This paper devises a new constant false alarm rate (CFAR) detection scheme to deal with the problem of radar target detection in heterogeneous environment. The proposed scheme, called "clustering-CFAR detector," is data dependent and composed of three stages: an adaptive clustering procedure that, exploiting the recorded measurements of the clutter environment, divides the detection area into different classes to provide auxiliary information, a dynamic reference cell selector that chooses appropriate secondary data according to the classes, and a conventional CFAR processor to make the final decision about the target presence. The performance of "clustering-CFAR detector" is analyzed by computer simulation and public radar measured data (IPIX data and MSTAR data), and compared with existing CFAR detectors. The results show that the new detector achieves a better performance in the aspects of terrain classification, control of false alarm points, and probability of detection.


The paper briefly discusses the component-based software development method. Then , the requirements of information system in airport domain are analyzed, and 3 software architectures are raised. Finally, the system is partially implemented.


Five sets of 75t/h power generators with mid-pressure sulphur circulation boilers are in use in the Xinzhuangzi power plant attached to the Huainan Mining Group.Since their operation in August ,1999,several leakage accidents have happened in less than three years concerning the welding seams on the boiler savers, causing potential dangers to the production.To solve the problem specifically,we have found out the causes and put forward some methods by practical check and testing and overall analysis;We have to carry out strictly the technical standards,proper welding workmanship to ensure the welding quality. After the manintinance and treatment,for the stable charcateristics of the welding seams,the boilers are proved to be operating economically and efficiently.


The microstructure, phase transformation and shape memory properties of Ni49Ti36Hf15 alloy have been systematically investigated by means of TEM, Xray diffraction spectrum and DSC. It is shown that the martensite variants of NiTiHf alloy mainly show spearlike, mosaiclike and wedgelike morphologies. The substructure of martensite variant was confirmed to be (001) compound twin. The transformation temperatures were decreased with increasing of thermal cycling until 50 cycles, then the temperatures tend to stable. When the solution treated Ni49Ti36Hf15 alloy was tested by bending method between 20~184℃, the alloy exhibit good shape memory effect, with maximum complete recoverable strain up to 3%. With decreasing of bending deformation temperature, the shape recovery ratio decreases, however when bending deformation temperature was over 317℃, the shape recovery ratio decreases to 0.


The MCEF time variation is investigated during the geo effectiveness CMEs periods from 1964 to 2009. The shock MCEF time variation shows solar cycle dependence. Through solar cycle phase, the reconnection process begins with northward IMF during solar minimum and decreasing phases. For solar increasing and maximum, the reconnection process starts by southward IMF. During solar maximum phase the IMF remains southward from 0000 UT to 2400 UT. From solar minimum to solar decreasing phase, the shock MCEF mean values are 0.2477 mV/cm, 0.2196 mV/cm, 0.1764 mV/cm and 0.1601 mV/cm, respectively.


Integrated Navigation Display Control Console is the core navigation equipment of INS.This paper introduces a supervision system for Integrated Navigation Display and Control Console.It presents the basic structure of the integrated supervision system based on the Vxworks real-time operating system.The system has been put into practice.


A Guide to State Pensions for pension scheme advisers and providers from The Pension Service, part of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Federated learning can effectively alleviate the data privacy problem of the participants, but the parameters or gradients passed in the model training may still leak the private data of the participants. Worse, aggregation server may return fake aggregation results. Existing solutions either use complex cryptographic primitives such as zero-knowledge proofs, or require interaction among participants, causing them high computation or communication overhead. Therefore, this paper proposes a secure and verifiable federated learning (SVFL) scheme. Specifically, SVFL performs privacy protection by introducing noise that can be offset during the aggregation process, and utilizes linear homomorphic hash to verify the correctness of the aggregation results. Compared with existing schemes, SVFL hardly loses accuracy due to the introduced security mechanism, and has low computation and communication overhead. Experimental results show that the performance of SVFL is almost consistent with the original federated learning without any protection, which makes SVFL applicable to edge devices. The computation and communication overhead of SVFL does not increase with the number of participants, which makes SVFL applicable to high-concurrency scenarios.


Solid carbon fiber/epoxy laminates manufactured by liquid resin infusion of twill fabric reinforcement are recycled in a bath of boiling sulfuric acid to separate the fibers from the matrix. The recycled reinforcement consists of long fibers arranged in a random, entangled mat. Using the same epoxy matrix and infusion materials and process, the recycled fibers are reutilized to manufacture solid laminates. The physical properties of the recycled laminates are evaluated by means of pulse-echo ultrasound, visual microscopy, and fiber volume content. The average fiber volume content of the recycled laminates is 33%, compared to the 62% of the twill laminates. The mechanical properties of the recycled composite include tension modulus and strength, compression modulus and strength, three-point bend flexure strength, and short beam shear strength. The properties are compared against the values of the twill reinforcement with quasi-isotropic stacking sequence. Results show that the recycled material offers promising elastic properties and strength values, similar to those of advanced carbon fiber sheet molding compounds, and therefore can be used as structural material.


Abstract : Of prime concern in the Arctic is the need for an efficient means of transportation over both frozen and unfrozen arctic terrain. As part of the effort to develop such a means, the Advanced Research Projects Agency established a program to determine the potential for using an air cushion vehicle (ACV). Studies on the effects of ACV tests were conducted in two areas at Barrow, Alaska. One area was a drained lake bottom with a fairly homogeneous vegetation cover and soil type. The second area, much drier than the first, consisted of low-centered polygons composed of a wet tundra soil and a varying vegetation complex. The initial effects of the ACV tests in both in both areas were quite similar. darpa


Companies spend a great deal of resources testing their circuits and systems to ensure that very few defective parts reach their customers. Unfortunately, some defective parts always escape the testing process, and the number of these escapes is identified as the defective part level. However, while defective part level is an invaluable metric for both industry and its customers, another important metric is MTTF (mean time to failure) for those defective parts. Specifically, the shorter the time to failure, the more vital it is that that part be screened out as defective during the testing process. In this paper we present preliminary work for predicting MTTF from data obtained during manufacture testing.


3738 Introduction: Our multi-institutional research program has demonstrated in over 102 patients with various forms of non-Hodgkin9s lymphomas (NHL) that the sum of the 31P resonances of phosphoethanolamine plus phosphocholine [Etn-P + Cho-P] normalized by the total nucleotide triphosphates (NTP) in the tumor acquired prior to treatment initialization can predict treatment failure and drug-free survival. To make our results diagnosis- and treatment- specific, we selected patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) treated with the standard therapy of cyclophosphamide, hydroxydoxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (CHOP) or similar treatments. We further divided these patients in those that did not have rituximab (R-) and those that did (R+), because this drug has recently shown dramatically increased response rates and drug-free survival. Our goal was to explore whether the addition of rituximab modified the predictive benefit of [Etn-P + Cho-P]/NTP. Procedures & Patients: Tumor areas of DLBCL patients were studied with in vivo 3D-localized, 1H-decoupled, nuclear Overhauser enhanced, 31P MR spectroscopy. A total of 22 patients with DLBCL were selected; 14 of them R- and eight R+. Results & Discussion: In both the R- and R+ groups the pre-treatment [Etn-P + Cho-P]/NTP showed significant differences between those patients that responded completely to therapy (CR) and those that did not (NCR). The mean ± standard error for the CR and NCR cases for the R- group were1.38 ± 0.23 (n = 9) and 2.35 ± 0.19 (n = 5) respectively (p


Synopsis: Pine cone like fracture surfaces ("pine cone") were observed in Charpy and compact tension specimens of cryogenic Ni steels containing retained austenite when temper embrittled and broken in a brittle manner. 5.5Ni steels, especially those bearing no molybdenum, were severely embrittled on slow cooling from the final tempering, and their fracture surfaces were mainly composed of "pine cone". Microscopic observations and various mechanical tests were performed to elucidate the characteristics of this fracture surface. It was found that "pine cone" is a kind of intergranular fracture surfaces and produced by fracture along P segregated ƒ¿' /ƒÁ interfaces which formed at prior austenitic grain boundaries and its roughness is not caused by precipitates but the reverted austenites at grain boundaries. Intercritical heat treatment promoted austenite formation at grain boundaries and enhanced the roughness of "pine cone" and suppressed "pine cone" fracture. It was also found that the reverted austenite was not stably present on "pine cone" fracture surface through Mossbauer spectroscopy nevertheless reduced susceptibility to temper embrittlement.


The graft copolymerization of methyl methacrylate onto polyester fibers (PET) was investigated using tetravalent cerium as the initiator. The rate of grafting was found to increase progressively with the initiator and monomer concentrations up to 2.5 × 10−2M and 70.41 × 10−2M, respectively. The reaction was found to be catalysed by acid up to 15.0 × 10−2M. The graft yield increased by increasing temperature. The effect of addition of some solvents and thiourea on the rate of grafting was also investigated. A suitable kinetic scheme has been pictured, and rate equations have been derived.


A neural network based flexible object manipulation system for a humanoid robot on FPGA is proposed. Although the manipulations of flexible objects using robots attract ever increasing attention since these tasks are the basic and essential activities in our daily life, it has been put into practice only recently with the help of deep neural networks. However such systems have relied on GPU accelerators, which cannot be implemented into the space limited robotic body. Although field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are known to be energy efficient and suitable for embedded systems, the model size should be drastically reduced since FPGAs have limited on-chip memory. To this end, we propose "partially" binarized deep convolutional auto-encoder technique, where only an encoder part is binarized to compress model size without degrading the inference accuracy. The model implemented on Xilinx ZCU102 achieves 41.1 frames per second with a power consumption of 3.1 W, which corresponds to 10× and 3.7× improvements from the systems implemented on Core i7 6700K and RTX 2080 Ti, respectively.


The white noise characteristics of Kalman filtering innovation sequence is commonly used for maneuver detection of targets in radar data processing,and α-β filters with less computation are still employed in numerous types of radar systems for purpose of increasing the capacity of target tracking.In order to guide the new scheme designing of maneuver target detection,First,this paper derives the calculation formula for correlation characteristic of α-β filtering innovation sequence,next,proves that the innovation sequence after the steady state of filtering is also of white noise characteristics,with a group of specific values for α and β,and finally verifies the correctness of the theoretical derivation,thus presenting the theoretical support to the detection of maneuver target in α-β filter.


The invention discloses a kind of freeway information management system based on GIS, including: Surveillance center, for the data of airfield equipment collection are stored and manage;Section communication module, for managing the communication of various data on section;Video monitoring module, is controlled video equipment for realization;Pattern process module, for showing gathering and analyze the Various types of data obtained;Message processing module, for inquiring about event data and analyzing;Tunnel monitoring module, carries out comprehensively monitoring for tunnel along the line to highway traffic-operating period;These field control modules, for being responsible for control and the scheduling of highway airfield equipment;Section monitoring module, for sending control command to airfield equipment;GIS server, is used for generating map picture or geography information;Web browser, is used for showing map picture or geography information.The freeway information management system based on GIS that the present invention provides, it is possible to provide the strongest foundation for traffic administration personnel's decision-making.


1 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 Purpose and Scope 2 2.0 Organization and Responsibilities 3 2.1 Organizational Chart 3 2.2 Responsibilities 3 2.3 References Used for the Organization and Responsibilities Section 6 3.0 Program and Project Planning 7 3.1 Project Proposals 7 3.2 Project QA/QC Plans and Workplans 8 3.3 Project Review 9 3.3.1 Review Schedules 9 3.3.2 Review Documentation 10 3.4 References Used in the Program and Project Planning Section 10 4.0 Water-Quality Laboratories 11 4.1 Selection and Use of an Analytical Laboratory 11 4.1.1 Selection 11 4.1.2 Requirements for Use 11 4.2 Laboratories Used by the OWSC 12 4.3 Documentation for Laboratories Used by the OWSC 13 4.3.1 National Water Quality Laboratory 13 4.3.2 Ohio Water Microbiology Laboratory 14 4.3.3 Heidelberg College Water Quality Laboratory (WQL) 14 4.4 References Used for the Water-Quality Laboratories Section 15 5.0 Field Service Units and Laboratories, Mobile Labs, and Field Vehicles 15 5.1 OWSC Warehouse and Ohio Water Microbiology Laboratory 15 5.2 Mobile Labs and Water-Quality Field Vehicles 16 5.3 References Used for the Field Service Units and Laboratories, Mobile Labs, and Field Vehicles Section 17 6.0 Water-Quality Instruments 17 6.1 Calibration of Water-Quality Instruments 18 6.2 References Used for the Water-Quality Instruments Section 20 7.0 Site Selection and Documentation 20 7.1 Site Selection 20 7.1.1 Surface Water 20 7.1.2 Ground Water 21 7.2 Site Documentation 21 7.2.1 Surface Water 22 7.2.2 Ground Water 23 7.3 References Used for the Site-Selection and Documentation Section 23


The goal of the work. The current situation of the Ukrainian library business has worsened significantly as a result of the Russian military aggression, which caused huge human, economic, and cultural losses to Ukraine. The main goal is to analyse the search and use of current possibilities of library fundraising during military operations on the territory of Ukraine. The methodology of writing the article lies in the use of general scientific methods of research: analysis, synthesis, deduction, and induction. In addition, with the help of the axiological method, the change of paradigms in the perception of modern libraries has been traced. Scientific novelty is in determination and selection of ways to implement the little-studied issues of the peculiarities of fundraising work in library affairs during hostilities and martial law. The results of the article will be useful for determining the main directions of work for the future reconstruction of Ukraine's infrastructure. In particular, the problems of the functioning of libraries in wartime conditions are considered in detail, and an analysis of the debatable issues that have been discussed at the round tables is given. Special attention is paid to the study of the activities of the "Library Country" charity fund and other relevant projects in which foreign partners have taken part. Conclusions. The effectiveness of franchising tools for the operation of libraries, providing assistance to librarians and collections affected by the full-scale aggression of Russia has been established. In particular, this was done on the example of the active advisory, legal, and material assistance of the "Library Country" Charitable Foundation. The analysis of the work of this organisation demonstrated the effective support of the library industry against the background of enemy aggression, in particular the possible prospects for its further development. It is obvious that cooperation with foreign organisations will grow in the future, which make it possible to purchase additional equipment for libraries that, as a result of military operations, have changed their traditional role and become powerful centres of communication, social support, and support for IDPs.
Keywords: library fundraising, Russian-Ukrainian war, libraries, charity.


environmental physiology is largely based on an ability to manipulate the environmental variable of interest. Often such manipulations are relatively easy to accomplish (e.g., changing temperature or changing inspired Po2) but in the case of gravity changing the accelerative forces acting on the


The study deals with local airflow patterns induced by 12–16 m high, partly vegetated dunes, under various prevailing wind conditions. Detailed empirical data were derived by means of an unconventional use of directional raingauges. The utility and accuracy of the method have been previously tested in a combined empirical and numerical study over ridges on a similar scale. Results are presented on the nature, extent and intensity of locally modified patterns of surface flow and on their dependence on wind conditions and slope inclination. Results may serve to verify or refine existing perceptions or models of the flow affecting sand movement over dunes. For example, deflected surface wind flow and even stationary vortices were found to form under winds with resultant angles of incidence of only 5–10° relative to the axes of the dunes, and on slopes inclined only 12–15°, i.e. lower angles than often assumed in previous studies of dune morphology. Various effects of the resulting surface flow on the dune ecosystem are also referred to, e.g. the distribution of settling dust and seed dispersal. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


This study aims to analyze and examine the factors that influence UNISS Students' interest in becoming entrepreneurs. This studi explores the analytical approaches used in mixed methods qualitative and quantitative with the number of respondents as many as 200 students of Selamat Sri University  who have taken entrepreneurship courses. The 200 respondents who filled out forms in answering questionnaires just 144 students. The results showed that partially the Human Resource  Factor  was influence students' interest in becoming entrepreneurs (5.3%), then other Factors Capital was influenced 7.4%. The result showed that Students' Motivation was influenced 6%. While Marketing factor was influenced 4%. And laast factor  was Training influnced 5% student in becoming entrepreneurs. Simultaneously, the factors studied provided an explanation  as showed by Coeficient determination number (17,4%), while other factors that are not studied are 82.6%


Abstract Use of microscope slides is the most commonly used method to field-assess the droplet spectrum of ultra-low volume (ULV) sprays. Due to absence of analysis facilities during military deployments, slides must be stored and shipped, and the impact of delays in processing and storage conditions on droplets is unknown. This study was designed to evaluate the effect of storage temperatures and duration on droplets on Teflon®-coated slides. Treatments included BVA-13 mineral oil, Kontrol 30-30 (30% permethrin), and Fyfanon® (96.5% malathion), 2 slide wrapping techniques (proper and improper), and 2 storage temperatures (23 and 45°C), replicated 6 times. The same areas of a slide were measured at different times for 56–58 days using the DropVision® droplet measurement system. Regardless of the wrapping technique, droplets of BVA-13, Fyfanon, and Kontrol 30-30 on slides stored at 45°C reduced significantly after 1, 2, and 1 day, respectively, but droplets on slides stored at 23°C were not significantly affected. The results of this study may assist vector control professionals to accurately interpret the droplet size and help in the effective dispersal of ULV-applied insecticides.


In-vacuum electron beam welding is a technology that NASA considered as a joining technique for manufacture of space structures. The interaction of energetic electrons with metal produces x-rays. The radiation exposure to astronauts performing the in-vacuum electron beam welding must be characterized and minimized to insure safe operating conditions. This investigation characterized the x-ray environment due to operation of an in-vacuum electron beam welding tool. NASA, in a joint venture with the Russian Space Agency, was scheduled to perform a series of welding in space experiments on board the United States Space Shuttle. This series of experiments was named the International Space Welding Experiment (ISWE). The hardware associated with the ISWE was leased to NASA, by the Paton Welding Institute (PWI) in Ukraine, for ground based welding experiments in preparation for flight. Two tests were scheduled, using the ISWE electron beam welding tool, to characterize the radiation exposure to an astronaut during the operation of the ISWE. These radiation exposure tests consisted of Thermoluminescence Dosimeters (TLD's) shielded with material currently used by astronauts during Extra Vehicular Activities (EVA) and exposed to x-ray radiation generated by operation of an in-vacuum electron beam welding tool. This investigation was the first known application of TLD's to measure absorbed dose from x-rays of energy less than 10 KeV. The ISWE hardware was returned to Ukraine before the issue of adequate shielding for the astronauts was verified. Therefore, alternate experimental and analytical methods were developed to measure and predict the x-ray spectral and intensity distribution generated by electron impact with metal. These x-ray spectra were used to calculate the absorbed radiation dose to astronauts. These absorbed dose values were compared to TLD measurements obtained during actual operation of the in-vacuum electron beam welding tool. The calculated absorbed dose values were found to be in good agreement with the TLD values.


This thesis examines the influence of managerial entrenchment towards companies' dividend distribution. This includes the effects of high managerial entrenchment on investment opportunities, internal governance, monitoring by external governance, CEO incentives, and different types of ownership. The thesis analyzed 327 companies listed on Bursa Malaysia from 2005 to 2010. Panel data regression was used to analyse the data. The managerial entrenchment Index was developed using Principal Component Analysis (PCA). There are two indexes developed in this thesis, namely ENT1 and ENT2. The results showed that the level of managerial entrenchment strongly influenced dividend decisions. Highly entrenched managers pay better dividends. Their influence was noted to be particularly strong in the industrial products and trading and services sectors. However, their influence was moderate in the consumer products sector and weak in the property sector. Entrenched managers preferred dividend payout instead of share repurchase. It is evident that company's total payout (dividend plus share repurchase) decreases or increases with the level of managerial entrenchment. Under internal governance, board size positively influenced dividend payout when there is a highly entrenched manager. Foreign board members could influence dividend payout if high ENT2 exists. When a company is managed by a highly entrenched manager, ENT2, voting power of the largest shareholders as well as xix board independence has no significant influence on dividend decisions. Highly entrenched managers, ENT1, could ensure that their remuneration is unrelated to dividend yield. Granting stock options has no impact on dividend payout if company is controlled by highly entrenched managers. Concentrated and government ownership companies strongly affect dividend decisions, if highly entrenched managers control the company. Foreign ownership had a negative relationship with dividend payout under highly entrenched managers, ENT1. Similarly, managerial ownership had no influence on dividend payout in the presence of highly entrenched managers. In conclusion, corporate governance mechanisms might not function efficiently in concentrated ownership companies under entrenched managers. Therefore, regulatory agencies should improve the mechanisms of corporate governance in Malaysia to enforce better protection for shareholders.


TiO 2 nanoparticles were synthesized by the sol-gel method in order to optimize their textural and morphological properties for its application in photocatalysis. These materials were obtained by changing the hydrotreatment in the crystallization stage. Each sample was prepared according to the case with microwave irradiation(MO), ultrasound(US), combined mode(microwave-ultrasound(MC)) or conventional method(reflux), note that MC has not been reported. It was found that the optical (band gap(Eg)), textural and morphological properties depended on the type of irradiation during the crystallization stage. The SEM (scanning electron microscopy) micrograms showed two morphologies one monolithic and the other of aggregates of lobular particles. In the case of MO and reflux the morphology is composed of aggregates of lobular particles for US in monolithic form and finally for the MC, the morphology was heavily influenced by the US effect. For the photocatalysis evaluation, it was observed in the analyzed samples that a higher percentage of anatase phase, surface area, volume and pore size at the same value of Eg, there is an increment of photodegradation of methyl orange. As a result, the best material obtained for photodegradation was TiO 2 synthesized by the combined method(MC).


Objective:To evaluate the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF),microvessl density (MVD) and Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) and inv estigate its relationship to histopathological features.Methods:The expression of VEGF and PCNA was evaluated in 59 specimens of NSCLC by immunohistochemistry,a monoclonal antibody directed against CD34 to identify MVD.Results:the positive rate of VEGF was 64.4%(38/59).The expression of VEGF was related to pathological grade and survival time.The difference was significant among the groups (P0.05).The expression of VEGF have no significant relationship with some pathological characteristics such as histological types,TNM classification and lymph nodes metastasis.The positive rate of PCNA was 61.0%(36/59).The expression of PCNA was related to pathological grade and survival time.The difference was significant (P0.05).MVD varied from 3 to 20(M=9).Conclusion:VEGF,MVD and PCNA may be used as a hopeful marker for predicting the metastasis potential of non-small cell lung cancer and t he prognosis of these patients.


We discuss an extended version of electromagnetism in which the usual gauge fixing term is promoted into a physical contribution that introduces a new scalar state in the theory. This new state can be generated from vacuum quantum fluctuations during an inflationary era and, on super-Hubble scales, gives rise to an effective cosmological constant. The value of such a cosmological constant coincides with the one inferred from observations as long as inflation took place at the electroweak scale. On the other hand, the new state also generates an effective electric charge density on sub-Hubble scales that produces both vorticity and magnetic fields with coherent lengths as large as the present Hubble horizon.


This paper aims to identify the types of defects, location of defects, size of defects, and capacity of five concrete piles using a High strain dynamic pile test and Cross-hole sonic logging test. In this study, Cross-Hole Sonic Logging method (CSL) is a potent quality-control tool that exclusively detects much smaller flaws with high accuracy with utilizing velocity and first arrival time (FAT) from ultrasonic waves to find out the integrity of the drill shaft. From CSL test, the bearing capacity needs to be calculated manually using a waterfall diagram and soil profile. Moreover, the high strain dynamic pile test is used to identify integrity and bearing capacity of concrete pile via resistance analysis down to the pile and split of the base to shaft resistance when only pile head measurements are taken then using Case Method and CAPWAP analysis. Through this analysis, the bearing capacity can be interpreted; the Belta (damage factor) is applied to estimate location and size of the defect in the concrete pile. Based on the result of CLS test for three concrete piles, P01, P04, and P10, indicated that P01 and P04 are "Good" pile integrity with the bearing capacity of 4583kN and 6600kN, while P10 showed as "Potential defect at depth 9.25m to 10.25m" of pile integrity with bearing capacity of 6600kN. Furthermore, High strain dynamic pile test of two concrete piles, P2E and P2P, showed that the integrity category is "Ok" with bearing capacity 9896kN.


This paper presents a typical 450 m high rock slope in a highly jointed and fractured rock mass at Pubugou (PBG) hydropower station on the Dadu River. We established a set of multiphase field geological survey combined with GPS, inclinometers, and piezometer monitoring system to analyze the deformation and failure mechanism of rock slope. The results show that small-scale excavation in road construction disrupted the balance of the Pubugou rock slope (PBGRS), and several local retrogressive failures occurred at the toe. Monitoring data regarding surface and subsurface movements show that the PBGRS is stable as a whole. The deformation concentrated mainly in the loosened fractured zone, which was a feature with sliding-compression cracking. Highly loosened rock mass was the predominant factor affecting the stability of the PBGRS, while the role of reservoir water level fluctuation, though positive, was not significant. Overall, the PBGRS still has a high potential for further development, especially in the slope's upper zone. To reinforce the slope, measurements mainly consist of the concrete frame combined with anchor cables constructed on the slope. In this study, the analysis was carried out of pre- and postreinforcement measure slope stability with numerical simulation, and safety factor increased from 1.09 to 1.21. This study's findings have important implications to the analytical method and reinforcement design with geological settings like that of the PBGRS.


: to summarize a case of acute myocardial infarction (Ami) who was treated with emergency PCI after intravenous thrombolytic therapy. During the treatment, nursing intervention was carried out for the patients with severe pain due to myocardial ischemia, to enhance the patient's own comfort. And the implementation of patients with cardiac rehabilitation care, so as to ease the patients during the treatment of excessive reaction to improve the treatment effect. This article reviews the first aid measures and nursing measures of 1 patient with acute myocardial infarction, and summarizes the relevant nursing experience.


The present study examined how studies on locality and literature can encounter each other and what they can produce. First of all, we reviewed discourses on locality and local literature in order to see in what ways locality has been monopolized. According to the results, such discourses partially implied: 1) the locality of geographical space; 2) nativeness and aboriginality; 3) local centripetalism based on productive regional relation; 4) locality of postcolonial and postmodern methodologies; 5) locality of practical solidarities, etc. The present study viewed locality as a concept implying vertical hierarchy and horizontal relation. Thus, locality can be defined not as fixed and privileged consciousness but as the whole of space, time and various phenomena and relations indicating a specific place and a concept comprehending marginality that outlines human consciousness. Local and locality defined as whole and fundamental concepts show a creative force crossing the plain of literature in a new perspective, going beyond local spaces deployed in established hierarchical order. Therefore, locality as a methodology is cautious against telling only an aspect exposed by the effect of discourses invented by the power of perspective. In particular, if literature is a process of shaping a fact into a reality rather than describing a fact, the fictional statement of literature may approach closer the discourse formation process that 'crosses' local. In issues such as the recording of literature history, the reproduction of places, and literary discourses as practical solidarities, locality will be settled as a new methodology of value realization that gets out of the own land and creates values changing the self and the world.


Connection means (10, 20, 30) for the connection of an electrical conductor (cable 7.1) to a pole (8.1, 8.2) of a battery (8), with a measuring element (2) for detecting the battery current and a clamping device (1, 4 ) for the fastening of the connecting means (10, 20, 30) at the pole (8.1, 8.2) of the battery (8), characterized in that the measuring element (2) a contact part (2.3) for the contacting of a pole (8.1, 8.2 ) of the battery (8) and that the clamping device (1, 4) the contact part (2.3) of the measuring element (2) concentrically surrounds.


Introduction: Cardiovascular responses to direct laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation have been well documented and are caused by noxious stimuli. A videolaryngoscope facilitates visualisation of the vocal cords with minimal stretch on the airways. Aim: To compare the haemodynamic responses to endotracheal intubation with videolaryngoscopy and direct laryngoscopy in hypertensive patients. Materials and Methods: A randomised clinical trial conducted in 90 hypertensive patients. The patients were divided into two groups- Group D in whom conventional (Macintosh) direct laryngoscopy was used and Group V in whom (C-MAC) videolaryngoscopy was used. Haemodynamic parameters were monitored postintubation and to also study the number of intubation attempts, total time taken for intubation, assessment of Cormack-Lehane grade (C-L grade) between C-MAC videolaryngoscopy and direct laryngoscopy. Between the group analyses done using student's t-test. Multiple paired t-test was used for within group data analysis. Chi-square was used to compare categorical data between the two groups. The p<0.05 will be considered statistically significant. Results: There was no significant difference in haemodynamic response to intubation between both videolaryngoscopy and direct laryngoscopy groups after intubation (p>0.05). Glottic visualisation was significantly better in videolaryngoscopy group using C-L grade (p-value=0.0313). There was no significant difference between the two groups with respect total time taken for laryngoscopy (p-value=0.072). Conclusion: Videolaryngocopy does not have any added advantage over direct laryngoscopy as per Haemodynamic response is considered. Though the visualisation of the glottis is better with videolaryngoscope, duration of laryngoscopy does not differ from routine laryngoscopy


Noise reflects the information of running generator indirectly.Tests were carried out on the sound pressure level and frequency spectrum of a water-hydrogen cooled turbogenerator.Sound pressure levels of the coupler were larger than other parts of the unit.Comparison was performed with another generator of the same type.At lower loads,the generator sound pressure level increased with reactive power,and the magnitude of different parts differed a lot,with obvious change of the spectrum at center noise frequencies of 630Hz.In order to depress electromagnetic noise,the electricity quality should be improved,and the amplitude of harmonic should be debased.On the other hand,the generator components should be tightened against the electromagnetic force.Their natural frequencies should be far from 50Hz or 60Hz and their multiple frequencies.


NF -50.83 HC -$1.67 Plus Postage. *Academic Achievement; Attendance; Educational Finance; Elementary Education; *Expenditures; Models; ,*Schol Districts; *Statistical Analysis; Statistical Data; Teachers , For years the Bureau of School Programs Evaluation of c, the New Tcrk State Education Department has studied relationships between school processe and strident achievement. The primary strategy has beer (1) tili use multiple regression analysis to obtain relationships, (2) to use school:district averageieZres as the data for analysis, and (3) to eliminate, to the extent possible, differences between districts that may be attributed to socioeconomic conditions and that are not controllable by the schools. This paper briefly describes a series of analyses carried out to study relationships between a number of school processes and student achievement on thirdand sixth-grade mathematics and reading tIsts. Process variables fell under the general headings of teacher, ' financial, and student. Several teacher variables were found to relate to achievement, but no consisteit pattern of relationships was found between expenditure variables and achievement. The positive results for several teacher variables support logic and conventional wisdom. The higher the salary and the higher the percent of certified teachers and teachers with graduate.credit, the higher district achievement is likely to be. These analyseedo not reveal whether cause and effect are inherent in these relltionships. (Author/IRT) ********(i************************************************************** * Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished * * materials not available from other sources. EPIC makes every effort * * to obtain the best copy available. Nevertheless, items of marginal * * reproducibility are often encountered and this affects the quality * * of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available * * via the ERIC Document Eeproduction Service (EDRS). EDES is not * * responsible forthe quality of the original document. Reproductions * * supplied by EDPS are the best thatcan be made from the original. * *********************************************************************** u s DEPARTMENT 0 HEALTH EDUCATION I 0/11 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OP ELONGATION 7.'5 DOCUMENT WAS BEEN REPkO DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED F It GM TmE E "SON 0* OlpGA NIZAT1061 OR IC. T,Nc, IT POINTS CA VIEW 00 0,04'0.6 5TED DO NOT NECESSARILY SENT °cc iciL NTtONL INSTITUTE OF EDUCTION POSITION OR POLICY STUDYING SCHOOL PROCESSES THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT DATA


The system of urotensin II (UII) and its receptor (UT) (or: UII/UT system) mediates hepatic immune inflamed injury in acute liver failure (ALF) with autophagy inhibition. However, it is unknown whether the system has an effect on liver autophagy in ALF. In this study, we attempted to explore hepatic autophagy response in ALF through blocking the UII/UT signal. Autophagy-related genes were examined in the liver tissues of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)/d-galactosamine (D-GalN)-induced ALF after pretreatment of UT receptor specific antagonist urantide. And then, the levels of autophagy- and apoptosis-related genes were assayed in LPS-stimulated KCs via urantide pretreatment. We found that the expressions of hepatic autophagy related genes, including Beclin-1, Atg5, Atg7, LC3 and p62 mRNA, and LC3 II and p62 protein, were significantly downregulated in LPS/D-GalN-induced ALF mice; but they were not affected by pretreatment of urantide, a special UT receptor antagonist. To probe inflammatory mechanisms of the UII/UT system, we further investigated the effect of the system on Kupffer cells (KCs), the innate immune cells in liver. We found that urantide pretreatment significantly inhibited production of inflammatory injury molecules including TRAF6 and ROS in LPS-stimulated KCs. LPS stimulation induced LC3 and p62 mRNA and LC3 II and p62 protein expression in KCs. After urantide pretreatment, LC3 and p62 mRNA and LC3 II protein were downregulated, while p62 protein was upregulated in LPS-stimulated KCs. In addition, antiapoptotic protein Bcl-2 inhibition and proapoptotic protein cleaved caspase-3 increase were observed in LPS-stimulated KCs, and the effects were enhanced after urantide pretreatment in the study. We conclude that liver injury mediated by the UII/UT system is possibly associated with the activation of autophagy-related and apoptosis-resisted pathways of KCs in ALF.


The Number Theoretical Transform (NTT) plays a crucial role in post-quantum cryptography algorithms, with its computational performance directly impacting system operating speed. This article proposes a high-performance NTT hardware architecture based on a pipeline architecture to address the challenges of lengthy computing processes and complex control logic in NTT hardware implementation. Firstly, a recursive NTT is advanced to simplify the calculation process and facilitate hardware implementation. Next, effective pipeline segmentation is applied to the computing process to reduce hardware architecture complexity. Finally, a two-stage butterfly operation is employed to implement butterfly elements, and the reduction calculation process is optimized using shift and addition, resulting in reduced hardware resource costs. The proposed NTT hardware architecture is implemented on Quartus II (EP2AGZ225FF35C3) taking the CRYSTALS-Kyber anti-quantum cryptography scheme as an example, since the selected prime number can meet requirements. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed design outperforms other related designs in terms of computational performance and hardware overhead.


This article argues that the Greek banking system contributed to the emergence of a weak, uncompetitive, and ultimately highly inefficient industrial sector. This inefficiency is quantified with the help of translog cost-curve estimates for 68 firms in eight industries. The estimation shows that Greek firms operate at too small a scale, relative to their capacity, and do not exploit scale economies. It was the structure of the financial sector, as it operated within the specific political context, that led to processes that dampened competition and ultimately distorted the country's development. The financial sector's behaviour is conditioned by three structural facets: it is an oligopoly; it possesses an internal hierarchy which is fully vertical; and it is state-owned. That the financial process led to inefficiency is confirmed by examining the counterexample of efficient industrial configurations. In this case, efficient industries were able to deny the potentially harmful policies of the financial sec...


This paper describes the development of a small flying robot with semi-autopilot system, which was prepared to participate 3rd European-US Micro Air Vehicle Competition. Since there was a limitation of size and available weight in a small air robot "KU-Hawk" with 50 cm wing span, we decided to install a small lightweight semi-autopilot system. The semi- auto system was consisted of an IR Gyro, a GPS module and a ground control system. The completed air robot was tested by performing real flight tests such as a level flight with an attitude control and a path flight with a way point tracking method.


The injury and death accident in the hydroelectricity engineering construction occurs frequently,that is a significant difficult problem which our country hydroelectricity engineering construction safety control faces.In order to seek the occurrence mechanism of the injury and death accident,analysis the reason,and instructs the safety control work.This article summarizes the reason of the injury and death accident in our country hydroelectricity engineering construction.


The study aimed at determining the aspects of mathematical thinking for first, second and third basic grades and how they are affected by class level and gender. The study tried to answer the following main question :


We describe the group of birational transformations of a non-trivial Severi-Brauer surface over a perfect field $K$, proving in particular that if it contains a point of degree $6$, then it is not generated by elements of finite order as it admits a surjective group homomorphism to $\mathbb{Z}$. We then use this result to study Mori fibre spaces over the field of complex numbers, for which the generic fibre is a non-trivial Severi-Brauer surface. We prove that any group of cardinality at most the one of $\mathbb{C}$ is a quotient of any Cremona group of rank at least $4$. As a consequence, this gives a negative answer to the question of Dolgachev of whether the Cremona groups of all ranks are generated by involutions. We also prove that the $3$-torsion of the Cremona group of rank at least $4$ is not countable.


The fault diagnosis problem of prognostics and health management (PHM) is becoming more complicated and challenging due to the increasing demand for timeliness and adaptability under dynamic working conditions. This article studies a new adaptive fault diagnosis (AdaFD) scheme and proposes a deep learning-based model and algorithm to enhance both the timeliness of fault diagnosis and its adaptability to dynamic conditions. The primary AdaFD model is based on a convolutional neural network (CNN). The two key modules of AdaFD are: 1) adaptive and independent learning rate design for model training and 2) adaptive structure optimization approach for model application. During the training phase, we design an adaptive learning rate strategy by distinguishing the weight and bias parameters in the CNN model to accelerate the training process. In the application phase, the adaptive batch normalization (AdaBN) algorithm is adopted to improve the adaptability of the primary CNN model to dynamic working conditions and data noise. Finally, a case study is conducted to validate the superiority of AdaFD based on a benchmark rolling bearing dataset. The results show that the proposed fault diagnosis method has higher accuracy and better adaptability than other common methods and possesses advantages in terms of training efficiency.


Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a multisystem disorder. This view is widely supported by clinical, molecular and neuroimaging evidence. As a consequence, predicting clinical features requires a comprehensive description of large-scale brain activity. Flexible dynamics is key to support complex adaptive responses. In health, brain activity reconfigures over time, involving different brain areas. Brain pathologies can induce more stereotyped dynamics, which, in turn, are linked to clinical impairment. Hence, based on recent evidence that brain functional networks become more connected as ALS progresses, we hypothesized that loss of flexible dynamics in ALS would predict their clinical condition. To test this hypothesis, we quantified flexibility utilizing the functional repertoire (i.e. the number of unique patterns) expressed during the magnetoencephalography (MEG) recording, based on source-reconstructed signals. Specifically, 42 ALS patients and 42 healthy controls underwent MEG and MRI recordings. The activity of the brain areas was reconstructed in the classical frequency bands, and the functional repertoire was estimated to quantify spatio-temporal fluctuations of brain activity. In order to verify if the functional repertoire predicted disease severity, we built a multilinear model and validated it using a k-fold cross validation scheme. The comparison between the two groups revealed that ALS patients showed more stereotyped brain dynamics (P < 0.05), with reduced size of the functional repertoire. The relationship between the size of the functional repertoire and the clinical scores in the ALS group was investigated using Spearman coefficient, showing significant correlations in both the delta and the theta frequency bands. In order to prove the robustness of our results, the k-fold cross validation model was used. We found that the functional repertoire significantly predicted both clinical staging (P < 0.001 and P < 0.01, in delta and theta bands, respectively) and impairment (P < 0.001, in both delta and theta bands). In conclusion, our work shows that: 1) ALS pathology reduces the flexibility of brain dynamics; 2) sub-cortical regions play a key role in determining brain dynamics; 3) reduced brain flexibility predicts the stage of the disease as well as the severity of the symptoms. Based on these findings, our approach provides a non-invasive tool to quantify alterations in brain dynamics in ALS (and, possibly, other neurodegenerative diseases), thus opening new diagnostic opportunities as well as a framework to test disease-modifying interventions.


Firms increasingly enter into alliances when expanding into international markets and market segments. Unfortunately, many of these alliances fail because managers are overconfident and unprepared for the diverse and complex contingencies they encounter. Growing research suggests that developing an alliance capability function improves alliance performance. We first identify common types of problems and opportunities that arise from alliance design to alliance dissolution. With this understanding, we then specify the alliance capabilities that must be developed to deal with these contingencies. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


The utility model discloses a dust suppression system comprising a water storage system, a chemical storage system, homogenization pumps, a liquid chemical conveying system, a gas storage system, reactors and an atomizing system. The water storage system conveys water to the homogenization pumps through power pumps, the chemical storage system conveys chemicals to the homogenization pumps, and the homogenization pumps mix and homogenize the water and the chemicals to be liquid chemicals. The liquid chemicals enter the reactors through the liquid chemical conveying system, the gas storage system conveys gas to the reactors, and the liquid chemicals and the gas are mixed to react to be gas-liquid mixed chemical agent through the reactors. The mixed chemical agent is attached to a feeding port and a discharging port of crushing equipment in a spraying mode through adjusting valves. The dust suppression system is small in size, convenient to install, small in energy consumption and capable of suppressing dust on a source of unorganized diffusion dust and prevent the dust from drifting away.


An important issue for all composites is reduction of creep. The reinforcing fibers dramatically reduce creep, however nano-composites can improve tensile properties and toughness. The aim of this work is to prepare and characterize PLA combined hemp-fiber and nano-silica composites.


A new Sorghum bicolor cultivar Sorghum-2011 was developed at Fodder Research Sub-Station, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan from a cross Sugrorib (local) × Australian No.7 (exotic). It was selected through pedigree breeding method during the year 1998-99. Homozygous progenies of pedigree No. F6-6019 was bulked in 2001-02 for yield evaluation. Its fodder yield potential alongwith grain yield was assessed in station, zonal, micro and national uniform fodder yield trials during the year 2002-03 to 2009-10. Sorghum-2011 performed better in all these trials than existing cultivars (Hegari, JS-263 and JS-2002). Its maximum fodder yield potential (75.46 tons/ha) was attained in 2007-08 in NUFYT at Agricultural Research Institute, Dera Ismail Khan. It is a dual purpose variety that produces high tonnage with good grain yield, high water use efficiency, less fertility requirements, excellent nutritional quality, robust cover crop and green chop fresh fodder. In addition, it contains one percent more sugar content contributing 130 kg sugar per hectare than existing varieties without any additional cost of production. It has a wide adaptability in targeted production areas of Pakistan. The variety Sorghum-2011 is superior in morphological characters i.e. plant height (255cm), number of leaves per plant (16) and maximum length × breadth (339 cm) giving higher forage yield (70 t/ha) and grain yield (2.94 t/ha) as compared to commercial check varieties JS-263 and JS-2002. It has 2.11 and 13.98 percent low HCN content than JS-2002 and popular sweet variety Hegari, respectively. It has potential to fill the gap in supply and demand for summer fodders and also may be helpful in reducing export of sorghum seed in Pakistan. Due to these remarkable features, the new strain F-9917 named as Sorghum-2011 was released during the year 2011 for general cultivation in Pakistan.


In order to solve the model transformation problem between CAD and virtual assembly system,an automatic marked method that rebuild CAD model is applied.The assembly model of Module fixture is expressed by XML.Using the feature of module fixture,marked method is used to express the assembly information of part in virtual assembly environment.The method is validated in the virtual assembly environment,and is proved usable and effective.


The department chair position is vital to the effective administration of both the academic unit and the entire college. Inherent in the roles and tasks of the individual position is a responsibility for consensus development, which in turn requires the involvement of faculty in decision-making activities. This consensual development dictates that faculty who are specialists in their particular academic disciplines be involved in decisions ranging from admissions and grading to institutional policy formation and cross-disciplinary curricula development. The current study was conducted to examine the perceptions of department chairs in the involvement of faculty in departmental decision-making.


Euphorbia weberbaueri Mansf. is now recorded for first time for Ecuador. This species, reported as endemic to northern Peru, is cited now for southern Ecuador; plant specimens were collected in two spots of dry scrub of the Loja Province (Catamayo and Saraguro counties) and places with similar climatic characteristics in the Azuay province. A brief description, a map of potential distribution and pictures of the species are given.


The article refers to the topicality of the use of the comparative method in the studies dedicated to global socioprofessional groups of people involved in international relations and world politics. Th e authors put an emphasis on the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and the groups of people, who establish the functioning of the Court in Strasbourg: the judges of the Court are compared to the government agents, the servants of the Secretariat, the applicants' representatives before the Court and, basically, the applicants. The authors introduce several criteria for the comparative analysis: emerging sub-groups, number of people, the legal status of a group representative, the way of becoming a member of a group, functions. The judges of the ECHR appear to act as the main group ensuring the interaction of the national legal systems with the Court in Strasbourg. The judges are characterized by the rule of law and political democracy orientation, they bear group solidarity, interacting mechanisms. At the same time, the judges maintain individuality acting as representatives of national legal systems, adherence to principles of national legal systems, commitment to the state. The particular cultural identity of the judges does not interfere with the key values of the Council of Europe and national legal system of the state, as a candidate of that a judge is elected.


Simple Summary This study explains the transfer of Cu through a food chain consisting of a plant (eggplant), mealybug (Ferrisia virgata) and the latter's predator (Nephus ryuguus). The Cu transfer was effectively reduced in the root–shoot–mealybug food chain. Abstract Copper, an essential trace element, is vital for living organisms' survival; however, despite its importance, an excessive amount of this micro-nutrient can cause harmful effects to plants and animals. The present study investigates Cu bio-transfer across multi-trophic food chain comprising soil (spiked with various concentrations of Cu), eggplant (Solanum melongena), mealybug (Ferrisia virgata), and ladybird (Nephus ryuguus). Soils were spiked with Cu at rates of 0, 100, 200, 400, and 800 mg/kg (w/w). A dose-dependent increase in the levels of Cu in plant, mealybug, and ladybird was observed in response to Cu contents of soil. Different Cu amendment caused a significant reduction in the average root and shoot dry weights per plant as well as the average body weights of F. virgata and N. ryuguus. Our findings affirmed the importance of additional research to explain the processes involved in the bio-transfer of copper across the food chain.


The paper presents the results of a correlation analysis between the information trends in the electronic media of Kazakhstan and indicators of the epidemiological situation of COVID-19 according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The developed method is based on topic modeling and some other methods of processing natural language texts. The method allows for calculating the correlations between media topics, moods, the results of full-text search queries, and objective WHO data. The analysis of the results shows how the attitudes of society towards the problems of COVID-19 changed from 2021–2022. Firstly, the results reflect a steady trend of decreasing interest of electronic media in the topic of the pandemic, although to an unequal extent for different thematic groups. Secondly, there has been a tendency to shift the focus of attention to more pragmatic issues, such as remote learning problems, remote work, the impact of quarantine restrictions on the economy, etc.


The paper analyzes the factors that have influenced the wages of Mexican workers before the Commercial Opening and the first and second stages of the Mexican trade liberalization. Unlike many of the research on this phenomenon, this paper finds that the average schooling has no significant effect on wages of workers in the first and second stages of trade liberalization


Background: Anomia is often one of the earliest signs of Alzheimer disease (AD), and progressive language impairment remains a major source of disability throughout the disease course. Aims: This article reviews the potential uses of pharmacological adjuvants to augment neuroplasticity during speech and language therapy. Main Contribution: We begin with a discussion of the nature of anomia in AD from the perspective of classical aphasia models and in terms of a parallel distributed processing model of language. Physiological functions of acetylcholine, norepinephrine and dopamine are reviewed. We consider how pharmacological manipulation of these neurotransmitters in combination with speech and language therapy has the potential to promote maintenance and restoration of the functional connectivity within the lexical, semantic and phonological networks that are the basis of propositional language. Conclusions: AD is a disease of synaptic loss. People with AD are able to reacquire knowledge, and pharmacological modulation of acetylcholine, norepinephrine and dopamine can influence the maintenance and reformation of neuronal networks.


WHO has declared the present outbreak of a new corona virus disease (COVID-19) as a global pandemic. The impact of novel COVID-19 epidemic is uncertain and unpredictable, which is also a challenging phase for the pharmaceutical industry across the globe. The rationale of this article is to compile existing research and published data and identify the various challenges among the pharmaceutical sector in India and other developing countries. To overcome from present epidemic effects such as increase in medicine price, disruption in the pharmaceutical supply chain, balancing between IPR and access to innovation and regulation on counterfeit medicine in developing countries, the certain possible strategies and solutions are discussed. The present article also emphasized the solidarity and global cooperation among developing countries to strengthen the pharmaceutical operations across India and other developing countries to meet the current demand during COVID-19 pandemic.


Embedded systems are most popular applications in computer engineering. SOPC, system on a programmable chip, is a hot point of research and development for embedded systems. A SOPC is to integrates microprocessor and IP cores into one chip. The IP cores can be built for various functions. In order to take better efficiency and performance, an operation had better to be driven by some single instruction in a SOPC. This paper is focused on some customized hardware design technology for SOPC IP cores based on FPGA. An approach of IP design for a reconfigurable SOPC is discussed. As an example, the design is described for an external RAM controller with single instruction driving. Since the SOPC is reconfigurable, a read/write instruction for external RAM is easy to add into instruction rule set of the SOPC microprocessor. Results of simulation and test show that the design is successful


It is a well established fact that rapid deterioration of the environment, soaring fuel prices and dire need of economic growth are among few factors that lure the world's nations to search and develop alternate sources of fuel to fulfill their energy requirements. Conventional methods of energy production are proven to be costly affairs for developing regions of the world. The persistent power breakdowns in developing countries like Pakistan has paralyzed the economy and has also affected the daily energy needs of urban and rural housing of Pakistan. Through this study, the option of renewable energy has been evaluated as the prime energy source of the future, both in developed and developing countries. This study presents a comparative analysis of renewable energy use in developing countries other than Pakistan. In addition, the study addresses the issues of energy crisis in rural housing and the potential to adopt renewable energy as the prime source of energy for housing in rural and remote settlements of Pakistan. The aim of this is to explore the adoption of renewable energy in global perspective and review the rural housing design for adoption of renewable energy.

 Key words: Rural housing design, renewable energy, rural housing electrification.


Computer technology has changed the way designers work, font design requires the use of computer technology. Designers are always subject design, how to effectively use the computer to use this tool for designers, rather than becoming a vassal of the computer. This article is in the current situation font design of the computer age, to explore how computer technology affects the font design.


Abstract—In this article, a firefly algorithm is proposed for load frequency control of multi-area power systems. Initially a two equal area non-reheat thermal system is considered and the optimum gains of the proportional integral/proportional integral derivative controller are optimized employing the firefly algorithm technique. The superiority of the proposed approach is demonstrated by comparing the results with some recently published techniques such as genetic algorithm, bacteria foraging optimization algorithm, differential evolution, particle swarm optimization, hybrid bacteria foraging optimization algorithm-particle swarm optimization, and Ziegler–Nichols-based controllers for the same interconnected power system. Further, the proposed approach is extended to a three-unequal-area thermal system considering generation rate constraint and governor dead-band. Investigations reveal on comparison that proportional integral derivative controller provides much better response compared to integral and proportional integral controllers. Additionally, robustness analysis is carried out by varying the operating load condition and time constants of speed governor, turbine, and inertia constant in the range of +50 to –50% from their nominal values as well as the size and position of step load perturbation to demonstrate the robustness of the proposed firefly algorithm optimized proportional integral derivative controller.


Methods for measuring the surface areas of powdered solids are considered and the specific surface areas of ferric oxide and alumina powders using adsorption of stearic acid from benzene solution are determined. It has been found that the value of the specific surface area of both powders agree with the BET nitrogen gas adsorption area if it is considered that the area occupied per molecule of stearic acid on the powder surface is of the order of 60–70A2. This finding shows that orientation of the stearic acid molecule on the solid/liquid interface takes place so that stearic acid molecules lie neither completely perpendicular nor completely parallel to the surface. Possible orientations of stearic acid chains on the surface are envisaged.


At the Background of the Implement of the New Project of Ideological and Political Theory Education,the paper discusses the necessity,the Contents and the realization approaches in the professional view education's integrating into the course of ideological and moral culture legal basis in higher vocational colleges,aiming to strengthen the career conception of the present college students as well as to improve the efficiency of teaching.


Study of energy flow in ecosystem, especially in ecosystems that which are directly managed by human, is of great importance, because energy is flow of an ecosystem. Human could increase the efficiency of energy in agricultural products by applying management.In this survey the flow of energy in apple gardens of West Azerbaijan province ecosystem was calculated by using the statistics and information derived from agriculture (government) organization and providing of questionnaire from gardens of the province in 2009.Data's related to input and output are transferred to the rates equivalent to energy consumed and produced and then average energy was calculated (rate of output to input).The rate of applied energy is 11018330Kcal/ha and rate of produced energy is 10700 Kcal/ha, also rate of energy efficiency is 0.97. The result of this survey showed that main part of energy used in this product respectively consists of irrigation, chemical fertilizer and insecticide respectively.
We Could decrease energy efficiency by using drip irrigation systems, manure, insecticide, and pesticides considering to notice reduce the incidence of pests and diseases and so pace toward sustainable agriculture and decreased environmental pollution.


Abstract Innate immune receptors detect nucleic acids, such as viruses, and initiate an immune response by secreting interferon (IFN) and regulating IFN-stimulated genes (ISG). in autoimmune conditions, expression of ISGs funded, show the activation of nucleic acid sensory pathways. However, the nucleus-localized innate sensors are recently found to detect pathogenic nucleic acids for initiating innate response, demonstrating a complicated crosstalk with cytoplasmic sensors and signaling molecules to form an elaborate tiered innate signaling network between nucleus and cytoplasm. to sustain immune hemostasis, these innate immune sensors develop different strategies for discriminating between self or non-self-nucleic acid. We reviewed all the sensors involved in the innate immune system in the present study. A better understanding of these sensors can lead to new treatments for infections, cancer, and autoimmune and inflammatory disorders.


The present invention is expressed in angiogenesis and carcinogenesis is adjusted relates ESM-1 is a polypeptide which is a nucleic acid and its code. The present invention also relates to an antibody having specificity for the polypeptide. The present invention also relates to an antisense molecule. The present invention further relates to methods useful for treating or modulating angiogenesis in a mammal in need of such biological effect.


The Rainbow is a freak of nature. But the explanation of why it occurs is quite complex and not often found in elementary physics books. Typically, you see only a bow, but sometimes there are two, one more intense than the other. This article gives several explanations of why the Rainbow. A according to Aristotle, another supernumerary arcs according to Young, and the last by Airy, based on the knowledge to be had on the properties of waves at the time.


There is little point in collecting more observations of this nature. It remains to note that the few line-drawings in the text are unhelpful, and bad: unforgivably, most of them are reproduced by a peculiarly ham-fisted technique from the beautiful drawings in Gsell, Fouilles dans la necropole de Vulci, 1891-still the only good report on an excavation at Vulci; errors and misprints abound, especially in the names of persons and places; on p. 50, 'traditionelle' (Corinthian) should presumably be 'transitionelle'. And so on. It is only fair to record that Hus sees continuity between the Villanovan and Orientalizing stages of Etruscan culture (p. 58). It is very rare indeed to find a Frenchman who is willing to forego the almost mandatory reference to the 'arrivee d'un peuple/des navigateurs' from the mysterious East. But this is, alas, the only feature of the book to which an entirely unqualified 'bienvenul'can be given. F. R. SERRA RIDGWAY


David Tracy's growing appreciation, understanding, formulation and reformulation of both the mystical and prophetic currents in Christianity and the relationship between them are examined with reference to three of Tracy's major dialogue partners: 20th-century so-called "mystical-political" Latin-American liberation theology and European political theology, Buddhism and postmodernism. Then follows a reflection upon the differences between Tracy's and other forms of mystical-prophetic theology and Tracy's unique contribution to the discourse on mystical-prophetic theology.


In the study of innovation diffusion, the role of determinants of both social and economic nature along ti- me has aroused a growing interest. The target of this paper is to tackle this debate in downsizing adoptions by Spa- nish firms. To this aim, we base our study on the two-stage model, which attributes a different origin to adoptions according to its temporary moment of occurrence. Using a panel data analysis in the period 1994-2000, we found evidence of a complementary role between the two approaches.


in the De Victu Acwtorum. It would seem that before Hippocrates the diet in acute diseases had followed no rule. Galen notes the many digressions of this treatise. He also compares the various doctrines of the Cnidian Sentences, a work now lost, with the Coan. Without entering into the details of this controversy I may say briefly that, according to the Hippocratic school, the Cnidians lost themselves in minute subdivision of diseases, whereas the Coans viewed the marches of disease more broadly, with an eye to the main issues—as prognosis in fact. The Cnidian method was apt to lose itself in superficial or accidental details. In our own times we recognise every day these two classes of observers—the class which, as conspicuously in the Churches, has an acute and anxious eye to differences, not always discerning the facts which matter from those which do not; and the class which is disposed to a more comprehensive outlook. But of course neither class can hold all the field. The Coan school was, in its own time, justified in its large practical and sensible survey of disease; but now, armed as we are with instruments of precision and with the method and results of experiment, we can more fruitfully devote ourselves to the study of varieties without losing grip of the more universal. However, Galen may have made too much of these rival differences ; for the style in which Hippocrates brings disease before us is not only broad in outline, but is masterly Kairoi also in characteristic details—'grouped avec art,' as Littr6 says. I need not remind the reader that Plato, an admirer of his great medical contemporary, was also a master of the larger conceptions. The ' ataxy' of which here and there Galen accuses Hippocrates lies in rhetorical order and phrase rather than in inconsistency of main ideas. The modern style of Galen is very different from the austere and pregnant style of the ancient author. It was in this respect that Littre found Hippocrates difficult to translate. But what a noble style it is; apparent even in such a scrap as this, which happens now to fall under my eye—


Surveying the overall situation of contemporary educational revolution in our country,we could see that culture construction has become the key to success in the revolution and development of contemporary adult education.Culture construction not only reflects the problems and anxieties in former development of adult education,but also predicts its propect and future.The core of this construction is to make clear the connotation and structure of culture of adult education.And the pivot is to solve practical problems in the process of constructing culture of adult education.


The prolong existence of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh had caused several problems and threatened its national security and people of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Government as securitizing actor take securitization act to protect its national security and people of Bangladesh based on policies made. This research use securitization theory or Copenhagen School to enlightened Bangladesh Government actions to securitize its national security and people of Bangladesh upon the problem caused by the existence of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. This research uses qualitative methods with books and journal articles related as data sources. The result of this research shows Bangladesh government actions to securitize its national security and people of Bangladesh based on its policies is the best way for both parties to repress the broadening of existing problem.


This paper describes and analyses the 'relevant' curriculum in a lower-track history class in a US college-preparatory high school. It seeks to provide an experience of the cumulative and signifying impact of what are more often considered mundane, even 'flat', school lessons. Using Goffman's notion that social institutions discipline 'self' toward a cultural ideal the paper traces how 'relevant' lessons work on students in this high school, how students in turn 'work' relevance, and whose relevance is consequential. It argues, in particular, that although the institution succeeds in establishing a large measure of control in the lower-track class, it also produces what Goffman calls 'moral fatigue'. That is, the more students are expected to be the 'self' that the 'relevant' curriculum defines, the more they experience 'self' as mere show and, hence ironically, are loosened from the school's moral bonds.


CONCLUSIONS: Objective and automated computer vision- mediated analysis can distinguish surgical experience between experts and trainee surgeons performing fURS for kidney stones.


Purpose

– The purpose of this paper is to argue that social interaction fundamentally underpins how people examine, experience and make sense of museum exhibits. It seeks to reveal how people collaboratively view and make sense of artwork and other kinds of exhibit, and in particular how the ways of looking at and responding to exhibits arise in social interaction.

Design/methodology/approach

– The analysis inspects in detail video‐recordings of visitors' conduct and interaction at exhibits. It draws on ethnomethodology and conversation analysis to reveal the social and sequential organisation of people's verbal, visual and bodily action and interaction.

Findings

– The study finds that people explore museums and examine exhibits with companions while other visitors act and interact in the same locale. Which exhibits visitors look at and how they see and experience them is influenced by and arises in social interaction with others, be they companions or strangers. People display and share their experience of exhibits with others through verbal and bodily action and interaction.

Research limitations/implications

– The findings bear on current debates in marketing research. They suggest that there is a lack of understanding of people's experience of exhibits in museums. They show how video‐based studies can address this gap in marketing research. Further studies are currently being conducted to shed light on the quality of people's experience at the exhibit‐face and how it may be enhanced by the deployment of interpretation resources, such as labels, touch‐screen and handheld systems.

Practical implications

– The findings may have some implications for the work of curators, designers and exhibition evaluators. They suggest that social interaction needs to be taken into consideration when designing and deploying exhibits and interpretation resources, such as labels, touch‐screen information kiosks, hand‐held computers, etc.

Originality/value

– The paper uses visual/video‐recordings as principal data and illustrates its findings by virtue of visual material. It introduces video‐based field studies as a method to examine cultural and visual consumption in museums. It employs an analytic and methodological framework from ethnomethodology and conversation analysis that previously have found little application in marketing and consumer research.


In the eye of the Marxist dialectical materialistic theory of knowledge, keeping pace with the times and coming up with new ideas in respect of theory are consistent with the Party's ideological line of emancipating the mind and seeking truth from facts.Emancipating the mind and seeking truth from facts are an ideological prerequicite to and a theoretical basis for keeping pace with the times and coming up with new ideas.The latter is an inevitable requirement and embodiment of dialectical thinking and materialistic spirit for the former.Both of them must be carried out in all the Party's theories and practice.


Composites of poly(butylene succinate)(PBS) with an organophilic clay having a special functional group, namely twice functionalized organoclay (TFC), were prepared. TFC was produced by treating the commercially available organoclay (Cloisite25A) (C25A) with (glycidoxypropyl)trimethoxy silane (GPS). The nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of neat PBS and PBS/clay composites were investigated by using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The nonisothermal crystallization process of PBS, PBS/TFC, and PBS/C25A composites could be represented by the Avrami equation modified by Jeziorny 1 and the method developed by Liu et al. 2 . The crystallization rate decreased in the order of PBS/TFC> PBS/C25A> neat PBS at a given cooling rate. TFC exhibited higher nucleation activity than C25A for the crystallization of PBS. The activation energies of the crystallization estimated by the Kissinger method were 154.4, 128.2, and 107.5 kJ/mol for PBS, PBS/C25A, and PBS/TFC, respectively. The facilitated crystallization of PBS in the presence of TFC was attributed to the nucleation effect of the well dispersed TFC layers.


The effect of initial substrate concentration on the growth,metabolic activities of Photosynthetic bacteria (PSB) in the process of hydrogen production is studied.The empirical relation of the initial substrate concentration to the specific growth rate,specific substrate consumption rate and specific hydrogen production rate of PSB are developed based on the modified Monod model.It is found that the results given by the model are well agreed with the experimental data in growth phase and stationary phase of PSB.Meanwhile,the optimal substrate concentration in the process of growth,metabolism and hydrogen production is 50 mmol/L.Furthermore,when the initial substrate concentration deviates 50 mmol/L,the activation of PSB is limited or inhibited,and the inhibiting effect is more prominent than the limiting effect.In addition,it is demonstrated that initial substrate concentration has little effect on the specific substrate consumption rate.


This paper presents an approach for designing continuous phase modulation (CPM) waveform with good spectral compatibility and low correlation properties. The suggested approach is to first design over-sampled polyphase code with stopband and correlation constraint, and then transform the polyphase code into CPM waveform. Applying over-sampling ensures that the resulting CPM waveform would well inherit the spectral and correlation properties from the designed polyphase code. To cope with such over-sampled code optimization, special considerations on both spectral and correlation penalty function are illustrated, and an efficient alternating projection method based on (I)FFT is proposed accordingly. Numeric results validate both the CPM waveform design approach and the over-sampled polyphase code optimization method.


OBJECTIVE To develop a rapid and sensitive HPLC-MS method for the analysis of namefene in human plasma,and study the pharmacokinetic characteristics of namefene hydrochloride injection after a single intravenous dose of 2 mg in healthy volunteers.METHODS A single intravenous dose of 2 mg namefene hydrochloride injection was given to 12 healthy volunteers. Blood samples were taken for detecting plasma concentration before dosing and at 0.083,0.25,0.5,1,2,3,4,6,8,10,12,24, 36,48 h after a single intravenous administration of 2 mg namefene.A HPLC-MS method was used to assay the namefene concentration in plasma.The pharmacokinetic parameters were evaluated with PKS program.RESULTS The namefene concentrations in plasma were fitted with a two-compartment model.The main pharmacokinetic parameters of namefene by intravenous adminisitration were as follows:t_(1/2)was(12.01±2.20)h,AUC_(0-48) was(30.29±9.84)μg·h·L~(-1),AUC_(0-∞) was(32.23±9.94)μg·h·L~(-1). CONCLUSION The analytical method appeared to be accurate,sensitive and convenient.Namefene hydrochloride injection was well tolerance in healthy Chinese volunteers after a single dose.The pharmacokinetic characteristics of namefene hydrochloride injection were similar to the publicated reports.


A method is presented for completelydistinguishing between charged kaons and charged pions by using their charged muon (plusneutrino) decays(with neutrinos undetected) for meson laboratory momenta up to 1000 MeV/c. When either a charged kaon or a charged pion decaysinto a muon and a neutrino, momentum-energy (four-momentum) conservation will be used to provideunique "kinematic trajectories" for distinguishingkaon decays frompion decays when the change in threemomentum of the muon from that of either parent kaon or pion is measured (or simulated).In a magnetic field, observation of a trackedparticle showing a "kink" and/or a change in helicityindicates the decay of the parent particle into a similarlycharged muon product. Unique kinematic separation between each parent kaon and parent pion is possible for each parent particle'smomentum up to 1000 MeV/c. Curvature-radiusof the helical path in a magnetic field is used to determine each charged particle'smomentum, whetherit be a kaon, a pion or a muon. A weakfieldis adequateformaking this determination


Morgan et al. (1933) reported that a decrease in the frequency of genetic crossing over in two of the chromosomes resulted in an increased crossing over in the third chromosome of Drosophila. Similar interchromosomal effects with respect to chiasma formation were reported by Mather (1936), Elliot (1958) and Rowlands (1958) in several organisms. The precise significance of these observations, how ever, remained obscure as these effects were found to be highly variable at the inter as well as intraspecies level. Later it was found in Delphinium ajacis that the chiasma formation among the different bivalents of a cell was negatively correlated in all the normal plants studied (Jain and Maherchandani 1961, Basak and Jain 1963, 1964). These authors indicated that this consistency in showing negatively correlated distribution of chiasmata was due to the highly asymmetrical karyotype possessed by this species. A similar study conducted in Chrysanthemum carinatum, which possesses a symmetrical karyotype showed that chiasmata were formed in an in dependent or uncorrelated manner among the different bivalents of a cell (Khaman kar and Jain 1965). Thus, it appeared from the work of these authors that karyo type symmetry is an important factor in determining the manner in which chiasmata are distributed among the different bivalents of a cell. The present investigation was undertaken to study whether Pisum sativum


The aim of this paper is to investigate how cultural differences within Europe affect the success of international collaborative arrangements (ICA). We use a mixed-methodology to analyse the results of a questionnaire-based survey with managers of companies engaged in international collaborative arrangements in the European telecommunications industry. We find that cultural differences within Europe are significant and can affect the success of ICAs. In particular, we identify national pride as a main contributor to cultural differences within Europe that can affect cross-border collaborations. We also find that cultural differences can lead to ICA failure by increasing complexity but that, if managed properly, they can enhance the ICAs' competitive advantages. Finally, we put forward recommendations for managers to best manage these cultural differences in order to ensure ICA success.


The acoustic emission (AE) test of step-loaded samples of coal with different moisture contents was conducted using an AG-X250KN rock servo test system and an AE21C AE-monitoring system to study the influence of moisture content on the creep characteristics of coal. The results show that the moisture content influences the creep characteristics of coal samples, in that the greater the moisture content, the greater the creep deformation of the coal and the lower the creep threshold, creep strength, and creep coefficient values. The improved Burgers model can better describe the mechanical properties of creep in coal. In the transient creep stage, the coal micropores and fractures are gradually expanded, and AE activity gradually increased. In the stable creep stage, the creep deformation rate of coal tended to be stable, while new fractures and AE events and energy were all decreased. In the accelerated creep stage, a large number of fractures were generated in the coal, which gradually developed into unstable macrofractures. The stored energy was released rapidly in a relatively short time span, and the number and energy of AE events reached their maximum value. Therefore, the AE characteristics of coal reflect the evolutionary process of damage during creep. ARTICLE INFO


The study is titled "A Novel Ngrestiti Ati Psychological Analysis of Literature" that discusses modern Balinese literary novels shaped by the study of the structure and psychology literature. This study aimed to describe the structural aspects and psychological aspects of the novel Ngrestiti Ati. Teori figures used in this study is the structural theory by Teeuw and personality psychology Sigmund Freud. Methods and techniques in this study consists of three phases namely, the provision of data, data analysis, and presentation of data analysis. In Phase providing data used refer to the method, assisted with technical notes and translation techniques. Phase used qualitative methods of data analysis and descriptive analytic techniques. In the presentation phase of data analysis used informal methods of inductive and deductive techniques. The results achieved in this study reveals a novel structure that includes four Ngrestiti Ati incident, the grooves flashback, the main character, secondary character, and the complementary character, place setting, time setting, the atmosphere and the background, theme and mandate. Besides, this study also reveals the psychological aspects of characters that includes the Ngrestiti Ati Novel Id, Ego, and Superego.


Tillage practices are generally used to prepare seedbed and to control weeds but frequent use of tillage practices accelerate the degradation of soil resources and creates plough pan. However, zero tillage (ZT) has potential to overcome the tillage-induced restrictions and ensure timely wheat planting as well. Moreover, ZT resulted in poor and erratic emergence while seed priming could be used to improve emergence under ZT. Hence this experiment was conducted to evaluate the role of seed priming to improve wheat performance under varying tillage practices. Wheat seeds were soaked in water for 8 h (on-farm priming), CaCl2 solution (ψs –1.25 MPa; osmopriming) for 18 h and aerated water (hydro-priming) for 18 h. Unprimed dry seeds were used as control. Primed and unprimed seeds were sown under ZT, conventional tillage (CT), deep tillage (DT) and on beds. Zero tilled wheat observed delayed and poor emergence; however, seed priming, osmopriming in particular, resulted earlier and more synchronized emergence under all tillage practices. Zero tilled wheat had more weed prevalence while DT and bed sowing (BS) recorded lesser weeds infestation. Osmopriming resulted in quick and more uniform stand leading to significantly better allometric traits and crop yield. Bed sown wheat using osmoprimed seeds harvested the maximum yield due to increase in all yield related traits while zero tilled wheat using unprimed seeds behaved poorly in this regard. In conclusion, bed sown wheat using osmoprimed seeds observed early and uniform emergence, lesser weeds infestation, higher wheat yield and net returns. © 2017 Friends Science Publishers


1. A system (20) extracting satellite images, comprising electronic means (21) is input, the electronic means (22) extraction and electronic means (23) store, wherein the electronic means (21) connected to the electronic input means (22) adapted to extract and to generate input data, and provide an electronic means (22) extracting said input data, the input data indicate a given geographical area; wherein the electronic means (22) extracting connected to electronic means (23) store, which is configured to store satellite images, each satellite image stored in an electronic medium (23) storage, represents the corresponding area of the earth's surface and is attached to the corresponding telemetry data, generated and attached to satellite imagery satellite that remotely considered a satellite image; wherein the system (20) extracting satellite images characterized in that the electronic means (22) extracting is configured to extract satellite image stored in an electronic medium (23) storage of the electronic means (23) store based on the input data and the telemetry data linked to the satellite images, stored in an electronic medium (23) hraneniya.2. The system of claim 1, wherein the electronic means (22) extracting further configured to: select satellite image stored in an electronic medium (23) storing, identifying regions of the earth surface shown on the selected satellite image, based on the telemetry data linked to selected cn


A battery case as an electronic component case includes a second conductive plate made of metal, an insulating wall having an upper end surface and a bottom end surface, a first conductive plate made of metal joined to an upper end surface of the insulating wall, and a second conductive plate attached to the bottom end surface of the insulating wall. The insulating wall has a first conductor layer formed on an entire perimeter of the upper end surface thereof and a second conductor layer formed on an entire perimeter of a lower surface thereof, an electrode formed at a peripheral portion of the lower surface of the insulating wall so as to be electrically independent from the second conductor layer, an external connection terminal brazed to the electrode, and a connection conductor formed from the first conductor layer to the electrode. The first conductive plate is attached to the insulating wall via the first conductor layer. The second conductive plate is attached to the insulating wall via the second conductor layer.


A high-gain and low-cost circularly polarized antenna array is proposed, which consists of four sequentially rotated circularly polarized square slot antennas (CPSSA). A novel feeding network is applied to the four-element array antenna, which results in increasing the axial ratio (AR) bandwidth. The measured impedance bandwidth for VSWR < 2 is around 3.48GHz (3.75GHz»7.23GHz) exhibiting a 2.8GHz (3.8GHz»6.6GHz) 3dB axial-ratio bandwidth (ARBW) and 9.05dBic peak gain. The simulated and measured results are in good agreement with each other to verify the design.


The study was made in 2013 - 2014, in Trascău Mountains, situated in the south-eastern part of the Apuseni Mountains (Western Carpathians), in their southern limit, represented by the Ampoi valley. In order to determine the mite diversity, 300 soil samples were investigated from twelve grassland ecosystems, taking into account the pollution level source (an old chimney plant, which provided heavy metals pollutants: As, Cu, Zn, Pb, Mn, Ni). The altitude of grasslands varied from 464 m to 958 m, and the distance from pollution source from 975 m to 3200 m. In total, 4447 individuals were counted, belonging to the following mite orders: Trombidiformes (5.42 %), Sarcoptiformes (72.65 %) and Mesostigmata (21.92 %). In order to assess the diversity aspects of edaphically mites, a comparative analyse was made between the natural and anthropogenic ecosystems. The highest mite diversity was recorded in natural area (grassland G12 - on 3146.52 m distance from pollution source), with 639 individuals, belonging to the 14 mite families and Shannon_H index by 1.412. On the opposite is grassland G9 (on 1311.65 m distance from pollution source), with 253 individuals from 8 families and Shannon_H index by 0.573. Dominant mites were oribatids, decomposers of the organic matter, followed by the mesostigmatids (mostly represented by Ascidae, Laelapidae and Rhodacaridae families, which are predators). The similarity of mite presence and composition was assessed using Jaccard and respectively Bray-Curtis dendrograms. Evidence from Shannon evenness, Shannon-Weaver diversity and Simpson dominance indexes indicate that in the areas with a low taxa diversity, there is a dominance of few species with individuals unequally distributed between plots.Each investigated grassland ecosystems were characterized by characteristically mite diversity. This study represents a valuable argument for using the soil mite fauna as bioindicators.


The LASE receiver, which is to be flown on NASA's Earth Resources aircraft (ER-2), is a thermally and mechanically stable optical receiver that is spectrally tunable over the region 726.5 to 732 nm. The receiver consists of two parts, a Dall-Kirkham telescope and aft-optics. The barrel of the receiver is made of graphite epoxy to maintain the primary-to-secondary mirror spacing to within 0.001 in. over the 1540 C operating range. The primary and secondary mirrors are both Zerodur for thermal stability. The aft-optics consist of two avalanche-photodiode channels, a quad-detector channel, a tunable interference filter, and an adjustable field-of-view iris. The alignment of the optical system is monitored with the quad detector. A microprocessor provides active control of the spectral tuning of the interference filter by adjusting the tilt angle as a function of temperature. The microprocessor also provides control of an adjustable field stop to select, on command, the field-of-view of the receiver.


The experimental results of a long-term research program on flow across tube banks have been extended from the zone of viscous flow through the transition zone and well into the zone of turbulent flow. Pressure drop and rate of heat transfer are reported for the flow of a light oil across five rectangular banks of ⅜-in-diam tubes. Equilateral triangle, staggered square, and in-line square arrangements on a 1.25 pitch ratio, and equilateral triangle and in-line square arrangements on a 1.50 pitch ratio are discussed. The flow rate of the oil covers a Reynolds number range of from 25 to 10,000. Heating, cooling, and isothermal tests are reported.


Mechanical alloying technique is used for production of nanostructured soft magnetic alloys. In this work the back propagation (BP) artificial neural adopted to model the effect of various mechanical alloying parameters i.e. milling time and chemical composition, on the properties of Fe-Ni powders. Lattice parameter, grain size, lattice strain, coersivity and saturation ــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ ـــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ * : يكينورتكلا تسپ ،تابتاكم لوئسم : firstname.lastname@example.com D ow nl oa de d fr om ja m e. iu t.a c. ir at 1 5: 11 IR D T o n S un da y S ep te m be r 20 th 2 02 0