric elements with linear quadratic and cubic variation in modelling and distortion. Of greatest use in problems with irregular boundaries are the cubic isoparametric elements: the 32 node hexahedral element for three-dimensional systems; and the twelve node quadrilateral and ten node triangular elements for two-dimensional/axisymmetric applications. These elements were applied to problems involving cavity resonances, transmission loss in silencers and the study of end effects, using a Floating Point Systems 164 attached array processor accessed through an Amdahl 5860 mainframe. The elements are presently being used to study the end effects associated with duct terminations within finite enclosures. The transmission losses with various silencers and sidebranches in ducts is also being studied using the same elements.


The purpose of this paper is to analyze the market reaction to the existence of traders affected by biased confidence, whose confidence is in turn dependent on particular traits of the information they observe, namely its strength (salience), and weight (statistical significance). Confidence function is introduced as a way of formalizing the relationship between different attributes of information and confidence. We show in a simple setting that if investors' confidence is affected by information strength and information weight, then prices exhibit delayed overreaction to information events ; this overreaction may continue for a prolonged period of time. Furthermore, as more and more information is introduced, uncertainty might increase among irrational investors and prices tend to underreact to ambiguous news. We also examine the resulting implications for market liquidity and price efficiency. In another case based on a generalized setting, we learn that depending on the intensity of irrational trading, prices exhibit positive serial correlation when there are few miscalibrated traders in the economy or their bias is moderate ; prices overreact to news if the opposite conditions are met.


This paper presents a new approach to the detection of anti-personnel landmines which is based on the physical detection of landmines using a sharpened probe in a fashion similar to that employed by human deminers. The axial force applied to the probe is sensed as the probe is driven into the ground (at 30 degrees to the horizontal in order to avoid initiating the landmine), and the force information together with absolute position information is used to determine the presence of buried objects. The concept is demonstrated using a lab based prototype system which located several anti-personnel mines in a small test area.


Denoising diffusion probabilistic models (DDPM) have recently shown superior performance in image synthesis and have been extensively studied in various image processing tasks. In this work, we propose a 3D-DDPM for generating three-dimensional (3D) medical images. Different from previous studies, to the best of our knowledge, this work presents the first attempt to investigate the DDPM to enable 3D medical image synthesis. Our study examined the generation of high-resolution magnetic resonance images (MRI) of brain tumors. The proposed method is evaluated through experiments on a semi-public dataset, with both quantitative and qualitative tests showing promising results. Our code will be publicly available at https://github.com/DL-Circle/3D-DDPM.


This research aims to produce zine media which can be used as an alternative learning media. This research conducted by using ADDIE development model that includes five stages of development, such as 1) analyze, 2) design, 3) develop, 4) implementation, and 5 ) evaluate. This zine media has been conducted through the validation stage by material expert and media expert. The research results in this development can be used as an alternative learning media in German learning activities with 'Familie' theme and train the students to develop their writing skills.


The main object of this paper is to study the concept of weak $I^K$-convergence, a generalization of weak $I^*$-convergence of sequences in a normed space, introducing the idea of weak* $I^K$-convergence of sequences of functionals where $I,K$ are two ideals on $\mathbb{N}$, the set of all positive integers. Also we have studied the ideas of weak $I^K$ and weak* $I^K$-limit points to investigate the properties in the same space.


This paper introduced the concept of decision support system,and described how to build the system with MS SQL 2005,by analying the university enrollment.


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Technology may be defined as modern machines, equipment, tools and associated knowledge, techniques may be defined as modern machines, equipment, tools and associated knowledge, techniques and processes involved in the making, using and maintaining these gadgets in producing goods and services for man's consumption. It is technology viewed thus, that accounts for the speed of delivery, the quantity and quality and other attributes of goods and services which a modern society enjoys. Indigenous technology means technology as defined above with the additional condition that it is developed by an indigenous people (in this case Nigerians) through a process that would include studying of available modern scientific technologies and adapting them to the Nigerian environment, improving upon them in the light of local conditions and eventually initiating original indigenous technologies (Ekpo-Ufot, 1990). Indigenous technologies as conceived, have to flow from modern science. The stages of their development involves, studying adapting and improving (innovation).


Combine the connotation of college student's entrepreneurial risk to specifically elaborate the type of college student's entrepreneurial risk and avoidance strategies, and then based on the current situation of their risk awareness, propose suggestions and countermeasures of combining practice with class theories to improve college student's entrepreneurial risk awareness.


Structural, paleogeographic, and magmatic trends of the Sierra Nevada batholith swing from a characteristic NNW trend in the northern and central parts of the batholith to a nearly E-W trend in the Tehachapi and San Emigdio mountains. Paleomagnetic results from eight sites in the upper Cretaceous (80–86 m.y.) Bear Valley Springs pluton in the Tehachapi Mountains yield a mean direction D = 022°, I = 56° (k = 97, α95 = 5.6°). This mean direction is significantly different from the expected late Cretaceous field direction for this locality and suggests that the pluton has undergone a clockwise rotation of 45° ± 14°, in accord with the change in structural trend in that area. Lower to middle Miocene volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Kinnick Formation overlie the plutonic rocks and yield a mean direction D = 354°, I = 64°. A paleomagnetic pole derived from this mean direction is not significantly different from the expected Miocene pole for North America. This constrains the time of rotation of the pluton to be between about 80 and 20 m.y., probably predating establishment of the present San Andreas transform in this area. We suggest that the observed rotation is part of a large oroclinal bend affecting to different degrees the entire southern Sierra Nevada. The driving mechanism for such a bending may be right-lateral shear along a proto-San Andreas transform, for which there is now a significant body of evidence.


Background: Prolonged extracorporeal circulation entails tremendous threats of red cell lysis, severe bleeding problems due to platelet injury and activation, and endothelial damages by sequestered leukocytes. In consideration of these problems, a new centrifugal pump was developed and tested clinically to evaluate its effectiveness. Methods : We compared the effects of a centrifugal pump with those of a roller pump on hematological responses during cardiopulmonary bypass(CPB) in 20 coronary artery bypass surgery patients. The patients were divided into two groups of 10 each. The studied parameters included WBC counts, platelet counts, plasma Hb and D-dimer. Blood samples were taken after sternotomy, at 60 min, 120 min and 180 min after CPB start, and at 2 hr after CPB stop. Results : No differences between the groups were found in bypass time, aortic cross clamp time, extracorporeal circulation flow and hematocrit. The centrifugal pump group demonstrated less platelet depletion(p<0.05), hemolysis(plasma Hb, p<0.05) and fibrinolysis(D-dimer, p<0.05). These differences were CPB time dependent and became statistically significant after 120 min bypass.
 Conclusions: We conclude that roller pump still can be safely used for standard cardiac procedures with bypass time less than 120 minutes and the centrifugal pump has significant potential to be safely applied to CPB for long ypass time in order to avoid postperfusion syndrome. (Korean J Anesthesiol 1998; 34: 1208∼1215)


Objective:To observe nutritional status in the pregnancy metaphase with abnormal glucose metabolism. Methods: To review nutritional status in total 63 cases of single pregnancy metaphase women with GDM or GIG,dietary 24 h review method were used.The energy and major nutrients intake were analysed.Results: Total protein was(63.88±4.21)g/L,ALB was(34.66±3.69)g/L and Hb was(117.10±11.56)g/L in the pregnancy metaphase with abnormal glucose metabolism.The incidence of protein-malnutrition was 47.62%(30/63),and the incidence of anemia was 6.35%(4/63).The total intake of energy,protein,fat,and carbohydrate per day were(8 926.52±1 847.86)kJ,(87.29±23.58)g,(69.13±16.19)g,(290.55±75.07)g respectively.Conclusion: The incidence rate of protein-malnutrition was higher in the pregnancy metaphase with abnormal glucose metabolism.The energy intake was bigger and the protein intake was lower.The percentage of energy from protein,fat and carbohydrate were unreasonable.


Monastrol, an inhibitor of the human Kinesin‐5 protein, Eg5, arrests cells in mitosis and thereby blocks cell reproduction. The ability to reversibly target and control an essential component of the mitotic spindle has lead to further identification and characterization of Eg5 inhibitors for use in novel anti‐cancer therapies. In assays using size exclusion spin columns to evaluate the binding of C14‐monastrol to Eg5, we accidentally discovered that C14‐monastrol binds to various bovine serum albumin and human serum albumin preparations in a concentration‐dependant manner. This interaction between monastrol and serum albumin could potentially be detrimental for use of monastrol, and perhaps monastrol derivatives, in clinical trials.


Provided is an eco-friendly rubber composition for tire treads, which inhibits evaporation of an amine generated during the processing thereof, and has physical properties including scorch stability, braking quality, low energy consumption and wear resistance. The rubber composition for tire treads comprises: 100 parts by weight of base rubber; 20-100 parts by weight of a reinforcing agent comprising silica having a BET specific surface area of less than 400 m^2/g and a CTAB(cetyl trimethylammonium bromide) specific surface area of less than 400 m^2/g alone or in combination with carbon black having a BET specific surface area of 70-160 m^2/g and a DBP oil absorption of 60-160 cc/100g; and 0.01-5 parts by weight of ZBEC(zinc dibenzyldithiocarbamate) as a vulcanization accelerator, which is represented by a formula 1.


LE GENIE FRANCAIS,* by Michel Guenaire, B. Grasset, 2006, and TEMOIGNAGE, by Nicolas Sarkozy, XO Publishing, 2006 Reviewed by Philip M. Marston" Ideas are one of America's principal exports. When shipped as mathematical formulas or scientific jargon, or embedded in images contained in dubbed films, television shows or sporting events, they are largely independent of language. But most are packed for export in stout crates of English syntax that must be methodically disassembled-or at least parsed-by non-English speakers in order to extract the contents. What happens, though, when the ideas are bound up in the packing cratesthat is to say when the ideas can't be separated from the fabric of language, history, culture, and values within which they arose and through which they are carried? How well do such ideas succeed in foreign cultures without significant modification? "Not very well," is the conclusion one draws from Michel Guenaire's delightful little essay, Le genie francais (Grasset 2006). A partner at Gide, Loyrette, Nouel in Paris, Maitre Guenaire is known to the Energy Bar Association for his presentation on the European Union's (EU) liberalization and restructuring policies at the Association's meeting in December of 2003 (a brief account of which opens the chapter that addresses the U.S. role in the post September 11 world, discussed below). Le genie francais is an intellectual's call for reform to address structural difficulties that stifle French innovation and creativity, in economic development to be sure, but also in the political and cultural arenas. At one level it is a plea for the continuing relevance of Latin models in a world increasingly dominated by Anglo-Saxon ideas, demography, and sheer economic clout. But it is also a call to arms in defense of a specifically French approach to the issues raised by globalization-which here refers largely to the centralization of power in Brussels as the capital of a federalizing Europe. His analysis is intellectual and hardly partisan in any sense of the termand yet may have implications for both American political parties as well as for U.S. relations with the EU (and indeed for intra-Union relations among the EU Member States), especially when one sees the extent to which many of his ideas are echoed in the recent book by Nicolas Sarkozy, the current presidential candidate, which is discussed below. Guenaire begins by recognizing the triumph of the American model at the end of the Cold War with the dissolution of the Soviet empire: "[p]olitical liberalism was joined with economic liberalism, that crucible of the historic Anglo-Saxon model, and triumphed over European statism. It alone guided men's minds and became the compass guiding the world."1 But for Maitre Guenaire, this period of unquestioned superiority of the American model for free minds (political liberalism) and free markets (economic liberalism) came to an abrupt end following the dual shocks of the September 11, 2001, attacks and the excesses exemplified by the Arthur Andersen accounting scandal, the California energy fiasco, recurrent black-outs of the power grid and-crowning blow-the collapse of Enron and the de-legitimization of the unbridled free market model for trade and commerce. This is the context of his critique of the unqualified adoption in France of the "Anglo-Saxon" model for economic development. The term "Anglo-Saxon model" is a common one in France (especially after the Thatcher and Reagan periods) for an unrestricted (or more precisely, insufficiently restricted) marketplace that is viewed by the French as characteristic of the Anglophone world. The term is used to refer to such disparate ideas as private retirement accounts (e.g. IRA's or 401(k)'s), medical savings accounts-or the openaccess, non-discriminatory transportation regime for natural gas or electricity. 2 The term is used here to refer principally to the economic and regulatory liberalization policies adopted by the European Union. …


ABSTRACT Persistent scatterer interferometry (PS-InSAR) is a common technique used in surface motion estimation. However, it is not easy to fully analyse the results, especially for non-experts. Due to the complexity of the formation of Persistent Scatterers (PS) points as well as the large difference in scale and time-series characteristics, it is necessary to develop new visualization methods for a better understanding and analysis of PS-InSAR data. In this article, we implement a dynamic online visualization for PS-InSAR surface motion estimation results using WebGL. A 3D interactive visualization method gives users vivid experiences with interactive operations so that they can easily observe scene details. Animation is used to show the development of surface motion over time as estimated using PS-InSAR, presenting results in an intuitive way through scientific visualization methods. Online visualization through our application makes PS-InSAR results accessible and relevant to dispersed users from diverse domains.


CD47 belongs to immunoglobulin superfamily, and is expressed as a 50 kDa cell surface antigen in wide variety of tissues. CD47 associates with integrins of β1, β2, and β3, and it serves as a receptor for thrombospondin (TSP) and also as a ligand for transmembrane signal regulatory protein SIRP-α. CD47 has a number of different functions such as platelet activation, cell motility, leukocyte adhesion and migration. Recently, it was reported that the ligation of CD47 induces cell death in T-cells and chronic lymphocytic leukemic B cells (B-CLL) in a caspase-independent manner. B-CLL is the most common hematological malignancy in Western countries. Although new chemotherapeutic agents including fludarabine and 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine have been introduced into the clinic, B-CLL is not curable, and therefore, there is a strong need of new effective drugs. In an attempt to establish a novel therapeutic agent for B-CLL, we generated a murine monoclonal antibody against an extracellular domain of human CD47 (designated MABL). Soluble MABL (10 μg/ml) induced apoptosis in CD47-positive CCRF-CEM and MOLT-4 cells but not in CD47-negative cells as judged by annexin V staining. Caspase-3 was not activated by MABL, confirming that the cell death mediated by CD47 was caspase independent. In addition, administration of the F(ab')2 of MABL (200 μg/mouse twice a day on day 3, 4 and 5) significantly prolonged the survival of the SCID mice inoculated CCRF-CEM (>150 days in MABL-treated group vs.


Summary. Goal — optimization of treatment of patients with trophic ulcers
Materials and methods: data on the treatment of trophic ulcers of the lower extremities in 66 patients by vacuum extraction (VE) are presented.
Results and discussion: the effectiveness of the method for the treatment of complications of varicose disease, reducing the healing time of wounds compared to traditional methods of treatment is shown. The advantages and features of the method are described
Conclusions: The main goals of VE in CVI are to stop or reduce the clinical manifestations of CVI, to heal a trophic ulcer, and to prepare for surgery. In some patients, radical surgery cannot be performed. Therefore, periodic courses of VE is the main method of treatment for them. The combination of VE and traditional methods can improve the quality of life and reduce the time of preparing the patient for surgery.


The film deals with the ethical dilemma faced by Jewish prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp. The Counterfeiters is based on the true account of Operation Bernhard, where Jewish prisoners with artistic skills or printing experience were put to work by the Nazis to forge British and American currency.


Hong Kong's EIA system evolved from the application of an administrative EIA system to major development projects. Through learning by doing and the gradual accumulation of institutional and professional capability, the system was broadened to address plans, strategies and major policy proposals, as well as deepened to embrace environmental monitoring and audit mechanisms. The successful application of EIA to several key projects bred success and acceptance. In January 1997, the Hong Kong Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance was enacted and a legal and technical instrument, the Technical Memorandum on EIA Process, promulgated. Hong Kong is now evolving a sustainable development framework on which to apply the principles of environmental sustainability to future major policies and strategies and the Government's decision-making process.


Abstract : Bond orders, bond lengths, and charges have been calculated for twenty-two organodiamines and their mono- and diammonium nitrate salts. Protonation of amine sites weakens the carbon-nitrogen bond and the resulting positive charge is delocalized over all the protons. Methylation of the carbon chain causes the nearer of the amine nitrogens to become significantly more basic as is evidenced by its more negative electrostatic potential. Substitution of a flourine atom strengthens the adjacent carbon-carbon and carbon-nitrogen bonds. When an amine nitrogen is methylated, its bond to the terminal carbon of the chain is not weakened by protonation to as great an extent as in the absence of the methyl group. The bond from the protonation nitrogen to the methyl carbon is significantly stronger than the bonds from the protonation nitrogens to terminal carbons.


A Kalman filter design is studied in this paper. With the singular perturbation technique, the system is approximated into the composite model and the reduced model. An improved finite word-length characteristic is shown when using the delta operator approach.


A light-reflection type liquid crystal display device is a liquid crystal display panel 101. The liquid crystal display panel is mounted on the polarizer 102, the polarizing plate 102 is mounted on 101, the light guide plate 103, a polarizing plate 102 and the insertion be for the light guide plate 103 to fix each other, the resin layer 104. And to supply light to the light guide plate 103 includes a light source 105 disposed adjacent to the end of the light guide plate 103, the frame wall defining an opening (10c) having the same outer shape as the light guide plate 103 It has a (10b) and a bottom surface (10a). The light guide plate 103 is relatively positioned to the polarizer 102 by lowering the top polarizer (102) along the inner wall of the frame 10 through an opening (10c). The liquid crystal display panel, a polarizing plate, the light guide plate


This article sets out comments and suggestions as to the application of smart contracts in the Australian construction industry. It looks generally at what is a "smart contract" and explores various potential applications of the technology to address financial fragility in the construction industry. The article then identifies the potential use of smart contracts as a form of performance security, and to enhance the security of payment framework in Australia as an alternative to project bank accounts (PBAs).


In the previous paper, the authors described a mathematical model of the process, this paper is devoted to the issues of modeling and analysis. The effects of different parameters such as temperature gradients, membrane's aspect ratio, pre-stress, thickness, anchor points, and elastic properties of the membrane and the multilayer on the characteristic wrinkling behavior (wavelength, size, critical load and location) have been examined. It is found that the critical buckling condition of the membrane is dependent on the compressibility, anchor points, aspect ratio and the thickness of the membrane, and it's out of plane displacement depends on the magnitude of the applied in-plane tension. The number of wrinkles decreased with increasing the number of anchor points of the membrane. An effective active flatness control method is used to minimize the surface error (RMS error). Also, it is seen that the multilayer geometry helps in reducing the surface error of the membrane structure.


Microfiltration apparatus for processing a plurality of fluid samples, comprising a first plate (10) provided with a plurality of columns (12), each column (12): (i) a first inner bore (12a) delimiting a opening inside the column (12), and (ii) an end region for receiving a filter medium (8a, 8b) within the column (12) delimiting said end zone: (a) a second inner bore (12b) having a larger than the first inner bore (12a) diameter, and (b) a transition region that joins the second inner bore (12b) to the first inner bore (12a); It is arranged inside the end zone of each column, adjacent said transition region, a filter medium (8a, 8b) for filtering sample; and a second plate (14) provided with a plurality of exhaust ducts (16), each discharge conduit (16) an upper straight end aligned and housed inside extreme lazona of the corresponding column, so that as a release surface practically leaktight including presenting extreme upper area of said discharge conduit a zone with a terminal edge (16a) for supporting circular filter medium (8a, 8b) a zone, so that each half filter (8a, 8b) compressed is maintained between the transition zone of the column and the area with a terminal edge (16a) of the corresponding discharge conduit (16) of an effective way to: (i) securely maintain the average filter (8a, 8b), and (ii) radially pressing an area of the circular edge of the filter medium (8a, 8b) against one of the inner walls of the column (12) so that leakage around its edges are avoided.


Tag anti-collision protocol is one of the most important issues in RFID research, and many new methods have been proposed to solve the problem. In this paper, main anti-collision algorithms are illustrated and analyzed. Consequently, the comparison of these algorithms is summarized, and the perspective of tag anti-collision issues is inferred.


Objective:To assessthe effect of situational inquiry teaching method versustraditional inquiry teaching method.Methods:Eight-academic year students of clinical specialty of Southern medical university were enrolled into this study.Theoretical examination was used to assess the teaching effect.Results:There was no significant statistic difference between the scores of students from different groups.Conclusion:The situational teaching method is a practical teaching method to develop the quality of the professional skills of the medical students.


Objective To explore the perinatal risk factors and clinical features of nosocomial neonatal sepsis in very-low-birth-weight(VLBW)infants.Methods Twenty-nine VLBW infants with nosocomial sepsis and 108 VLBW infants with non-sepsis born in hospital from January 2005 to June 2008 composed the study population.Their maternal,perinatal,or postnatal variables were retrospectively analyzed.SPSS11.0 software was used to do statistical tests and multiple logistic regression.Results Among 137 VLBW infants,twenty-nine were nosocomial neonatal sepsis(21.16%,29/137).The mortality rate was 13.79%(4/29),The incidence of nosocomial sepsis was increased with the gestational age and birth weight decreased.Gram-negative bacteria accounted for 70% of microbes,Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli were the most common bacterial pathogen causing nosocomial infection,mainly extended spectrum betalactamase producing enterobacteriaceae(ESBLs).Birth weight≤1000g was the most impotant risk predictor of nosocomial neonatal sepsis,incidence of NBSIs was 75%(6/8),OR 7.56(4.35~14.24).The risk factors were in the order of percutaneously inserted central catheter(PICC),anaemia,necrotizing enterocolitis(NEC) and apnea.Conclusion Nosocomial neonatal sepsis is a common problem and the main cause of late-onset death among very-low-birth-weight(VLBW) infants.This nosocomial infection should be lowered by active management.


Abstract System observability analysis has constant interest for several authors. Previously, we presented a novel method based on polynomial symbolic calculus. An evaluation of time computing of this method is here presented. The computation time, known as an inconvenient for symbolic algorithm, has never been precisely determined previously for this method. Here, we not only evaluate the time, but we also look closer the hardware requirement needed for the method, applying a novel test to precisely determine the efficiency. Finally, we implement the method to a large scale example.


Lead zirconate titanate (PZT) ceramics with variable Zr/Ti ratios have been shown to exhibit a variety of ferroic phases such as ferroelectric (FE), antiferroelectric (AFE) and paraelectric (PE) phases. Ferroic materials have active domain walls, that is, crystallographic boundaries that can be moved by applying an external force or field. Due to this advantages, PZT ceramics have received much attention of researches of all over the world [1-5]. It is well established that substitution of La at the Pb-site of PZT (abbreviated as PLZT) gives improved piezoelectric and opto-electronic properties of the materials due to the high solubility of La in PZT, reduction of distortion in perovskite structure in PLZT and formation of high density samples. It is most interesting to observe diffuse phase transition (DPT) in complex PLZT [6-7].


The rationale of this study was to analyze and prove the training effect on the performance of the Civil Service through job satisfaction variables. Type of research is included in explanatory research. The population is all employees of Transmigration and Manpower Office of Bulungan Regency about 55 persons. The number of samples in this study were 55 respondents. The sampling technique performed by using total sampling technique. Data analysis technique used a path analysis approach. The findings showed that training has a positive and significant effect on employee job satisfaction. Training has a positive and significant effect on employee performance. Job satisfaction has a positive and significant effect on employee performance. In step 1, training is proven to have a significant effect on employee performance. In step 2 when training and job satisfaction are regressed together to predict employee performance, training remains significant. Thus job satisfaction is able to mediate the effect of training on employee performance.


RegTech, as the use of IT in compliance and supervision/regulation is now labeled, is a game-changer, given the revolutionary nature of current IT developments, such as data scraping tools, big data analysis techniques, and artificial intelligence or machine learning algorithms, which together allow for the aggregation and effective use of amounts of information that flesh-and-blood compliance officers and supervisors could never muster and master. In this short essay, I first scratch the surface of the "RegTech" label to identify four different uses of technology related to financial regulation, namely Operations RegTech, ComplianceTech, OversightTech, and PolicymakingTech. I next describe the four roles financial regulators can play with respect to RegTech: they can act as a developers/users (and sellers) of RegTech products; as buyers/users of products developed by others; as facilitators and coordinators of market developments; or as supervisors of RegTech firms. Finally, I set out the four main challenges financial regulators face in a FinTech/RegTech-dominated world, specifically with regard to their human resources, their internal governance, their cybersecurity risk, and their core operations goals of preventing, catching and punishing misbehaviour.


The use of rainwater brings several advantages from an environmental and economic point of view. In the design of the technical project we can highlight the capacity of the reservation tanks. This should have an efficiency (volume able to meet demand over time) to an initial investment and operating costs compatible with the generated economy. In this sense, the present article aims to present the results of the monitoring, in a year, of the drinking water and rainwater consumption of a technical school of the Brazilian federal network, located in the city of Sapiranga (south of Brazil), after the implementation of improvements in the existing system (cistern with capacity of 10 m). A comparative simulation (consumption and economy) for different tank volumes is also presented, considering: (a) the situation before the implementation of the improvements (half the capacity 5 m), and (b) an ideal volume obtained by different methodologies 20 m). As a result, there was a real economy around one third (32.06% in terms of consumption and 30.23% in financial terms) and a real efficiency of 79.2%. In the simulations, a consumption savings of 20 m and 5 m, of 38.90% and 25.79% respectively would be obtained; a financial savings of 36.47% and 24.77%; and an efficiency of 100% and 61.2%, respectively.


Abstract : The report presents the results of a study of the effectiveness of the experimental Large Aperture Seismic Array in Montana. An attempt has been made, where possible, to draw conclusions from the study of this one station about the performance that might be expected from a worldwide net of several of them. The report discusses the reliability and continuity of observations obtainable from a LASA system, the threshold level for automatic detection and location of weak events, the various signal-to-noise enhancement processes available for on-line and off-line use, and the effect of such enhancements on the ability to discriminate source type. The engineering approaches and system organization that were chosen appear to have resulted in a system of high reliability in the presence of normal component failures, noise, and seismic interference. The 50 percent detection threshold being currently achieved by relatively crude on-site processing is estimated at magnitude 3.5. Off-line processing gains in signal-to-noise ratio equivalent to a magnitude differential of 1-1/4 over a single seismometer output are available. The improvement in ability to see waveform features for identification depends on the type of feature being examined. For first motion, it varies with the signal-to-noise gain; for pP, it is significantly larger.


A feature frame description method of knowledge oriented to intelligent engraving with learning is proposed. It is simple to search, easy to classify, record and describe the engraving feature and its procedure technology, and to inherit artistic style with interactive teaching and machine learning. The feature knowledge of engraving can be extracted from curving procedure through harmonic analysis. With the frame structure of knowledge on engraving, it is convenient to describe sculptured surfaces exactly.


The immigration of German-speaking people to Texas is a well-known part of the state's ethnic development. Historians, cultural geographers, linguists, and folklorists all have done research on the Texas Germans and they have published hundreds of articles, books, and pamphlets.' The main purpose of this essay is not to present new findings, but instead to provide an introduction for the volume by sketching an overview of the German settlement. Persons of German birth or descent form the largest ethnic group in Texas derived directly from Europe. As early as 1850, they constituted over five percent of the total Texas population, a proportion that remained fairly constant through the remainder of the nineteenth century (table 1, next page). Intermarriage has since blurred ethnic lines, and twentieth-century census data are of little help in estimating the size of the German-American group, but the German element in the state probably still accounts for about one of every twenty Texans. From the very beginnings of German immigration in the 1830s, a tendency to cluster in ethnic enclaves can be detected. Most Texas Germans live in a broad, fragmented belt across the south-central part of the state, stretching from Galveston and Houston on the east t o Kerrville, Mason, and Hondo in the west; from the fertile, humid Gulf Coastal Plain to the semi-arid Hill Country (figure 1). Contained in this German Belt are the majority ofTeutonic settlements in the state, including both rural and urban concentrations. The German Belt is the product of concepts and processes well-known to students of migration, in particular the concept of "dominant personality," the process called "cluster migration," and the device of "emigrant letters." Most voluntary migrations are begun by a dominant personaIity, sometimes also referred to as a "true pioneer." This individual is a forceful, ambitious type, a natural leader, who perceives emigration as a solution to economic, social, political, or religious problems in his homeland. Such is the force of his personality that he is able to convince others to follow him in migration. It is usually possible in retrospect to point to the activities of one such dominant


Context: Mentoring is a critical aspect of the professional and/or personal development of the student, resident or faculty member, requiring the good intention on the part of the mentor and mentee to cultivate and establish a meaningful relationship. It is an evolving relationship that requires time and attention to develop, and includes successes and challenges. The dynamics between the two groups of participants were explored to identify emerging themes and implications for practice in education. Aim: To evaluate the perceptions of mentoring relationships among students and staff, and establish an effective mentoring program based on the feedback received. Settings and Design: 100 MBBS students and 75 teaching faculty were included in the study. Materials and Methods: Verbal informed consent of the participants was taken after explaining to them the details of the study to be conducted. Questionnaires comprising of questions pertaining to knowledge, experiences, need for mentoring, developmental activities profile, desired benefits, individual/expected outcomes of mentoring and possible participations were distributed, collected, and the data was analysed. Results: 64% staff and 56% students have a positive attitude towards mentoring. 34% staff and 21% students have been in a mentoring relationship before. Staff of a younger age and hostellers seem more interested in participating in a mentoring program. Majority of faculty think that they can be very helpful to the person they are mentoring, and that they have a lot to offer in mentoring. Conclusions: Both mentors and mentees need to have a clear understanding of the objectives of the program and their roles and responsibilities in a mentoring relationship. This program serves to optimise the way practice and academics work together to integrate knowledge, scholarship, service and learning and to advance the profession.


Basing on long-term experience in examination of steelwork of operated and maintained buildings and structures, various groups of factors have been systematized, connected with possible errors in design and assembly, as well as change of operation conditions leading to degradation of their reliability. Five factor groups have been distinguished: excess of actual load and change of its nature and effect as compared with design estimates; change of steelwork performance; physical deterioration; change of operation and maintenance temperature conditions; excess of standard operation and maintenance life. Distinctive features of their performance and design of steelwork in the conditions of its long-term operation are substantiated. The need to select such combination of load (efforts) providing worst-case effect of revealed adverse factors is pointed out. Methods of approximate estimate of service life of steelwork and its elements have been developed on the basis of a number of examinations using graphical extrapolation.


Infections caused by the opportunistic pathogen Mycobacterium abscessus are increasing in prevalence within the cystic fibrosis population. Our limited understanding of this ubiquitous environmental microorganism matched with its intrinsic resistance to most classes of antibiotic, including β-lactams, has left us with an urgent demand for new, more effective therapeutic interventions. De novo antimicrobial drug discovery is a lengthy process and so we have taken the approach of repurposing known antibiotics in order to provide a rapidly implementable solution to a current problem. Here we report a significant step forward in treatment potential for M. abscessus infection by sensitising the organism to the broad spectrum β-lactam antibiotic, amoxicillin, using the non-competitive β-lactamase inhibitor, relebactam. We demonstrate by disk diffusion and broth microdilution assay that this combination works synergistically to inhibit M. abscessus. We also demonstrate the direct non-competitive inhibition of the M. abscessus β-lactamase, BlaMab using a novel thin-layer chromatography-based assay for β-lactamase inhibition, which is subsequently kinetically validated by spectrophotometric assay using the nitrocefin reporter assay. Finally, we demonstrate the in vitro efficacy of this combination against a collection of M. abscessus clinical isolates, demonstrating the significant therapeutic potential of the amoxicillin and relebactam combination.


The sixth annual Festival de Teatro Clásico was held September 9-25, 1983 in Almagro (Ciudad Real). Thirteen theatrical companies from five different countries (Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, and the U.S.) presented plays and dramatic spectacles at four sites of the Manchegan town, including the restored 17th century Corral de Comedias. Although a guiding principle of the Festival, directed by César Oliva, was to provide an opportunity for foreign companies to present their interpretations of Spanish Golden Age comedias, the Festival embraced works by Berceo, Cervantes, Agustín de Rojas, Marivaux, Alexandre Dumas, and José Zorrilla. The theatricality of Don Quijote inspired three different dramatic adaptations of Cervantes' novel: Immagini dal Don Chisciotte (a theatrical improvisation by the Teatro di Ventura performed in the streets of Almagro): Soñando Ia Mancha: dramaturgia sobre el "Quijote» (T.E.M.A. de Albacete); and Don Chisciotte: Frammenti di un discorso teatrale (Teatro Populare di Roma). This third version takes as its point of departure the notion that Don Quijote sallies forth on his adventures in the same way that an actor enters the stage — in this case, a mad actor who ends up accepting his role as reality. According to the Director, Maurizio Scapurro, this adaptation treats the stage «como si fuera una pista de circo, donde se realiza un viaje mental e imaginario al mundo de la locura y la fantasía ilimitada, ya que la verdad del teatro, en sentido estricto, es la ilusión.» This version made its debut in Paris in June 1983, was included in the Festival di Spoleto this summer, and will be presented at the theater festival in San Francisco in spring, 1984. In addition, the Teatro di Ventura presented La Questione della Primavera, a «revised and updated version» of Cervantes' El retablo de ¡as maravillas, which included texts from the Bible, Leonardo, Shakespeare, Moliere, Nietzsche, Eliot, Majakovskij, and Lorca. Los milagros de Nuestra Señora (Teatro del Príncipe de Madrid) dramatized four of Gonzalo de Berceo's miracles («El clérigo ignorante,»


Phase memory decays were obtained from the transient signals sampled within 50 ns of laser excitation by time resolved electron spin echo (ese) spectroscopy in normal protonated, deuterated, deuterated 15N photosynthetic algae and broken chloroplasts. Previously, it has been shown that application of time resolved ese to study these systems, in particular, gives rise to two kinds of signals (standard and special ese). The standard ese signal at g = 2.0023 and the special ese signal exhibit similar electron spin echo envelope modulation (eseem). The modulation frequency and pattern can be identified with that obtained from stable oxidized P700 in the same system. The two lower field resonances of the standard ese signal do not show eseem. The results support the proposed mechanism for formation of special ese and the notion that the standard ese is due to at least two radicals. It is also demonstrated that we can observe eseem of P+700 under ambient temperature conditions.


1. Biofuels: The Search for Alternative Fuels for Transportation Fossil fuels are still the main energy source worldwide; their overexploitation is resulting in their depletion and increases in global warming . With the increase in energy demand, the price of fossil fuels is also increasing, as their supply is dominated by a few Middle Eastern countries. According to the International Energy Agency report, the energy demand in Asia (the most populated continent) will increase by 76% by 2030 .


Abstract In recent years, a number of jurisdictions have recognized diverse ecosystems and other-than-human organisms as legal persons. From national constitutions and legislation to subnational judicial decisions and ordinances, these legal experiments have extended legal personality to riverine and terrestrial ecological communities, including vast geographical areas and the beyond-human beings that inhabit them. A growing body of literature engages with these developments and, in particular, their consequences for states and governments. However, few analyses have considered the practical implications they may present for private organizations operating under company law. We address this research gap and explore potential challenges and opportunities that the recognition of ecosystems as legal persons may create for private legal persons, especially corporations. We also discuss the possible impacts and opportunities of the expansion of legal personality on company law and corporate practice more broadly, arguing for a reimagination of company law. This reimagination embraces an ethics of reciprocity, responsibility, and relationality between corporate entities, and ecological and human communities.


Even before the appearance of Pius XI's Casti connubii, Jacques Maritain and Abbe (later Cardinal) Charles Journet discussed at length in their correspondence the difficulties they were experiencing with the Catholic Church's position on human sexuality, in particular on contraception. The recent publication of the first three volumes of their letters reveals the seriousness of these difficulties as well as the reasons why, under pressure from the Roman authorities, they did not dare to make their objections public.


A facile and efficient synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes derivatives (3a-u) was reported via a condensation reaction of aldehydes and indole in the presence of silica -supported-3(triethoxysilyl) propane-1-ammonium chloride catalysis under solvent free conditions. We studied the model reaction in different conditions, temperature, and amount of optimized catalyst. The use of just 0.02 g of (silica gel -ammonium salt) is sufficient. The reaction was carried out at 110°C under thermal condition. This method includes some advantages such as mild reaction condition, easy work-up, and recoverable and reusable catalyst.


Selective buried waveguides have different regions, lying at various depths under the glass surface. This structure is formed by field-assisted inter-diffusion in an electrically inhomogeneous glass, with an electrical conductivity varying both spatially and in time. We present a simple, preliminary model of such a complex, two-dimensional structure. We explain the assumptions used to obtain a tractable model and discuss them in detail. Our results are illustrated by mono- mode structures, buried under normal electric field intensities. They are in qualitative agreement with experimental measurements. We discuss the improvements of the model, necessary to take into account spatial and temporal variations of glass properties.


This study highlights lessons learnt from establishing a new recovery-focused inpatient rehabilitation unit in a typical regional city of New South Wales. We have learnt that the most important aspects are recruitment, retention and training of dedicated staff and a belief that recovery is possible. Strategies employed to meet the challenges of integrating a recovery-based practice into this type of setting may be transferable to other new services or existing services of a similar nature. We have provided a summary of standard outcome measures reflecting the performance of the unit for the first 2 years of functioning.


One of the recent themes to study the brain dynamics is studying the effective connectivity between brain regions in the target area. We propose and apply algorithm model, dynamic causal modeling (DCM), Psychophysiological interaction (PPI) and first order kernels and also SVD applied directly to singular intrinsic connectivity matrix end up to integrate and describe the interaction of several Brain Regions based on functional magnetic resonance imaging time series to make inferences about functional integration and segregation within the human brain. The method is to demonstrate using real data to show how such models are able to characterize interregional dependence. We extend estimating and reviewing designed model to characterize the interactions between regions and then to estimate the effective connectivity between these regions. All designs, estimates, reviews are implemented using SPM, one of the free best software packages used for design models and analysis for inferring about FMRI functional magnetic resonance imaging time series.


profession in South Australia, he had secondeda motion that a Branch of the British Medical Association should be formed in the State. Dr. Hayward, Dr. Way and Dr. Cawley had signedthe requisition that the Central Council should be advisedto form a Branch. In 1884 Dr. Hayward was elected a memberof the Council and Vice-President of the Branch. He was elected Presidentin 1885-1886and served on the Council in the following year, again from 1891 to 1893and from 1895 to 1897. Hewas appointedHonorarySecretaryof the Branch in 1897 and held this office for a few years. He was Honorary Treasurerfrom 1899 to 1909. Onvacatingthis position he was again chosen Vice-Presidentand in 1910 he occupied the chair for a second time. Since that date he had been a member of the Council. While in Europe during the period of the war he had represented the Victorian and the South Australian Branches on the Council of the Association in London. At the annual meetingat Aberdeenhe was electeda VicePresidentof the British Medical Association. In 1886 he was a memberof the Committeethat inaugurated the Intercolonial (afterwardsAustralasian) Medical Congressand he servedas Honorary Treasurerof the first and seventhCongresses, held in Adelaide in 1887 and 1905 respectively. Dr. Smeatonsaid that such a record would surely be an exampleand an inspiration to othersto work for the welfare of their fellow-membersand of the Branch. Sm JOSEPHVERCO moved a vote of thanksto Dr. Hayward for his services. DR. A. A. LENDON secondedthe motion, which was carried unanimously.


: Background: While COVID-19 per se does not seem to represent a significant threat to the paediatric population, the pandemic has caused indirect detrimental consequences in the management of children in paediatric intensive care units (PICUs). This study analyses the impact of the pandemic on PICU admission patterns in a tertiary care centre. Methods: We performed a retrospective observational study of all admissions to PICU during COVID-19 pandemic i.e. from April 2020-September 2021, and compared the data with corresponding pre-covid times. Results: There were 3439 inpatient admissions compared to 9478 admissions in corresponding pre-covid months. There were 486 admissions to PICU in 2020 compared to 1400 from corresponding pre-covid months (September 2018-March 2020). During the pandemic, there was a reduction in all PICU admissions (14%) compared to pre pandemic period. There was a 79% reduction in respiratory admissions, and a 90% reduction in children admitted with exacerbation of asthma. We also observed a reduction in trauma related admissions (60%) and also 63.5% reduction in seizure disorders. There were 64 admissions (13%) with COVID positive status with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) accounting for 9 cases. Conclusion: The spread of COVID-19 and subsequent policies to address the pandemic has had wide-reaching implications on children's overall health seeking behaviour and wellbeing. A significant reduction in PICU admissions, particularly secondary to respiratory diseases, and lesser mortality in PICU was noted. This could be attributed to widely implicated public health measures like lockdown and shut down of schools. During times of pandemic and other public health emergencies, policy makers and service providers must ensure continued provision of essential healthcare and social services, including targeted responses for those with existing conditions to improve quality of life and reduce morbidity and mortality.


Objective To summarize the severe complications as well as following managements.Methods The medical records of 300 in-patients undergoing ureteroscopy were reviewed retrospectively.The intraoperative and postoperative complications as well as their treatments were analyzed.Results Ureteral perforation occurred in 2 cases(0.7%) who underwent open operation with double J tubes remained later.Ureteral avulsion occurred in 1 case(0.3%),and was turned to perform nephrectomy.Guidewire breakage occurred in 1 case(0.3%),and was taken out by open operation.One patient suffered from septic shock caused by severe infection,and was recovered by antishock and anti-infection managements.Conclusions It is acknowledged that high efficiency is the main characteristic of the ureteroscopy,but the severe complications resulting from ureteroscopy are infrequent.Most of the complications can be prevented and be treated.It is the keys of the versed manipulation and the prompt managements for decreasing the ureteroscopic complications.


The endurance and agility of soccer in a soccer player are factors in supporting the game of soccer. Increasing endurance and agility can be done by training according to a predetermined program. However, since the Covid-19 pandemic, training is only done once a week and not even once a week. This can affect the endurance and agility of players. Based on the research problems, they are: 1) What is the endurance condition of the students of football school Bintang Muda Wolo (BMW) during the covid 19 pandemic? 2) How is the agility level of the football school Wolo Bintang Muda (BMW) during the covid 19 pandemic? This type of research is descriptive research. The research method uses a survey method with data collection techniques in the form of tests and measurements. The population is 42 students of SSB Bintang Muda Wolo, aged 13-15 in 2021. Sampling uses a purposive sampling technique with a sample of 15 students. The instrument used is an agility test using the Illinois agility run test and an endurance level test using a 1000 m run test. The results of the research and analysis showed that the level of endurance was 0% in the very good category, 2 students or 13% in the good category, 6 students or 40% in the sufficient category, 5 students or 33% in the poor category, and 2 or 13% in the very poor category. And the agility level is 0% in the very good category, 4 students or 27% in good condition, 7 students or 47% in the sufficient category, 1 student or 7% in poor condition, and 3 students or 20% of them in very poor condition. The conclusion in this study is that the level of endurance and agility of SSB Bintang Muda Wolo students is sufficient. Therefore, coaches must be able to improve their abilities despite the COVID-19 pandemic by controlling online training.


Abstract : The effects of longitudinal vortices on film-cooling injectant from a single injection hole and from a row of injection holes in a turbulent boundary layer are investigated. Attention is focussed on the effects of vortex circulation when the injection hole is located beneath the vortex downwash. Heat transfer measurements, mean velocity and mean temperature surveys, and surface flow visualization results are discussed. The embedded vortex considerably disturbs the injectant when Gamma/(U sub c)(d) is greater than 1.0 where Gamma is the vortex circulation, U sub c is the injectant mean velocity and d is the injection hole diameter. Keywords: Embedded vortices; Film cooling. Theses.


The aim of the work is to study the change in instantaneous values of the differential current in power transformer differential protection circuits under conditions of magnetizing inrush when the unloaded transformer is energized and under conditions of a fault within the protection zone. Saturation of measuring current transformers during the transient process leads to distortion of signals in their secondary windings, which can cause a long delay in the disconnection of the protected object and the development of an accident in the power system if traditional protective algorithms are used. Taking into account the peculiarities of the change in the instantaneous values of the differential current while developing the protection algorithm makes it possible to recognize faults with maximum speed before the moment of the first saturation of electromagnetic current transformers and thus avoid a delay in the operation of the protection. For quick and correct recognition of a fault within the protection zone authors proposed to monitor the maximum value of the derivative of the differential current and the duration of its monotonous change from the moment of the onset of the transient process. This is because the monitored parameters in the emergency and normal operation of the power transformer can vary significantly. Application of traditional protection algorithms together with proposed methods allows increasing the speed of differential protection response in different operation modes of the power system. Mathematical simulation has been used to study the magnetizing inrush and short circuits within the protection zone.


Modern marketing requires a dynamic shift from traditional to digital worlds where technology with data handling significantly needs marketing analytics effectiveness with a customised approach, leading to ethical online consumption for consumers. This current study validated the model developed from the contributions of Davis et al. (2021) and Grewal et al. (2020) by focusing on the effectiveness of marketing analytics. Data was collected from 435 respondents who were either business heads or employees working at a managerial level through a well-drafted questionnaire. Hair et al. (2017) incitation on PLS-SEM robust measuring standards helped in model validation through internal consistency, validity, reliability, multicollinearity, nonlinearity, effect size, HTMT, R2 and finally model fitness. The empirical prediction of this research gives a clear signal to corporate to redesign their present online marketing models by using marketing analytics and then critically analysing the role of consumer privacy, artificial intelligence, and marketing mix while promoting their products or services through web or mobile apps. Finally, to what extent marketing analyses can help in generating a user-friendly interface for online consumers by capturing their personality traits with a cognitive mindset is still critical to understand and may encourage future work.


The results of the application of pigs' concentrated blood serum for correction of piglets' immune status in different age groups are given in the article. Immune status of piglets is empirically found to depend on the content of total protein in blood serum.


According to Ayurveda Agni (digestive fire) is the most important factor in the process of paaka i.e, digestion and the absorption of the ingested food. Acharyas has classified this Agni into 13 types, i.e. one Jatharagni, five Bhutagni and seven Dhatvagni. Among all the Jatharagni is the most important one, which digests the food and transforms it into Rasa and Mala.(waste product) The decreased intensity of the Jatharagni or weak digestive fire due to various reasons is termed as Agnimandhya (decreases agni) which is the root cause of several disease. Proper regulation and maintenance of Agni is responsible for digestion and maintenance of proper metabolic activities of the body. Thyroid gland is also one of the important glands of the endocrine system. The thyroid gland produces hormones that regulate the body's metabolic rate, muscle and digestive function, and bone maintenance. Hypothyroidism is the condition in which secretion of Thyroid gland decreases which disturbs the metabolic rate of the body and slows the movement of food through your stomach and intestines. Slower digestion can lead to symptoms like heartburn, constipation, and bloating etc. The normal as well as abnormal function of Thyroid Gland can be correlated with the healthy and altered status of Agni. This article reflects the correlation between the hypothyroidism and Agnimandhya. Keyword:. Agni, Jatharagni, Agnimandhya, Thyroid gland, Hypothyroidism.


The Guzerá breed is an important Brazilian genetic resource and has been widely used as a pure breed and in crossbreeding strategies to produce animals adapted to tropical climatic conditions. In the last 30 years, some breeders have included selection for dairy traits in addition to selection for beef traits to obtain economic benefits from the sale of meat and milk in dual-purpose production systems. Dual-purpose studies in Guzerá cattle are recent and a previous study showed that there is no genetic antagonism between milk production, growth traits, and age at first calving in these animals, allowing joint selection for these traits. Given the advantages of including marker information such as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in genetic evaluations, efforts were also made to genotype Guzera animals, particularly those selected for milk and dual-purpose. In this sense, the overall objective of this thesis was to perform genetic and genomic evaluations considering the most important traits selected in Guzerá cattle for both dairy and beef in Guzerá cattle. First, the variance components and genetic parameters for the traits were estimated using bi-trait models. The genetic and phenotypic correlations were all favorable. The absence of genetic antagonism between the reproductive, beef and milk traits indicates that joint selection for beef and dairy traits is possible in the studied population without losses in reproductive traits. Genomic predictions were then performed using single- step genomic best linear unbiased prediction (ssGBLUP) using single-trait models. The performance of genomic prediction (in terms of predictive ability, bias, accuracy of breeding values, rank correlations, and genetic trends) using the ssGBLUP approach compared to the traditional BLUP approach was investigated. This study provided interesting insights into the future application of ssGBLUP in genetic evaluation of Guzerá cattle, especially for dairy traits. The results suggest that ssGBLUP is feasible and can be used in national genetic evaluations for reproductive, dairy, and beef traits in Guzera animals to increase the accuracy of breeding values. However, the number of genotyped animals was not yet sufficient to affect the genetic evaluation in terms of predictive ability and bias. In addition, a third study was conducted to determine the runs of homozygosity (ROH) and calculate the inbreeding coefficients of the animals from the ROH (F ROH ). The inbreeding coefficients from pedigree information (F PED ) were also estimated and the effects of F ROH and F PED on reproductive, dairy and beef traits in Guzerá animals were evaluated. Although the Brazilian population of Guzerá animals has experienced historical events such as the bottleneck effect, inbreeding coefficients were low compared to other cattle breeds, even in younger animals. There was no inbreeding depression in the evaluated traits. The results described in this thesis will contribute to the definition of selection criteria for dual-purpose cattle. In addition, this thesis provides the first results on the impact of incorporating information from SNP markers into genetic evaluations of dairy, reproductive and growth traits in Guzerá cattle (in terms of predictive ability, bias, accuracy of breeding values, rank correlations and genetic trends). In summary, our results show that joint selection for beef and dairy traits is feasible in the population studied, that the inclusion of SNP marker information increases the accuracy of animal breeding values, and that the population maintains low levels of inbreeding even during a bottleneck event without significant effects on the most important traits subject to selection. Keywords: Beef cattle. BLUP. Bos indicus. Dairy cattle. Genetic evaluation. Inbreeding. ssGBLUP. Zebu.


The investigation about the degradation behavior of turbine blades exposed to complex and extreme environments for long-term service is of great importance to assess the remaining life of the blades. In our work, the microstructure at different positions of the service-exposed turbine blade was characterized from the micron scale to the nanoscale. The results showed that there are noticeable differences in the microstructure at different positions of the blade and the blade has a complex service history. These conclusions suggest that the most severely damaged part of the blade should be responsible for assessing the remaining life of the blade, moreover, the mechanical properties of materials should not be limited to life at constant temperature and stress, rather non-isothermal and variable stress tests are more instructive in assessing the performance or life of aircraft engine blade materials.


With a help of computer simulation the features of dragging of tubular items through rotating matrices with a special screw shape have been identified. There has been confirmed the possibility of changing the strained condition in the strain centre while dragging through matrices with spiral and screw geometry of operating edges at simultaneous forward and rotary movement of deforming tool.


An alternative method of making calculations of Rover fuel element lineal densities from the data output of the Mass per Unit Length Evaluation (MULE) inspection system is described. The method consists of using a logarithmic relationship between the lineal density and gamma-ray absorption. The method provides an accurate calculation of the absolute lineal density of fuel elements and also increases the accuracy of lineal density change measurements, in addition, the calibration procedure is greatly simplified. The accuracy of the MULE inspection is increased to better than 0.1% of the element lineal density.


A spatially distributed, physically based, hydrologic modeling system (MIKE SHE) was applied to quantify intra‐ and inter‐annual discharge from the snow and glacierized Zackenberg River drainage basin (512 km2; 20% glacier cover) in northeast Greenland. Evolution of snow accumulation, distribution by wind‐blown snow, blowing‐snow sublimation, and snow and ice surface melt were simulated by a spatially distributed, physically based, snow‐evolution modelling system (SnowModel) and used as input to MIKE SHE. Discharge simulations were performed for three periods 1997–2001 (calibration period), 2001–2005 (validation period), and 2071–2100 (scenario period). The combination of SnowModel and MIKE SHE shows promising results; the timing and magnitude of simulated discharge were generally in accordance with observations (R2 = 0·58); however, discrepancies between simulated and observed discharge hydrographs do occur (maximum daily difference up to 44·6 m3 s−1 and up to 9% difference between observed and simulated cumulative discharge). The model does not perform well when a sudden outburst of glacial dammed water occurs, like the 2005 extreme flood event. The modelling study showed that soil processes related to yearly change in active layer depth and glacial processes (such as changes in yearly glacier area, seasonal changes in the internal glacier drainage system, and the sudden release of glacial bulk water storage) need to be determined, for example, from field studies and incorporated in the models before basin runoff can be quantified more precisely. The SnowModel and MIKE SHE model only include first‐order effects of climate change. For the period 2071–2100, future IPCC A2 and B2 climate scenarios based on the HIRHAM regional climate model and HadCM3 atmosphere–ocean general circulation model simulations indicated a mean annual Zackenberg runoff about 1·5 orders of magnitude greater (around 650 mmWE year−1) than from today 1997–2005 (around 430 mmWE year−1), mainly based on changes in negative glacier net mass balance. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Sediment cores from nine different lakes in the Tatra Mountains, collected as part of the EU funded AL:PE, MOLAR and EMERGE projects investigating natural environmental records stored in remote mountain lake sediment sequences, were dated radiometrically by 210Pb and 137Cs. At five sites, Długi Staw Gąsienicowy and Zielony Staw Gąsienicowy on the Polish side of the Tatra Mountains and Starolesnianske pleso, Nižné Terianske pleso, and L'adové pleso on the Slovak side of the Tatra Mountains, the cores were sectioned at close intervals and analysed in detail to produce a high resolution chronology. For the remaining four sites, Zmarzly Staw Gąsienicowy (Poland), and Vel'ké Hincovo pleso, Vyšné Temnosmrečinské pleso, Vyšné Wahlenbergovo pleso (Slovakia), it was sufficient to establish a low resolution sketch chronology and only a few samples were analysed from each core. At L'adové pleso, multiple cores were collected in order to establish spatial distribution of sediments over the bed of the lake. Cores from all sites had good records of the fallout radionuclides from which it was possible to construct reliable chronologies of the recent sediments.


The antifungal activity of essential oils of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.), fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.), summer savory (Satureja hortensis L.) and thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) against two well-known postharvest fungi, Penicillium digitatum and Rhizopus stolonifer, by poison food medium (0, 200, 400, 600, 800 and 1,000 µL/L) and vapor phase (0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 40 µL) methods were assayed. The results showed that in poison food medium thyme oil had greatest antifungal activity against P. digitatum and R. stolonifer at 1,000 and ≥600 µL/L, respectively. In vapor phase, thyme oil at ≥5 µL completely inhibited the mycelial growth of pathogens. Summer savory oil at ≥600 µL/L had a significant inhibitory effect on mycelial growth of R. stolonifer. Fennel oil showed the lowest antifungal activity against the pathogens. All the essential oil treatments completely inhibited the growth of R. stolonifer in vapor phase method. Also R. stolonifer were more sensitive against the essential oils. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis showed that main compounds identified in sweet basil, fennel, summer savory and thyme oils were linalool (65.25%), trans-anethole (64.42%), carvacrol (54.14%) and β-ocimene (12.62%), respectively. Therefore, thyme and summer savory oils have a promising potential to use antifungal agent against fruit and vegetable fungi.

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

The results of this work show that thyme, summer savory and fennel oils have a high potential to be used as an antifungal agents for control of postharvest phytopatogenic fungi especially in vapor phase method. Therefore, essential oils as safe aromatic compounds that do have not negative effects on human health and environment may be used as a novel and practical tool for preservation of postharvest quality of horticultural crops and are suitable alternative for synthetic fungicides.


Objective. Walking interventions in healthy populations show clinically relevant improvements for many cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. We aimed to assess the changes in CVD risk factors and the dose-response relationship between frequency, intensity, duration and volume of walking based on randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Design. A systematic review with meta-analysis and meta-regression. Data sources. Four electronic databases searched from January 1971 to April 2017. Eligibility criteria. Walking RCTs reporting one or more CVD risk factor outcomes; trials including at least one group with walking intervention and a no-walking control group; duration ≥ 8 weeks; participants ≥ 18 years old, inactive but healthy; risk factors assessed pre-and post-intervention; English language articles in peer-reviewed journals. Results. Thirty-seven RCTs, involving 2001 participants (81% women), and assessing 13 CVD risk factors were identified. Pooled meta-analysis showed favorable effects (p≤0.05) of walking intervention for seven CVD risk factors (body mass, BMI, body fat, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and fasting glucose, and VO 2 max). There were no significant effects (p>0.05) for waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, and four blood lipid variables. Despite testing 91 possible dose-response relationships, linear meta-regression analysis adjusted for age indicated just 7 (or 7.7%) statistically significant findings. Summary/conclusion


Recent approaches in traffic and crowd scene analysis make extensive use of non-parametric hierarchical Bayesian models for intelligent clustering of features into activities. Although this has yielded impressive results, it requires the use of time consuming Bayesian inference during both training and classification. Therefore, we seek to limit Bayesian inference to the training stage, where unsupervised clustering is performed to extract semantically meaningful activities from the scene. In the testing stage, we use discriminative classifiers, taking advantage of their relative simplicity and fast inference. Experiments on publicly available data-sets show that our approach is comparable in classification accuracy to state-of-the-art methods and provides a significant speed-up in the testing phase.


We present a multi-spectrum fitting software that enables advanced analysis of high-resolution atomic and molecular spectra in a large range of pressures. Individual lines are modeled with theoretical profiles that take into account the non-Voigt line shape effects, such as the speed-dependence of collisional broadening and shift, velocity-changing collisions and their correlations with phase/state changing collisions, first order line mixing and collision-time asymmetry.


Measurements are reported of the energy loss suffered by H1 and He4 particles, of 4- to 30-kev energy, in passing through thin films of carbon, aluminum oxide, and VYNS. Only those particles that emerged in the forward direction were studied. Evidence is presented for identifying the stopping cross sections per atom observed in this way with Se, the electronic component of the total stopping cross section per atom. It appears that the calculated energy dependence of is somewhat in error, and that the magnitudes of the Se's for He4 are systematically too small by 10–15%.


This excellently produced monograph, based on 1,563 cases, covers every aspect of a disease of which the early diagnosis is often beset with difficulties. Not unexpectedly, the bulk of the book is devoted to diagnostic radiology (and even radiography) and is illustrated with numerous x-ray films of impeccable quality in some of which the sacro-iliac joint appearances are demonstrated in accompanying line diagrams. It is at this stage that one realizes that whatever may be the fate of the Anglo-Saxon attempt to join the European Community in the politico-economic sense, a fait accompli has been achieved when it comes to the radiological terminology of ankylosing spondylitis. Thus, to say, in a German publication, that a sacro-iliac joint looks like a "Perlschnur" is only to be expected, but this joint may also have a "star sign", a "ghost joint", an aspect tigre, and an aspectpommele; in the case of the vertebrae the Anglo-Saxons do even better with "squaring", "filling in", and "shiny corner".


The temperature and flow field in the compartment on the high-speed train was simulated by the software of CFD in this paper,and in which the thermal comfortableness was evaluated.It was calculated that the average temperature of the compartment was about 24.9℃ and the PMV value was between 0 with 1.0,when the air supply volume was 4500m3/h and the air supply temperature was 18℃.The thermal environment in carriage was in the state of a little hot.Age of air in the compartment was relatively small,and the air distribution of passengers area was much reasonable.But the temperature and age of air were higher in some areas,such as luggage carrier and the rear of the compartment.


A novel unbalanced‐to‐balanced diplexer based on a dual‐mode substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) cavity is proposed and implemented. The diplexer is realized using one dual‐mode cavity and two single‐mode cavities. By properly choosing, feeding and coupling the cavity operating at the TE102 or TE201 mode, so as to not only provide capabilities to realize the desired unbalanced‐to‐balanced transmission within both Rx and Tx channels but also realize good differential‐mode channel‐to‐channel isolation. To the author's knowledge, we present for the first time an unbalanced‐to‐balanced type diplexer based on the application of SIW. The proposed diplexer was successfully designed, simulated, and fabricated. Good agreement can be observed between simulated and measured performances in our letter. The measured in‐band common‐mode rejection is better than 33 dB for both channels. A minimum differential‐mode isolation of about 50 dB across the Rx band and about 40 dB across the Tx band is also observed in the measurement. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE 25:173–177, 2015.


This paper presents a fast simulation method of PMSG, which adopts positive and negative sequence current separate control strategy during an asymmetric grid fault. Based on analysis of fault characteristics, the asymmetric control strategy is developed in PSCAD, aiming to alleviate the adverse effects on converter and grid during an asymmetric grid fault. Separate positive and negative sequence current and lock the phase respectively with SPLL method, then control each component in a closed loop by means of feedback decoupling, thus restraining ripple of DC bus voltage and second harmonic are realized. Furthermore, a simplified method based on remaining control and principle of energy balance is proposed. Simulation shows the rapidity and validity of the method, providing theoretical support for equivalent modeling of large-scaled direct-drive wind farm.


This paper describes a proposed exploratory research project designed to investigate the concept of a frictionless learning environment (FLE). Motivated by the wicked, challenging, and complex issues facing 21st century educators, learners, and communities, this study will design, develop, and implement a minimally viable frictionless learning environment with a special population of high school students. Utilizing and expanding upon existing theory and constructs for 21 st century formal and informal learning spaces, this study extends beyond current understandings of a classroom to form part of, and contribute to, the learning dimension of interactive smart cities. Combining the frictionless learning environment (FLE) with activity theory (AT), the resulting innovative FLEAT model is proposed, serving to operationalize and support "smart team" engagement. Through collaborative real-world problem solving, mediated by emerging, next generation, and existing information and communications technologies (ICTs), students, educators, diverse cross-agency partners and community members form "smart teams" with a common goal of generating solutions that have the potential to impact policy and action locally, regionally, nationally, and globally. The research design employed for assessing the effectiveness of the FLEAT innovation consists of: 1) a quasi-experimental, multiple time-series design used to accommodate an exploration of the 3 iterative refinements of the innovation's implementation and delivery; and 2) mini-ethnographic participatory observations using a "story telling" approach. Participatory observations will be triangulated with quasi-experimental artifact, survey, and interview data and analysis. This mixed methods research approach supports exploration of the research questions and hypothesized intended outcomes which are designed to surface key variables that may not be well known or understood in the context of the technology-rich FLEAT innovation. This project will advance knowledge in the learning domain; in technology-rich learning environments; within the learning dimension of smart cities; and contribute to a range of theoretical perspectives on learning. More broadly, this project has the potential to generate benefits for society in that the research study may serve as a model for the learning city in action. With modification, the research may be replicable and transferrable to other learning environments and to cities interested in developing learning cities. And this research may advance scientific knowledge and activities that contribute to the achievement of societally relevant outcomes generated by motivated, curious, interested, and engaged learners. Expressions of interest in this research are invited as well as partnerships, feedback, and other forms of support.


Electricity generation by wind power is the best application form of wind energy.With the(increase) in the capacity of a wind turbine,its size including tower height is getting larger and larger.(Generally),the wind speed of oncoming flow gradually enhance with the increase of height.Consequently,for designing the rotor of a large-power horizontal-axis wind machine with bigger rotor diameter,whether the gradient of wind speed of oncoming flow in front of the rotor should be considered will be a problem for designers of wind turbines.For realizing the accurate calculation of aerodynamic characteristics of the rotor,the design of wind speed must be given using a reasonable method.It is analyzed and verified that the(aerodynamic) design of the rotor will be fairly reasonable by taking wind speed at the rotor center as the(designed) wind speed.


We recently developed a framework for implementing a scaled self-interaction corrected density functional theory (DFT-SIC) into pseudo-potential plane-wave DFT. The technique implements the original method of Perdew and Zunger by direct minimization of the DFT-SIC total energy functional. By using maximally localized Wannier functions, DFT-SIC calculation can be carried out efficiently even for extended systems. Using this new development, the formation energies of defects in 3C–SiC (silicon carbide) were calculated and compared to more standard DFT calculations. Differences of up to 1 eV were seen between DFT and DFT-SIC calculations of the formation energies. When compared to DFT, DFT-SIC produced less-stable vacancies and silicon interstitials, and more stable antisites and carbon interstitials. The most favourable interstitials were found to be C interstitials in a C+–C⟨100⟩ dumbbell configuration, with the formation energy of 5.91 eV with DFT and 5.65 eV with DFT-SIC. Si interstitials were not as stable as C interstitials. The most favourable Si interstitial was found to be Si tetrahedral surrounded by four C atoms, with a formation energy of 7.65 eV with DFT and 8.71 eV with DFT-SIC.


ABSTRACT Lungs are a prototypical trait of most tetrapods, but some amphibians have become secondarily lungless over evolutionary time. Anuran (frog) tadpoles offer an opportunity to examine lung loss from an evolutionary perspective, because there are many independent instances where lungs are not inflated until adulthood, and so are functionally lost. Lung loss is typically associated with living in fast-flowing streams, and so we examined larval lung development in the stream specialist family Heleophrynidae. We find that one genus, Hadromophryne Van Dijk, 2008, has large lungs as a tadpole, while the other genus, Heleophryne Sclater, 1898, has much smaller, stunted lung buds. We further speculate how this information changes our understanding of how the specialised torrent form has evolved in this specialised group.


The present invention relates in a very simple operation, yet at a fraction of the operating force, to be able to adjust to the optimum height of the operation panel in an instant to match the height of the operator. An attaching the operation panel vertically movably to the housing side walls of the machine tool, the load of the operation panel, is supported on the housing via the hydraulic lockable gas spring. Then, place the operating unit in the vicinity below the operation panel for releasing the hydraulic lock of the gas spring, and can be adjusted up and down position of the operation panel.


The main characteristics of two strategies of organizational change are being analyzed in the report – total quality management (TQM) and strategy of enterprise resource planning (ERP). The research objectives are the application models of those two strategies in the organizational practices. The main target is to identify the critical factors of success in the implementation process. The focus lies on the organizational effectiveness and the role of TQM philosophy in improving of ERP systems. The common between these instruments is that they are used by many organizations in the projection process of organizational perfection, culture change, mission and outbound links, as well as in various spheres of industry.
Keywords: Total quality management, enterprise resource planning, business process reengineering, downsizing, critical success factors.


Abstract This article investigates the complex relations between heritage and memory through an analysis of the UNESCO World Heritage 'Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution' and its component Miike coal mine. When discussing this World Heritage Site, scholars and the media have focused on the diplomatic controversy over the history of forced labour between Japan and South Korea, interpreting it as a new example of a dispute over history in East Asia. However, this understanding oversimplifies the relations between heritage and memory. Based on fieldwork research and documentary analysis, this article investigates the diversity and complexity of the collective memory of Miike coal mine from a local perspective. The results show that there is a sharp dissonance between the World Heritage story and some of the ex-miners' memories, which focus on the negative past, fu no isan. Documentary analysis shows that fu no isan has two different but closely related meanings: negative legacy and negative heritage. Fieldwork research reveals that the various commemorations of fu no isan in the local community, mainly based on ex-miners' social networks, constitute a form of vernacular memory, independent from the official memory of the World Heritage. Finally, I conclude that heritage can be public memory, rather than just official memory, as long as it is open to plural memories of the past.


FIELD: power engineering. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to heat engineering and is intended to maintain comfortable air parameters in low-rise buildings, mainly at livestock farms. System of helio-heat-and-cold supply containing a Southern, made from an absorbing solar radiation material, and a Northern air ducts, herewith the Southern air duct is equipped with a convergent nozzle, which is installed outside the room and is made with a swirler consisting of four plates, and the outer surface of each of the four plates of the swirler is coated with a glass-like film in the form of a nanomaterial from tantalum oxide. EFFECT: this enables to eliminate sticking of drop moisture onto the outer surface of the swirler plates, which leads to oxidation and further destruction of the material. 1 cl, 3 dwg


The objective of this document is the study of the Bluetooth technology and it protocol of low energy in devices that emit radio frequency signals known as beacons, which can be programmed to send content based on its proximity to a smartphone. It requires an application developed for Android and iOS operating systems on Android Studio and Xcode platforms respectively, which allows to show information about the careers of Telecommunications, Software and Information Technologies facilitating the application of new students, accompanied by an interface with Google Firebase Cloud Messaging for notifications about featured events to be held at the University.


Wearable health technologies and fitness apps are increasingly interconnected through APIs (application programming interface) through which data from sensors are transferred, translated and interp ...