This paper reviews the relevant literature and provides some background information on the development of marine container terminals and their operations. It aims to address topics closely related to this research and provides overview information of world trends towards container developments, technological changes, terminal operations, logistics processes, and types of resources used in container terminals. It also describes an overview of decision problems at terminals; ways in which these problems are being dealt with including computer simulation, and presents methods used in simulation modelling of container terminals


An approach to the security evaluation of a composite power system is proposed which uses probability techniques for quantitative power system reliability analysis. This approach incorporates both steady-state and transient-state considerations in the reliability evaluation of composite power systems.


Some biological structures, such as leaf veins, bamboo and animal bones, have excellent mechanical properties after millions of years evolution. By studying the distribution characteristics of biological structures, the performances of mechanical components can be improved using structural bionic design method. In this paper, the internal stiffening ribs of a machine tool column are rearranged based on the structure of leaf veins, and a bionic column is designed. Static and modal analysis of the conventional and bionic column is conducted to investigate the static and dynamic performances by finite element method. Then, static loading experiment and modal test are carried out for further verification. The simulation results have good agreement with the experiment results. Compared with the conventional column, the maximum deformation of the bionic column in experiment is reduced by 24.69%, and the first six-order natural frequencies of bionic column are increased by 48.39%, 12.98%, 10.70%, 5.11%, 3.07%, and 8.44%, respectively.


Communication in human relations takes place on two levels. One level is verbal, while the other level is non-verbal. The area of dental medicine is rapidly developing and the patient's needs and knowledge are increasingly emerging. In order to create a successful product of high quality, an interactive model of communication between the doctor of dental medicine and the dental laboratory or the dental technician is required. The outcome of prosthetic therapy is dependent on the good communication among the members of a dental team. Communication in dental medicine can be divided into: the communication between a doctor of dental medicine and their patient; the interpersonal communication among doctors of dental medicine; interdisciplinary communication; and the communication with the laboratory. In order to provide the patient with the best possible stomatological care, the paradigm in contemporary stomatology has been transferred to an interdisciplinary team of experts who work together under the supervision of a clinical coordinator.


The issue of femininity and masculinity has long been a source of controversy, specifically when tied to positions of power, rights and obligations. Many will argue that masculinity dominates those positions of power, one of them being the military. It is an undeniable fact that the number of women soldiers is far below men soldiers. This is almost a universal trend. Using Joshua S. Goldstein's third hypothesis of "tough men and tender women", this research attempts to analyze the cultural construction of gender in the military that is present in four war movies dating back from 1957 to a more current one of 2008. The result of this research shows that although there has been a shift in what is considered as acceptable for masculinity, femininity still cannot escape its stereotype.


The intoxication degree in abscesses and phlegmons of maxillofacial area may be extremely variable and connected with the microflora type, the patient's age and reactivity of the organism. We believe that the most promising markers of endogenous intoxication are the indices of sorption ability of erythrocytes, medium-weight molecule level and circulating immune complexes.


In Japanese, register - the way you change your words according to who you are speaking with - plays a key role. The rules of register in Japanese are far more complicated than they are in English, but until now there hasn't been a book that lays it all out in an accessible format. "Japanese for All Occasions" is a much-needed introduction to this bewildering aspect of the language. Through 57 dialogues, veteran teacher Taeko Kamiya shows learners how the Japanese change their way of speaking depending on the social setting or their relationship with the listener, with examples ranging from casual to super polite. Chapters are ordered according to function (Introducing People, Identifying Things, etc.) so that learners can absorb the most common sentence patterns used in daily life at the same time that they study casual, polite, and honorific styles. Each one presents three similar dialogues that show contrasting styles of speech. Detailed notes explain the grammar or usage at work in the dialogues, and quizzes at the end of each chapter allow learners to test their understanding. Best of all, the book comes with a free CD containing all the dialogues, narrated by professional Japanese actors. For intermediate students and above.


We deal with the general problem of connectedness for the space of Z d actions by (orientation-preserving) diffeomorphisms of a compact 1-manifold. We prove two results. First, the space of Z d actions by C 2 diffeomorphisms of the interval is connected. Second, the space of Z d actions by C 2 diffeomorphisms of any compact 1-manifold is C 1+ac arcwise connected (where C 1+ ac stands for diffeomorphisms with absolutely continuous derivative). The latter is the first result of arc-connectedness in regularity larger than C 1 in this setting. Actually, our proof applies to all Z d actions by C 1+ac diffeomorphisms without elements with hyperbolic periodic points; the only obstruction to extend it to the general C 1+ac framework comes from the failure of the Sternberg-Yoccoz linearization theorem in class C 1+ac .


The purpose of this paper is to extend our previous work on the multi-level quantized innovation Kalman filter(MLQ-KF). We consider the linear quadratic Gaussian (LQG) optimal control problem in the discrete systems. Under the assumption that the innovation is approximately Gaussian, it is shown that the separation principle remains valid under the quantized measurement output. The optimal LQG controller is then given in terms of two Riccati difference equations associated respectively with the quantized Kalman filter and the standard LQR control. The corresponding minimum cost is also derived. An illustrative example is included to benchmark our proposed quantized LQG control with the standard LQG control.


The performance of fiber optic interferometers constructed with 3 X 3 couplers is investigated. Deviations from ideal behavior are noted at low fringe visibilities. The use of Faraday mirrors in a 3 X 3 Michelson configuration is shown to eliminate these effects.


This experiment tested the utility of agreement as a method to separate stutterings and disfluencies into two reliable and unambiguous response classes. Reliability was determined by measures of in...


This chapter examines the methods used in comparative law. Today, functional comparison is considered the classic form of comparative law. The vast majority of comparative studies follow this method and the quality of any given comparative law study is often judged according to its principles. According to Zweigert and Kötz, the fundamental principle of comparative law is functionalism, according to which only law which fulfills the same function can be compared. At its core, this straightforward approach provides an exemplary description of the essential components of any individual comparison between two developed legal systems. However, attacks on the functional method has been increasing for decades. The chapter then describes these critiques and the alternatives they propose.


The emergence of language is the result of social communication,then it becomes a universal phenomenon.The familiar language,including English and Chinese have experienced a lot of changes.Based on Fuzziness Theory,This paper is to illustrate the fuzziness of numerals in Chinese idioms and poems,English phrases and sentences as well as everyday languages.


FIELD: information technologies. SUBSTANCE: in method of protection against errors in process of data element transfer along communication system, data element is coded according to specified rule of coding, data words are generated as consisting of bits (DWA, DWB), and one of these generated data words (DWA, DWB) is selected with account of current digital sum formed according to appropriate data word (DWA, DWB), and current digital sum of selected data word (DW) is used to generate the first current digital sum. Selected data word (DW) by means of modulation is transformed into code data cord (CDW), besides a two-bit sequence is assigned to each bit of data word (DW) with two various values of separate bits. Code data word (CDW) and the first current digital sum are transmitted to subscriber-receiver. Received code data word (CDW) is inspected for availability of two-bit sequence in it with two identical values of separate bits, thus two-bit sequence with error is detected, and error is corrected by means of the first current digital sum. EFFECT: improved noise immunity. 9 cl, 1 dwg


Diaryl sulfoxides bearing ortho-sulfur substituents react readily with Grignard reagents on the sulfur atom to produce the corresponding phenyl Grignard reagents bearing ortho-sulfur functional group. Furthermore, thianthrene monooxide was found to react with alkyl Grignard reagents affording o,o′-bis-Grignard reagent of diphenyl sulfide which was converted easily to Martin's sulfurane.


The sociocultural and political processes emanated from the Post-Web 2.0 era, where it is complex to define the line between media producers and consumers, have been marked by the collapse of several paradigms, among them the loss of social credibility of the State and its institutions; media, political parties, and electoral organizations are not an exception. It is difficult to understand politics without media messages, especially because since the arrival of the internet, there are more and more interlocutors who put into question everything that does not fit with the canons of postmodern society. In that sense, this article inquires Mexican citizens' trust in media, the role they play in the electoral processes and the relevance of media framing as part of the public opinion configuration. For that, an empirical research was conducted in a northwestern State of Mexico: Sinaloa, from the social-historical (documented) and quantitative (scale survey and statistical analysis) approaches. This work took place on 2016, the same year as the elections for governor, in order to identify the symbolic dimensions of the citizens' trust about the media-politics binomial. Non-parametric tests were made to group subjects into digital natives and immigrants, considering the hypothesis that the generation group one belongs to influences the way they perceive a phenomenon. The results were organized in three dimensions: 1) the role of media in the democracy, 2) media framing, and 3) political credibility. The findings show the legitimacy crisis of the media and political contexts in Mexico; which glimpses a panorama where the trust that society had historically placed in media and the institutions is now in decline.


The present investigation had the purpose to apply meetings about coexistence among students from the educational unity "Vicente Leon ", in order to increase their autoesteem, because if the orientation is adequate applying motivated skills in good time, by this way teachers and parents must have the responsibility to transmit tenderness , confidence and security to get and to construct a good autoesteem on boys and girls.
In order to solve this established problem, it was necessary to develop an investigative project trough application of several skills, methods, workshops, were solved difficulties that were around to the autoesteem.
To make use of the opinion poll was fundamental abord this investigative work since through this technique we had obtained a reliable information and sure data , then it helped to see clarity problem causes….


An optical system capable of providing precise pointwise measurements of streaming birefringence (SBR) was used to explore the flow of dilute solutions of tobacco mosaic virus between rotating eccentric cylinders. The local relationship between the observed optical anisotropy and the rate of strain tensor calculated from the theoretical solution for the particular flow field was studied. The relationship is apparently in accord with the conclusions of the orientation theory for a sufficiently dilute solution of rigid macromolecules in generalized two-dimensional flow.

The general problem of using streaming birefringence of colloidal solutions to visualize two-dimensional laminar flows is considered. The conclusion is reached that a clear and unambiguous kinematic interpretation of SBR in such fluids is possible only for a restricted class of flows. If the flow is such that the angle between the streamline and the principal rate of strain axes is not less than 35°, then to a good approximation SBR can give the magnitude and direction of the principal strain rates. This information, it is shown, is sufficient to permit calculation of the entire velocity field if the velocity is known on all boundaries.

In the most general flow situations, SBR of colloidal solutions cannot indicate the orientation of the rate of strain tensor. SBR in certain birefringent pure liquids may yield the necessary information even in the most general flows. These pure liquids hold promise of being valuable flow visualization agents.


tag=1 data=The Court gives and inch but takes another mile : The Aboriginal provisional government perspectives on Mabo. by Michael Mansell

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The article is devoted to the sociocultural analysis of the symbolic programs of thinking and social behavior of a person in Russian society based on two approaches - dispositional and sociocultural. The ethno-national context becomes the key "working frame" within which the theoretical reflection of this study is carried out. It is concluded that thinking determines the social behavior of a person, the symbolic programs of Russian thinking are being introduced into social behavior and activities.


Q: Although a lot has changed at Steelcase, some things have probably stayed the same. What can you point to that has remained consistent over your years with the company? A: People. This is probably similar to the situation at other companies, but back when I started, you would see Bob Pew or Frank Merlotti walking through the buildings and you would say "Hi" and they would say "Hi" back. I feel it's the same nowadays. I don't know all the executives – I'm not sure I could even pick Jim Hackett out of a small crowd – but every day walking through the halls, on the way to the cafeteria or to another department, you can still say "Good morning" to anyone, and you'll still get a smile and a nod and a "Good day" back.


About 750 billion bbl of viscous heavy oil is in place in the southern interior plains of western Canada. Most of this oil is in sandstone beds of the Lower Cretaceous Mannville Group along a 600-mi belt that extends from Peace River, Alberta, through the "Athabasca tar sands" area to Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. Regional study of the belt provides information on geologic controls of the accumulations and on genesis of the oil that is not obvious in separate examination of individual accumulations. The accumulation at Peace River (50 billion bbl) is in a regional updip sandstone pinchout. Accumulations in the Athabasca-Lloydminster region (700 billion bbl) lie across the crest or on the southwest flank of a regional features that appear to control the accumulations already had formed at the end of Early Cretaceous time. The oils in Lower Cretaceous rocks belong to a single oil system and all appear to be young, immature, and unaltered. The heavy oils appear to be at or very near the site where a discrete oil phase was formed. The most acceptable hypothesis of origin is that hydrocarbons which moved out of the deep basin in micellar or colloidal solution in compaction waters were "precipitated" on anticlinal structures or in sandstone pinchouts, possibly as a result of a change of salinity of the formation water.


Czech body workout system, better known as Sokol system, was founded in Czech Republic in 1862. Soon after it spread to all Slavic countries and other countries inhabited with Slavic people. That is how it came to area with Serbian people too. First Serbian Sokol societies in America started in the mid 1909, and their first meeting was held on 1st, 2nd and 3rd October in Gary (Indiana). At that meeting they formed Serbian Sokol Union in America and started the initiative for holding a First Serbian Sokol Slet (First Serbian Sokol competition) in America. Competition was held on June 22nd and 23rd 1912 in Chicago (Illinois) with presence of great number of spectators. Besides Serbian Sokols other Slavic Sokols have also  articipated, as also educational, gymnastics and charity societies. Different primary and secondary historical sources were reviewed and analyzed, most of all sources originated in the time of First Serbian Sokol Slet (competition), as also the ones originated later.


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AnkB (red) is present in synaptic vesicles (green) in a control axon (top) but absent in an axon lacking PIK3C3 and PI(3)P (bottom).

The adaptor protein ankyrin-B (AnkB) promotes the axonal transport of multiple organelles by linking the dynein motor accessory factor dynactin


The effect of erythroid differentiation factor (EDF) on the colony formation of erythroid cells (CFU-E and BFU-E) inhibited by the sera from the patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) was evaluated by methylcellulose assay. EDF restored the inhibited formation of CFU-E colony irrespective of the absence or presence of the accessory cells. In addition, EDF was considered to recover BFU-E colony formation through the burst promoting activity (BPA) secreted by the adherent cells. A suicide experiment using 3H-thymidine revealed that EDF acted to induce BFU-E from resting phase to S phase of the cell cycle. Moreover, the number of circulating BFU-E and the secretion of BPA by the mononuclear cells, both of which were significantly low in CRF patients, were also moderately increased by the addition of EDF. These data suggest that EDF could be utilized as a therapeutic agent for pathogenetic factors except hypoproduction of erythropoietin on the anemia of the patients with CRF.


[Objective]The research aimed to obtain the best potato planting model of straw mulching and sowing time,to improve potato planting efficiency as well as to promote the return of straw into field in Anhui area.[Method]In the spring experiment of 2009,potato variety Favorita was used to compare the effects of straw mulching in different patterns and sowing time.And then seedling stage,seedling rate,yield and the rate of large and medium-sized potato of Favorita variety were analyzed.[Result]In each experimental plot,all treatments with earliest seeding stage were in "straw + mulching film" cultivation mode.The height of potato plants of treatment 2 investigated in April 1 was 9.25 cm,and that of treatment 1 in "straw " and "straw + mulching film " cultivation mode were 13.25,16.50 cm respectively.The yield and large and medium-sized potato of "straw + mulching film " cultivation mode of four different sowing dates were all highest in all modes."Straw + soil" cultivation mode had the best effects of straw return into field.[Conclusion]It was suggested that plangting potato in "straw + soil" cultivation mode was most appropriated.It had several advantages such as high yield and saving labor,straw decomposed completely and returned field well.


Ground Moving Target Indication is a key feature of modern airborne surveillance radar systems. In operational scenarios, the radar echos from moving targets will have to compete not only with ground clutter, but also with (both intentional and inadvertent) man-made radio frequency interference. If the radar system possesses several receive channels, noise jamming can be mitigated by adaptive beamforming, and ground clutter can be suppressed using space-time adaptive processing. Based on simulation and the results presented in "Savy, Burger, Richardson, Medley, The Relative Merits of Pre-/Post-Doppler STAP", this paper discusses algorithms for the combined mitigation of noise jamming and ground clutter, as well as possible training strategies for the estimation of the corresponding adaptive weights.


Sequence data for the mature nerve growth factor (NGF) protein and its precursor are available from molecular cloning of the NGF gene in several species, including mice, humans, rats, and chickens. Hydrophilicity analysis of the predicted rat and chicken prepro‐NGF was carried out to locate putative antigenic determinants. Eight peptides were selected and synthesized based on hydrophilicity profiles. Two peptides represent sequences in the rat (and mouse) pro‐NGF, one peptide (our peptide P3) represents a highly conserved region of the mature NGF protein (identical in humans, mice, rats, and chickens), two peptides are specific for the mature chicken NGF, and the remaining three peptides are specific for the mature rat NGF (each with only one amino acid substitution compared with corresponding segments of the mouse NGF). For immunization, the peptides were conjugated to keyhold limpet hemocyanin and used to produce antisera in rabbits. After bleeding, peptidespecific antibodies were purified on affinity columns prepared by coupling each of the synthetic peptides. The different peptide antisera and affinity‐purified antibodies then were characterized by enzyme‐linked immunoassay (ELISA) and immunohistochemistry of the male mouse submandibular gland, a rich exocrine source of NGF. ELISA analysis showed that all peptide antisera bound two to four orders of magnitude better than normal rabbit serum to a coat of their proper peptide. The higher binding was retained by the purified peptide antibodies compared with normal rabbit immunoglobulin. Specific tests, in which one peptide antiserum was checked against different peptide coats in the ELISA, also showed two to four orders of magnitude higher binding of antibodies to the proper synthetic peptide. The peptide antibodies also were tested for their ability to bind to native mouse βNGF coated to the immunoplates. Only antibodies raised to the conserved P3 peptide recognized native NGF to an extent similar to that obtained with polyclonal anti‐NGF antibodies. Conversely, P3 was well recognized by several different NGF antisera.


Valves are elements of the pipe through which fluid flow is controlled, directed and regulated permanently. A single type of valve cannot fulfill all these functions (control, steering and adjustment), which is why there is one type of valve for each function. Four types of actuators can be attached to valve's body rod: 1) Spinning wheel (manual device); 2) Pneumatic actuation (device driven by air pressure); 3) Electric actuation (device powered by electric current); 4) Hydraulic actuation (device driven by hydraulic oil pressure). Valve actuators improve control, accuracy and efficiency. Despite higher capital and operating costs, the actuators are frequently cost-effective in oil and gas industry where automation is a necessity due to remote, dangerous areas, unmanned installations. Electric actuator can be controlled remotely from a control center. More than 1 million actuators are in use around the world, some being in operation for more than 50 years. Reliability is primary reason for selection of those type of actuators. Searches related to data published by European Industrial Forecasting Ltd. (EIF) in 2015, shows that nearly 75% of all valves in the oil and gas sector are automated, compared to just 30% across all industries combined.


The utility model discloses a high-temperature high-pressure testing cable used in horizontal well thermal exploitation in an oil field. The testing cable comprises sheathed thermocouples used in temperature measurement and two capillary tubes used in pressure measurement, wherein the capillary tubes are arranged in parallel with one arranged above the other; the sheathed thermocouples are arranged at both sides of each capillary tube after being arranged in bundle; insulated fireresistant macromolecular resin material is coated outside the sheathed thermocouples and the capillary tubes. The testing cable can be put into a well through equipment and is pushed into a horizontal section, thereby realizing under-pressure on-line testing and underground long-term continuous monitoring.


The utility model belongs to the technical field of papermaking wastewater purification treatment. The utility model discloses a papermaking wastewater treatment system, which comprises a collecting well, an inclined screen, a floatation tank, a pollutant filter tank, an anaerobic tank, an aerobic tank, a secondary sedimentation tank and a sludge thickening tank, wherein the collecting well is connected with the inclined screen, the floatation tank, the pollutant filter tank, the anaerobic tank, the aerobic tank and the secondary sedimentation tank in sequence through a pipeline; the pollutant filter tank is provided with a pipeline connected with a papermaking water tank; the anaerobic tank, the aerobic tank and the secondary sedimentation tank are respectively provided with a sludge reflux pipeline connected with the sludge thickening tank. Most of papermaking wastewater purified by the treatment system disclosed by the utility model can be recycled, and little can be directly discharged. Moreover, fine fibers and digestion gas obtained after the papermaking wastewater is treated are utilized, and thereby, the goal of recycling resources is achieved in deed, and an energy saving effect is good.


AIM : To observe the effects of enterodiol and enterolactone on osteoblastic MG63 cells. METHODS : The effects of enterodiol and enterolactone on the proliferation of MG63 cells were observed by MTT.The effects of enterodiol and enterolactone on the activity of MG63 cells were tested by alkaline phosphatase(ALP)test.The effects of enterodiol and enterolactone on transcriptional level of a ALP,osteocalcin,and collagenⅠof MG63 cells were measured by RT-PCR. RESULTS :The cell viability of MG63 cells significantly was increased when treated with 0.01 mg/mL enterolactone or enterodiol.The viability of MG63 cells was gradually weakened with the increase of concentration.Similar to their effects on the cell viability of MG63 cells,enterolactone or enterodiol increased the ALP activity of MG63 cells at low concentration and decreased the ALP activity at high concentration.Enterolactone or enterodiol can increase the transcriptional level of ALP,collagenⅠ,and osteocalcin in MG63 cells. CONCLUSION : The osteoblast cells viability is increased at low concentration treated with enterolactone and enterodiol,but that is decreased at high concentration.Enterolactone and enterodiol have biphasic effect on MG63 cells.


CUMAS (Cabled Underwater Module for Acquisition of Seismological data) is an underwater module that is equipped with different types of sensors that have been developed for the acquisition of geophysical signals on the shallow seafloor, for geohazard monitoring in volcanic areas. It was conceived for the specific application in the Campi Flegrei caldera (southern Italy), where the main features of the present volcanic activity consist of slow soil movements (bradyseism) accompanied by intense and shallow seismic activity. The aim of CUMAS is to: – continuously acquire geophysical and oceanographic data on the seafloor according to a single time reference, and to store them on hard disk; – transmit the acquired data in real time to an acquisition centre on land; – receive commands from the land centre and modify its acquisition configuration accordingly.


In this study the structure and diversity of the piedmont scrub that abuts the western portion of the metropolitan area of Monterrey, Mexico, were examined. Vegetation composition and diversity were assessed by sampling vegetation in 41 plots of 100 m 2 each. All trees and shrubs with a basal diameter ( d 0.10 ) ≥0.5 cm were counted, including succulents. In addition, the crown diameter ( d crown ) for each species was recorded. Species richness was assessed by means of the Margalef index (D Mg ), while Shannon's index (H') was used to assess species diversity. A total of 45 species, 39 genera and 18 families were recorded. Fabaceae was the most important family with the highest species richness (12), followed by Cactaceae (5), Euphorbiacae, Rhamnaceae, Rutaceae and Verbenaceae (3); these families accounted for 64.44% of the entire flora recorded in the area. As for dominance (D r ), Fabaceae, Rutaceae, Asteraceae and Verbenaceae accounted for 64.08% of the Importance Value Index (IVI) in the community. The scrub presented a density of 3629 ind./ha -1 and a total crown cover of 6629 m 2 /ha -1 . Acacia amentacea and Zanthoxylum fagara were the most important species, since they accounted for 25.87% of the IVI values in the locality. The rank/abundance curve for species fitted best to a log-normal function, which is characteristic of mature communities. The present study shows that the studied community is characterized by a high diversity and species richness in comparison to other arid and semi-arid climate vegetation in Northeast Mexico. Structural and diversity attributes documented in this study indicated that the piedmont scrub neighboring Monterrey is a well-preserved community in a mature successional stage; hence, it is urgent to develop strategies aimed at its conservation.


We have studied states of {sup 7}He using the {sup 9}Be({sup 15}N,{sup 17}F){sup 7}He reaction at two incident energies, E{sub lab}=240 MeV and 318.5 MeV and observed clearly the first excited state of {sup 7}He. An extended study of the three-body background was required to determine the excitation energy and width. The resonance parameters obtained for l=1 are E{sub x}=2.95(10) MeV, and {Gamma}=1.9(3) MeV. There is also evidence of a broad excited state at E{sub x}=5.8(3) MeV with {Gamma}=4(1) MeV. From the analysis of the {sup 7}He ground state resonance, we extracted a value of 0.14(2) MeV for the width. In the calibration reaction {sup 12}C({sup 15}N,{sup 17}F){sup 10}Be three high-lying states of {sup 10}Be are found at 13.6(1), 15.3(2), and 16.9(2) MeV.


Answer: Paragonimus kellicotti infection . Paragonimiasis, infection with trematodes of the genus Paragonimus, is a common foodborne parasitic disease in Asia ([1][1]). Infections in Japan and Southeast Asia are caused by P. westermani, while infection in the United States is rare and is caused by


Beam current at the VEPP-4M electron-positron collider is limited by transverse mode coupling (TMC) instability, occurred due to wake fields. Threshold current is decided mainly by transverse impedance of vacuum chamber. To study frequency dependence of the longitudinal and transverse impedances at the VEPP-4M, deviation of equilibrium RF phase and coherent betatron tune shift were measured in dependence of beam length. Impedance distribution along the ring was studied, using measurements of closed orbit in dependence of beam current. Instability evolution after injection was observed by a pickup using turn-by-turn measurement technique. Beam motion was also studied by computer simulation based on two particle model. Experimental results and results of the simulation are presented.


The aim of this study was to develop latanoprost as a sterile eye drop solution using hydroxypropyl--cyclodextrin (HP--CD) as a solubilizing and stabilizing agent. Latanoprost eye drops were prepared according to the requirements for eye drop preparations. The inclusion complex of latanoprost/HP--CD was characterized by NMR spectroscopy. The efficacy of latanoprost eye drops prepared by using the complex with HP--CD was evaluated by measuring the intraocular pressure in a rabbit model. The stability of latanoprost eye drops was determined after storage at 5C and 25C/60%RH. The NMR results show that latanoprost was incorporated into the cavity of cyclodextrin. The dosage form of the new eye drop solution was stable at 25C/60%RH for at least 6 months. The decrease of intraocular pressure observed was similar to that for Xalatan.


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 This book contains 22 chapters covering topics on the ecophysiology, mechanisms of adaptation to climate change and practical uses of halophytes.


A 42-year old caucasian woman presented herself in our ER with a one week history of rash on the lower limbs, which had first appeared 4 days after vaccination with the BioNTECH/Pfizer SARS-CoV2 vaccine. The rash - with the typical appearance of a cutaneous small vessel vasculitis (CSVV) (figure 1) - spread from the lower limbs up to the gluteal area over a few days. Application of topical steroids had led to no improvement. Physical examination showed no other pathologies - except for hypertension and severe obesity (BMI 47).


Developments related to the laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) expanded the application area of the additive manufacturing (AM) for metal alloys, and increased the variety of machines and materials. On the other hand, this increase exposed the need for process development to adapt new materials and shapes with acceptable metallurgical, mechanical and geometrical attributes. In recent years, researchers have sought to reduce the development costs by decreasing these process development needs for some requirements. Among these, modeling and simulations for residual stresses and distortions are common practices. Dedicated software for these applications provided remarkable savings in computational times. Nevertheless, it is still necessary to pay attention to dedicated software, due to the fact that they might have some assumptions which are unknown to the end users. This study provides an in-depth investigation of Simufact Additive software based on L-PBF of Inconel 625 alloy. In this regard, thermo-mechanical simulations were performed by comparing the results with experimental data. Simulation set-ups were fine-tuned according to comparisons, and parametric analyses were conducted. The laser power and scanning speed were found to be the most influential parameters on the resulting residual stresses.


Low permeability clay-sand mixtures are often used to construct hydraulic barriers to prevent contaminated water leaching from landfills and other waste disposal sites from polluting local groundwater aquifers. In order to engineer effective hydraulic barriers, a proper knowledge of the hydraulic conductivity of clay-sand mixtures is required. While there are several empirical models available in the literature that can be used to predict reductions in hydraulic conductivity values of coarse sand due to the presence of clay and other fine minerals, all these models require measurement of multiple physical properties of the porous media. The resulting empirical expressions have several parameters that need to be individually evaluated using multiple soil characterization tests. In this study, we propose a single parameter model that can be used to capture the variations in hydraulic conductivity value of different types of porous media mixtures using a scalable modeling framework. Several laboratory tests were conducted to measure the hydraulic conductivity values of a variety of coarse and fine glass bead mixtures. The coarse glass beads were used to simulate sand and small glass beads were used to simulate fine minerals such as silt and clay. The model results were further validated using the data derived from experiments conducted with natural sand and clay mixtures, and also using multiple literature-derived datasets. Our results show that the proposed model is a useful tool for describing the hydraulic conductivity values of various types of coarse- and fine-grained porous media mixtures.


We consider the family of hyperelliptic curves over $\Q$ of fixed genus along with a marked rational Weierstrass point and a marked rational non-Weierstrass point. When these curves are ordered by height, we prove that the average Mordell-Weil rank of their Jacobians is bounded above by 5/2. We prove this by showing that the average rank of the 2-Selmer groups is bounded above by 6. We also prove that the average size of the $\phi$-Selmer groups of a family of isogenies associated to this family is exactly 2.


Summary form only given. Helicon studies by Ellingboe et al. (1994), have shown that argon emission intensity is strongly modulated at the 13.56 MHz RF frequency, and that the peak emission propagated axially at a velocity corresponding to that of the helicon waves, and consistent with electrons trapped in the traveling wave. Electrons traveling at the phase velocity would have an energy of a few tens of eV, energetic enough to efficiently ionize the gas, as suggested by Chen. We have assembled a helicon source, consisting of solenoidal magnets and a Nagoya Type III antenna surrounding a 15 cm inner diameter Pyrex tube. At one end, the tube expands to a 30 cm diameter aluminum vessel surrounded by a picket fence array of permanent magnets. The antenna is driven by up to 3 kW at 13.56 MHz. This helicon source is being studied and optimized for possible application to a large area plasma source. We are initiating a study of the wave coupling to electrons using a calorimeter probe that measures the power density coupled into the plasma, to determine the heating efficiency. Swept Langmuir probes, and a gridded energy analyzer will measure the electron energy distribution function at various axial positions. B-dot probes will measure the wave amplitude, k/sub /spl par// and phase velocity vs axial position. We will compare our measurements with theoretical studies, that apply formalisms developed to study bucket trapping and heating of electrons by electron cyclotron waves.


A J Parker Cooperative Research Centre for Hydrometallurgy 1 Department of Applied Chemistry, Curtin University of Technology, Australia; E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com 2 Nanochemistry Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Australia; E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com 3 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia; E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


The common gamma chain (γc) is the central signaling unit for the γc cytokine receptor family. γc cytokine signaling is mainly regulated by cytokine-specific receptor alpha chain expression levels but not γc expression levels. Here we will highlight that a soluble form of γc (sγc) expression, which is generated by alternative splicing, impairs naive T cell survival and promotes inflammation in a manner of inhibiting IL-7 and IL-2 signaling, representatively. Furthermore, sγc expression is significantly enhanced upon T cell activation. sγc enhances in vitro and in vivo Th17 differentiation through dampening of IL-2 signal, and sγc-overexpressing mice are consequently more susceptible to EAE. Therefore, sγc is a novel immunoregulator that control T cell biology by regulation of γc cytokine signaling.


More than a trillion dollars of public money is spent annually on health care in the United States. In order to inform policymakers, health advocacy groups, tax-paying constituents, and beneficiaries, it would be useful to present and analyze health outcome and health-related data at the U.S. congressional district level. Presently, health event data are not reported at this political unit; however, recent interest and advances in areal interpolation techniques are beginning to transcend the inherent limitations imposed by legacy data collection and analyses systems. In this paper, the authors use the dasymetric approach to illustrate how this areal interpolation technique can be used to transfer county-level mortality rate data from several causes of death to the U.S. congressional district level. The study's primary goal is to promote areal interpolation techniques in the absence of a systematic and comprehensive national program for geocoding health events.


FreeMarker is a template engine writed by pure Java,it may dynamically build text output based on template and is often designed to build static HTML page.This paper,by building content and info HTML page for example,introduces functions and characteristics of FreeMarker template and studies its application direction,method and process.


A new resonance rayleigh scattering(RRS)assay was presented in this paper.At the optimum pH=7.87~8.10,the weak RRS of acridine orange(AO)can be greatly enhanced by the addition of proteins due to the interaction between protein and AO at λem=λex=525 nm.A new quantitative determination method for proteins has been developed.The linear range for human serum albumin was 0~10.0 mg/L with detection limit of 8.1 μg/L.To evaluate the clinical effect of two methods for determination of urinary microalbumin with RRS and RIA,and to select a method which is simple,quick and accuracy,8 h urine was collected in 95 diabetic patients and 50 health controls,and determined by RRS and RIA.In conclusion,the two methods for determination of urinary microalbumin were precise,sensitivity and significantly correlated.However,RRS was more simple,quick,reliable and without contaminated of radioisotope compared with RIA.The method can be popularized which was suitable to be clinically used as a routine laboratory test.


The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of brand attitude mediating effect on the emotional response and reliability of the hair salon consumers in order to identify the consumer ''s emotional response and to increase the brand attitude and reliability. Self - filling questionnaires were used for data collection. A total of 575 copies of the questionnaires were distributed and 575 copies were collected. Of these, 573 copies were used as the final analysis, except for two copies of the questionnaire which were considered insufficient for analysis. The results showed that the importance of emotional response in salon or brand store was emphasized, and emotional response was increased in order to increase brand attitude and reliability. Especially, emotional and cognitive responses have the greatest effect on brand attitude. To increase the brand attitude through emotional response, the system which can make the customer feel good, the fun and excitement feeling through the salon visit In order to improve the attitude of the brand through a cognitive response to the need for a salon with a relationship and story to feel, it is necessary to raise the customer''s response to the facilities, the environment, and the events, prices and information provided in the store It seems to be necessary steadily.


For various mechanisms of group-transfer polymerization (GTP), the concentration of the active chain ends is calculated. The calculated reaction orders with respect to catalyst and initiator concentrations, respectively, are compared to experimental data for the GTP of methyl methacrylate in THF catalyzed by both bifluoride and benzoate and of n-butyl acrylate in toluene catalyzed by mercury iodide. The comparison reveals that for catalysis by benzoate and mercury iodide, the experimental reaction orders are only consistent with the associative mechanism of GTP, i.e., with an activated silyl ketene acetal as the active species


Abstract There is a substantial body of academic literature analysing David Dabydeen's fiction and poetry as postcolonial writing, but much less critical attention has been paid to his treatment of gender. In some ways, his approach to this issue makes for uncomfortable reading, giving rise to a desire to gloss over its substance as well as its implications. However, if Dabydeen is courageous enough to write so explicitly and honestly about misogyny in colonial and postcolonial contexts, an unflinching examination of this aspect of his work is long overdue, and it is in this spirit that this article approaches his three novels which deal most directly with the West Indies (specifically his native Guyana): The Intended (1991), The Counting House (1996) and Our Lady of Demerara (2004). There is a sense in which these three novels, taken together, can be seen as a relentless catalogue of men's historical and contemporary brutality to women in Guyana, Britain and India. Dabydeen's fiction exposes in ruthless detail not only the nature of gendered violence, but also the conditions which exacerbate it, the lies men tell themselves to justify it, and the ways in which women respond to it. He suggests links between violence, sexual desire, misogyny and the commodification of women in colonial and postcolonial societies.


Given the importance of breast milk for providing micronutrients (MN) in the first 6‐24 mo our objective is to determine if its MN content is adequate in populations with poor dietary quality and how it is affected by maternal supplementation. We developed methods, including HPLC‐MS/MS, to analyze multiple MN simultaneously in the milk matrix improving accuracy and efficiency of older methods. Available samples collected at 2‐4 mo lactation were identified from multiple countries. Average population concentrations were expressed as % of those accepted by the IOM when setting DRIs for infants and lactation. Examples of the large differences in composition include: B1, 60% in India; riboflavin, 70% India, 30% Malawi, 20% Philippines and 10% in Bangladesh; niacin, 10‐20% (including California); B6, 220% California, 80% India, Malawi and Bangladesh, and 20% Philippines; B12, 60% Malawi, 30% India, and a very low 20% in Guatemala. Supplementation of HIV+ women in Malawi with 1X RDA from 0‐6 mo of lactation increased milk B2, niacin, B6 and B12 by 30% within weeks, but had no effect on B1. ARV treatment eliminated these positive effects of supplementation. We also identified acute effects of MN supplements revealing that time of collection can substantially over‐ or under‐estimate true effects a dose of MN at 1X RDA in Bangladeshi women at 2 mo postpartum increased 24 h secretion of B1 by 10%, B2 by 75%, niacin by 25%, B6 by 96%, but B12 0%. This effect within hours of the supplement. Thus vitamin concentrations vary greatly across populations demonstrating need to evaluate benefits of MN supplements in lactation for mothers and infants, and further evaluate accuracy of estimated nutrient requirements in infancy and lactation. (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation & USDA, ARS).


According to large-scale powers control requirement in thermal vacuum test device,based on the original heat flux system design,a power control system was redesigned using LabView platform.Not only can this system realize conventional configuration and control of large-scale power flexibly and control thermal cases,but also can update its software modularized to adapt the power hardware replacement.The working principle,hardware,and software structure of the control system were introduced.Host computer automatic control software based on LabView platform was introduced with emphasis.


A drop in dispersion, F-ratio like, permutation test (D) for linear quantile regression estimates (0≤τ≤1) had relative power ≥1 compared to quantile rank score tests (T) for hypotheses on parameters other than the intercept. Power was compared for combinations of sample sizes (n=20−300) and quantiles (τ=0.50−0.99) where both tests maintained valid Type I error rates in simulations with p=2 and 6 parameters in homogeneous and heterogeneous error models. The D test required two modifications of permuting residuals from null, reduced parameter models to maintain correct Type I error rates when null models were constrained through the origin or included multiple parameters. A double permutation scheme was used when null models were constrained through the origin and all but 1 of the zero residuals were deleted for null models with multiple parameters. Although there was considerable overlap in sample size, quantiles, and hypotheses where both the D and rank score tests maintained correct Type I error rates, we identified regions at smaller n and more extreme quantiles where one or the other maintained better error rates. Confidence intervals on parameters for an ecological application relating Lahontan cutthroat trout densities to stream channel width:depth were estimated by test inversion, demonstrating a smoother pattern of slightly narrower intervals across quantiles than those provided by the rank score test.


The financial and economic crisis, including the COVID-19 pandemic, determined the negative changes in the modern labor market. Under these conditions, the understanding of the role of higher educational institutions in solving the problems of employment of graduates is of both scientific and practical importance. The key method of collecting information was a questionnaire survey of students (N=974 respondents). The curators of the study groups distributed the link to the questionnaire posted on the Google platform. The purpose of the study is to analyze the specifics of the work of the Employment Assistance Center functioning in the structure of a higher educational institution. It was found that the majority of students (87.8%) consider it necessary to create Employment Assistance Centers in the structure of universities. The following services would be in demand among students: referral for internships, information about vacancies and internships of partner companies, career events, assistance in finding employment during their studies. It is concluded that modern youth is focused on an early start of a career, combining study and work. The following dysfunctions of the activity of the Employment Assistance Center were identified: an insufficient level of information support, a narrowed list of services provided to the students. The conclusion is made that the employment of graduates requires improvement of both pedagogical methods for the development of professional competencies of graduates, and the formation of organizational mechanisms that ensure the provision of services for internships of students, their part-time employment, carrying out activities for interaction with employers. The authors substantiate the concept of "seamless employment" of the students: the integration of the educational process and part-time employment within the study period, focusing the key areas of the university's activities on the career needs of young people.


The minimization of the negative impact of the products of natural leaching of metal ores on the ecosystems of the environment is justified. It is shown that the reason for the formation of ore leaching solutions is the use of development technologies without filling voids. The results of observations are systematized and the concept of environmental management by combining the potentials of enterprises in the region is substantiated. The efficiency of using dolomite waste to reduce the leaching front by filling technological voids with dolomite-based mixtures is shown. The results of the study of the intensity and danger of natural leaching, taking into account the zoning of mineralization within the orefield, are presented. Measures to reduce the level of natural leaching are recommended. A leaching model is proposed that describes physicochemical processes as stages of reactions occurring in the ore mass. The algorithm of substantiation of environmental technologies is given. The ecological and economic criterion of the effectiveness of the implementation of environmental measures is proposed. The processes of natural leaching of metals are adequate, which makes it possible to control their development. Natural leaching is a consequence of the insufficient level of applied development technologies and can be minimized.


Agent-based modelling concepts and techniques are well suited to the investigation of food system vulnerability to global environmental change. The actors in a food system are represented by agents in a computer model—responding to the environment, managing resources and learning from their experiences and each other. Thus, the particular vulnerabilities of local communities can be related to the general drivers of the stresses and shocks in social, economic and environmental change.


The dispersion and transmission in one-dimensional photonic crystals with a defect containing three-level system with two closely placed Raman gain peaks is discussed, there is a steep curve with negative slop between the two gain peaks, two resonant transmissions with transmissivities larger than 1 are found in photonic band gap. The two resonant transmissions depends on the position of the defects and structure parameters. There is a steep curve with negative slop at the left resonant frequency and positive slop at right resonant frequency, a negative group velocity and a very slow speed is found.


The present invention extracts the reference line from the image, corrects the image reference line is moved for each partial image so as to that predetermined by matching the corrected image, perform the rotation process collating apparatus that obtain the authentication result in a short time without processing method, a verification program. First, the reference line extracting unit, the center line or contour line of the image is extracted as the reference line, then as the image correction unit becomes to what criteria line acquired at the reference line extracting unit is predetermined to move parallel to each partial image to correct the image, further, the image matching unit, wherein collates the corrected image and the predetermined image in the image correcting unit, to obtain an authentication result.


The clinical relevance of the particular agents selected is unclear given the lack of single agent activity in recurrent adult gliomas with the exception of TMZ. GSC are relatively quiescent, radiationand chemotherapy-resistant, multi-potent, and able to self-renew. [2-5] GSC exists in brain tumors although their relative abundance and relationship with normal NSC is unclear. [2-5] GSC are genomically unstable and the acquisition of stemness does not imply a relationship with normal NSC. The authors should have described the relationship between NSC and GCS. In addition, Gong et al. should have explained if GSC exist as a rare subpopulation within a glioma and if the cell of origin for different types of glioma affects response.


"This fourth installment of the Strategies of the medium series will focus on international works that use the limitations and flexibility of the spring-wound Bolex camera as a structural element of composition." -- p. 4.


Abstract : Poly bd R-45M resin, a hydroxyl terminated homopolymer of 1,3- butadiene, is a primary component in the binder for many solid propellant systems. The aging characteristics of this resin are such that its rate of reactivity with an isocyanate may increase during storage for prolonged time periods at ambient temperatures. As a result, the pot lives of propellant mixtures prepared from the same lot of Poly bd R-45M resin may differ significantly over period of months. Under certain processing conditions, this reactivity difference may pose problems for the formulator. The addition of triphenylphosphine to the Poly db R-45M resin has been found to prevent these reactivity changes.


A laboratory workstation is proposed to support the teaching of high speed precision control system design, from entry through advanced and into graduate level programs.


A CFD analysis is carried out to determine the best spike shape to minimize the drag of blunt-nosed bodies (blunt nosed missiles) and determine the aerodynamic coefficients (lift, drag, and pitching moment coefficient as well as the location of center of pressure) of blunt bodies with four different spike shapes. Compare The CFD results with Experimental results. This article mainly focuses on estimating the aerodynamic effect of the spike shape during the flight of a projectile using the Computational fluid dynamics. Analysis of supersonic flow over blunt bodies is carried out in order to study in detail the flow structure and wave structures in the vicinity of shock waves and expansion waves, for the purpose of understanding the salient physics and eventually modeling the flow instabilities downstream of the shock.


Using tracheal organ cultures models with stardard IBV-M strain inoculated into them and by the assessment of ciliary activity of tracheal organ,the authors make research on in vitro inhibition of infectious bronchitis virus by ciliate bugle herb.The results show that in a certain concentration range(750~1500mg/mL),ciliate bugle herb has in vitro inhibition on IBV.


of thousands of college degrees are conferred to students across Alabama and around the world. From the Bachelor of Science in Nursing to the Master of Science in Business Administration, that single piece of paper is the recognition of numerous years of dedicated study and the launch of many a career. For more than a century, one university has been providing its graduates with a degree of great value, and so much more. "As I speak to Troy University alumni from around the world," said Dr. Jack Hawkins, Chancellor of Troy University, Troy, AL, "I am extremely gratified to hear our alumni speak of the immeasurable value of their degrees from TROY." TROY alumni speak in glowing terms about the impact of the Troy University experience on their personal and professional growth, according to Dr. Hawkins, "That is the true measure of the success of the Troy University experience," said Dr. Hawkins. That "Measure of Success" and how it influenced TROY alumni are the focus of television advertising campaign produced in partnership with Troy University and HCD Advertising and Public Relations Agency in Virginia Beach, VA. The series of commercials features prominent alumni reflecting on how TROY impacted their lives professionally, as well as personally. Chancellor Hawkins believes the true benefits of receiving a degree from Troy University go far beyond influencing the individual recipient of the degree. "Troy University has more than one hundred thousand alumni located throughout the world," said Dr. Hawkins. "TROY alumni are making real differences in their career fields and our world, every day." The first series of alumni commercials highlighted comedienne/ actress/TV hostess Lynne Koplitz, Brigadier General Ed Crowell and former NASA astronaut Bill Gregory. Future campaigns will continue to focus on additional outstanding graduates. The following prominent alumni are featured in the upcoming campaign.


A survey on the most important methods for error detection in multiprocessor systems is presented. A detailed comparison between watchdog processor and master-checker based fault tolerance is given. The fault coverage, hardware and run-time overhead are discussed, based on the experiences gained in the development of the MEMSY fault-tolerant multiprocessor system. The cumulative effects resulting from the simultaneous use of different hardware-near and high level fault-tolerance mechanisms are shown.<<ETX>>


A one-dimensional zigzag chain complex of Cd(FA)(pyim)(H2O) (1) (H2FA=4,4′-(hexafluoroisopropylidene)bis(benzoic acid) and pyim=2-(2-pyridyl)imidazole) was hydrothermal synthesized from Cd(NO3)2·4H2O, 4,4′- (hexafluoroisopropylidene)bis (benzoic acid) and 2-(2-pyridyl)imidazole. Single-crystal X-ray analysis revealed that the zigzag chains of 1 are linked into three-dimensional supramolecular networks by both O-H …O hydrogen- bonds and π…π stacking interactions. The crystal is of monoclinic, space group P21/n with a=0.856 34(10) nm, b=1.020 49(12) nm, c=2.809 0(3) nm, β=98.115(2)°, V=2.430 2(5) nm3, Dc=1.820 g·cm-3, Z=4, F(000)=1 320, Goof= 1.009, R1 =0.047 0, wR2 =0.115 5. In addition, complex 1 exhibits strong photoluminescent emission at room temperature. CCDC: 733837.


The effect of an increased electron-beam pump rate on the laser efficiency of XeF(B—X) has been measured as a function of temperature, gas mixture, and energy loading. Electron-beam pump rates up to 300 kW/cm3 at temperatures up to 460 K and energy loadings up to 190 J/liter were investigated.


Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is one of the most prominent forms of dementia. Latest numbers from the American Alzheimer's Association show that more than 5 million people in the US suffered from AD in 2009 a number that is thought to increase along with the increasing life expectancy of the worldwide population. The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines AD as a progressive decline of cognitive functions sufficient to impair personal activities in daily life. The main symptom of AD is loss of memory, but over the different stages of the disease various additional symptoms may appear including changes in personality, sensory processing, language control and others. Up to now, treatment of AD is symptomatic and allows to meliorate patients state for a certain time span only. Having an early diagnosis and starting of treatment in the early stages of AD can help preserve function for months to years, even though the underlying pathological process cannot necessarily be changed. At the moment definite diagnosis is still only possible post-mortem. But many approaches are followed in order to allow clinicians to determine more accurately if a person has dementia or even more precisely AD. One of the most promising approaches is thought to be non-invasive imaging of the patients brain. A remarkable number of transgenic mouse models of AD, mostly carrying human mutations in genes crucial for AD pathology, have been generated in the last decades. These models mimick symptoms as well as molecular mechanisms of AD and allow validation of diagnostic tools or treatment approaches possibly transferable into clinics. The vascular aspect of AD is of major importance as blood supply is crucial for the brain to function properly. Neurons are depending on energy supply from neighbouring cells as their highly specialized function of electrical information transmission doesn't allow storage of energy in high amounts. Amyloid plaques, one of the main pathological hallmarks of AD, are thought to be involved in the neurodegenerative aspect of the disease. Accumulation of amyloid plaques around the blood vessels of the brain are known to impair several functions of the cerebral vasculature. The objective of this PhD project was to develop and apply non-invasive imaging tools for studying amyloid pathology in AD models. These would allow to evaluate disease progression and therapy response in individual animals which is attractive not only for studying chronic diseases such as AD but also in view of the fact that the methods might be translatable into the clinics. In a first step MRI methods for the assessment of structural and functional readouts of parenchymal and vascular AD pathology have been developed. In two different mouse models the vascular responsiveness was found to be impaired in regions


Since the reform and opening - up, The high - tech developing zone of Guanzhong make the achievement attracting people' s attention. But there are some problems outstanding to face. If the high - tech developing zone of Guanzhong want to have more advantages and realize the great - leap - forward development, it must depend on the system and mechanism innovation. The strategic train of thought of system innovation is: Regard moulding the innovative subject as the goal and carry on enterprise' s system innovation; Regard optimizing and innovate the soft environment as core carry on government manage system innovation; Regard improving innovative efficiency as the centre and carry on scientific and technological system innovation; Regard strengthenning innovative motive force as themes and carry on the manpower resources development and system innovation of management; Regard giving play to the function of the market of the capital as goal go on financial system innovation; Assigns and carries on the system innovation of income distribution for main content with the key element; Regard promoting the agricultural population to shift to two, three industries as direction expand the development system innovation of the urbanization; Hold the flag that the new high - tech industry develops high, insist on the principle that does what is appropriate and discard what is inappropriate, Develop and manage and develop bringing according to the train of thought and method of the economic and technological development zone. The main measure is as follows: Grow with each passing hour and establish the new idea; Accelerate managing system innovation; Realize that the key element flows freely; Accelerate financial system innovation; Develop the manpower resources in degree of depth; Accelerate urbanization paces.


Abstract 1.1. An antigen preparation for the test should be accepted only after thorough preliminary trial demonstrating satisfactory antigenic qualities. The amount to be used in the test can be determined only after careful experimentation and must be such as permits a very fine quantitative adjustment between complement, antigen and patient's serum. 2.2. Several control sera should be regularly employed to detect evidence of false fixation, antigen deterioration, etc. 3.3. Limited observations, herein reported, would tend to promote the belief that positive reactions as obtained with the test when correctly performed, indicate with a high degree of accuracy the presence of tuberculosis "reactionbodies" irrespective of whether the disease is then clinically active or quiescent.


Summary Normal mice which were fed a potassium-deficient diet and deionized water developed large numbers of lysosomes in the cytoplasm of the cells of the renal medulla similar in size, structure, and distribution upon light and electron microscopic examination to those induced in rats by the same dietary manipulations. However, beige mice, which are homologues for the Chediak-Higashi syndrome, developed a smaller number of much larger lysosomes which were structurally similar to the lysosomes in potassium-deficient normal mice. It is concluded that the large lysosomes in the renal papillae of beige mice originated by fusion of smaller lysosomes and that the smaller lysosomes arose by the same mechanism as the lysosomes in the potassium-deficient normal mice.


Within Louisiana, the common noctuid species Polygrammate hebraeicum Hübner (Fig. 1.) has been captured as an adult in all months except November (Fig. 2), and over much of the state (Fig. 3). At the Abita Springs study site, there appear to be seven annual broods peaking at approximate 30-day intervals. The fourth brood is more often the largest in population based on a very large sample size taken in this study. Covell (1984) listed the range of hebraeicum to include Maine to Florida, west to Ontario, Missouri and Texas in the months May through August. Heppner (2003) states dates of February through October. Numerous authors state the larval foodplant to be Nyssa sylvatica Marsh, commonly referred to as Blackgum or Sourgum, a common large tree species at the Abita Springs study site. a


Introduction: There has been a growing interest in the development of gastric cancer following gastric surgery for benign disease. However, the risk is only observed after a latency of about 15 years and is increased in patients operated for gastric but not duodenal ulcers. The incidence of malignancy ranges from 2–6% in gastric remnants and a variety of causative factors have been proposed such as alkaline duodenal gastric reflux and increased Nnitroso compounds secondary to bacterial overgrowth. Case Report: We report an unusual case of a 75yearold female who presented with recurrent vomiting. She had a gastrojejunostomy without gastric resection 25 years back. On investigation a gastric cancer was found at the anastomotic site in the efferent loop. Conclusion: Patients who have undergone surgery for ulcers should be screened using endoscopy at least once a year to detect the cancer in early stages as symptoms of cancer appear quite late and mortality is very high in advanced cases of stomach carcinoma. A complete margin negative (Ro) resection offers chances of cure in these patients.


Objective To investigate the levels of N-Terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide(NT-proBNP),myocardial enzyme spectrum and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein(Hs-CRP)in serum of the patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease,to probe the clinical meanings.Methods HITACHI 7600 blood biochemical analyzer was used to extract data of myocardial enzyme spectrum of the patients and normal controls,BN-Ⅱ Special Protein Analyzer was used to measure the level of the high-sensitivity C-reactiv protein(Hs-CRP)and the level of N-Terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide(NT-proBNP)was measured by ANALYTICS E170 Immunity Analyzer.Results ①To compare with normals most of datas has changed except AST(P0.01 or P0.05).②The levels of AST and CK-MB almost have no changed between two patient groups.In the patients with coronary heart disease the levels of NT-proBNP、Hs-CRP、LDH-L、CK、HBDH.Conclusion Most of datas of myocardial enzyme spectrum in the patients were in the normal referenced ranges.It was difficult to evaluate heart function by the levels of myocardial enzyme spectrum.It is more effective to measure the levels of NT-proBNP and Hs-CRP to evaluate heart function.


For the mechanism design problem,the design patterns of mechanisms are researched.They are the serial design,integrated design and multidisciplinary design optimization.The definitions are summarized.The design ideas are analyzed.The design flow charts are given.The design patterns are applied to the motor-mechanism design.The optimization results are compared.Finally,the merits of design patterns are analyzed.


Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is naturally produced in ruminants and exerts many beneficial health effects to humans. Feeding dairy cows with extruded soybeans has been reported to boost the CLA concentration in milk. However, the impact of steam-flaking soybeans on milk CLA content remains unknown. To study the potential of feeding steam-flaked soybeans on enhancing the CLA concentration in milk, a total of 27 Holstein lactating cows were fed with either conventional corn-soybean meal-based (control, CON) diet, steam-flaked full-fat soybean-based (SFS) diet or extruded full-fat soybean-based (ES) diet (nine cows per treatment) in an eight-week trial. Milk yield and other milk components were largely unaffected by dietary treatment. As compared with the CON diet, feeding SFS and ES diets resulted in an increase (p < 0.05) in the concentration of cis-9, trans-11 CLA from 0.76–1.00 and 0.98 g/100 g fatty acids in milk fat, respectively. Similarly, the concentration of trans-11 C18:1 in milk fat also increased (p < 0.01) with feeding the SFS and ES diets. No statistical difference in either cis-9, trans-11 CLA or trans-11 C18:1 concentration was observed between the SFS and ES diets. Collectively, our results suggest that, similar to extrusion, steam-flaking of full fat soybeans can increase milk CLA.


We introduce one-dimensional sets to help describe and constrain the integral curves of an n-dimensional dynamical system. These curves provide more information about the system than zero-dimensional sets (fixed points). In fact, these curves pass through the fixed points. Connecting curves are introduced using two different but equivalent definitions, one from dynamical systems theory, the other from differential geometry. We describe how to compute these curves and illustrate their properties by showing the connecting curves for a number of dynamical systems.


Back ground : The Rehabilitation Department at Surin hospital has initiated a new program "Exercise as a treatment in chronic disease patients," Beginning with type 2 diabetes. Objective : 1. To determine the effects of the 12 weeks exercise training in type 2 diabetes in 3 systems: cardiovascular, physical fitness, and metabolism 2. To compare the results between the hospital training program with the home self-training program as formerly advised. Setting :   Exercise center, Rehabilitation Department, Surin Hospital Research design :    Experimental research Methods : 85 type 2 diabetic patients from the diabetic clinic of Surin Hospital were selected by the purposive sampling method, were studied between July 2004 and May 2005 and were divided into two groups on a volunteer basis. Group 1: 49 patients selected the in-hospital training program, agreed to attend at least once per week, were required to exercise 3 times/week for 12 weeks. Only 30 patients could attended the whole program. Group 2: 36 patients selected the home self-exercise training program , were required to exercise 3 times/week for 12 weeks. But 30 patients were followed up. Patients were recorded and evaluated before and after the program in 3 systems: 1) cardiovascular (systolic BP, diastolic BP, HR),2) physical fitness (V02 max, grip strength, BMI),3) metabolism (FBS,HbAlc, BUN, Cr, Cholesterol triglyceride, HDL, LDL). Statistics: The paired sample T test was compared with dependent data, and the independent sample T test was compared with independent data, p value 2 max (25.38+7.64 vs 28.59+7.82 ml/kg/min) in physical fitness in the hospital program group too. In metabolism, there was decreased HbAlc in both groups, hospital program group (9.06+2.31 vs 8.29+1.88%) the home self-exercise group (8.09±1.31 vs 6.36+1.00%) and also a decrease in FBS (135.32+27.461 vs 120.45+28.430 mmHg). When both groups were compared the data showed differences in all 3 systems with significance in systolic BP (13.07±13.07 mmHg vs -0.41±17.23 mmHg), V02 max (3.21+3.29 vs 0.19±6.52 ml/kg/min), HbAlc (0.72+1.01 vs 1.73+1.08%) Conclusions :   Exercise as a treatment in type 2 dibetes patients at Surin Hospital resulted better in significant changes. The in-hospital exercise group controlled by intensity, duration, frequency, mode showed increased function in the cardiovascular system improved physical fitness as well as the metabolism. Key words: exercise, Physical activity, aerobic capacity, grip strength, body mass index


C30H20O2, (1), Mr = 412.49, triclinic, P1 (Ci1), a = 11.301 (7), b = 12.069 (3), c = 9.777 (2) A, alpha = 96.12 (2), beta = 111.59 (4), gamma = 114.68 (3) degrees, V = 1072 (2) A3, Z = 2, Dx = 1.278 g cm-3, lambda(Mo K alpha) = 0.71073 A, mu = 0.73 cm-1, F(000) = 432, T = 299 K, final R = 0.065 for 1231 observed reflections. C28H18N2O2, (2), Mr = 414.46, monoclinic, I2/a (C2h6), a = 20.039 (10), b = 11.762 (8), c = 19.850 (5) A, beta = 117.61 (3) degrees, V = 4146 (8) A3, Z = 8, Dx = 1.328 g cm-3, lambda(Mo K alpha) = 0.71073 A, mu = 0.79 cm-1, F(000) = 1728, T = 298 K, final R = 0.048 for 1924 observed reflections. Aromatic system (1) is highly twisted (43 degrees from end to end) in a helical sense. Half of aromatic system (2) is nearly planar with the ester C atom, whereas the other half is twisted by ca 27 degrees for planarity.


All Fourier spectrometers have a residual error in frequency measurement arising from the discrete nature of the experimental Fourier spectrum. This residual error is a systematic error which has a maximum value of half the channel spacing in the discrete spectrum. This systematic error can be reduced by interpolation of values on the discrete lineshape. The residual error remaining after interpolation has not yet been determined for apodized Fourier spectra. In this work, a systematic study of frequency interpolation of discrete, apodized, magnitude-mode lineshapes is reported. Absolute maximum frequency errors as a percentage of the discrete channel spacing are reported in graphical and tabular form as a function of the type of apodization window, the type of function used for three-point frequency interpolation, the number of zero-fillings, and (T/r), the ratio of the acquisition time to the relaxation time of the time domain signal. The results allow independent choice of the window function most appropriate for the dynamic range of the spectrum and the interpolating function/zero-filling level which optimizes the accuracy of frequency measurement. General observations are (1) that the interpolation error is reduced by an order of magnitude for each additional level of zero-filling and (2) that the interpolation error is essentially independent of T/r. For the Hanning window, the Hamming window, the three-term Blackman-Harris window, and the Kaiser-Bessel window, the parabola is the interpolating function of choice.


Lane Kenworthy questions whether predistribution is up to the task of ensuring a fair distribution of incomes and says that the best way to tackle the squeeze in wages is through good old-fashioned public insurance.


In this work, the effect of mimosa tannin (MT) on corrosion processes on steel in sulfuric acid solutions of pH 1 to 3 was investigated using potentiodynamic polarization and mass loss methods. The nature of complexes formed by the used commercial MT product with ferric ions was investigated by specrophotometric methods. Experimental results were interpreted in terms of ionic equilibrium in ferric-tannate solutions. The influence of competitive adsorption of Cl - and SO 4 2- ions on anticorrosive properties of MT was also considered.


The objective of this study is to investigate the cooling performance of the two vapor compression cycle for the heavy load vehicle with changing the refrigerant charge amount. The single vapor compression cycle for effective cooling of the passenger room in the tested vehicle is not sufficient to satisfy for the cooling load. Thus two vapor compression cycle was considered in this study to increase the cooling capacity for a passenger room in the tested vehicle. As a result, cooling performance of the developed cycle showed the best at the refrigerant charge amount of 1.7 kg and the COP was decreased with the increase of the refrigerant charge amount.


A detailed procedural flow and checklist used in bringing new products into the United Technologies Microelectronics Center (UTMC) foundry fab are presented. Rigorous adherence to this standardized flow has been found critical to achieving first-pass success on new products not designed to fit within the existing manufacturing technology. The UTMC foundry frequently must run new products not originally designed for its specific manufacturing facilities and processes. This regular input of new products has required the UTMC foundry to implement rigorous processes and procedures to meet customer requirements and assure first pass success. This drove deployment of a checklist procedure to accommodate these needs. The lessons learned are applicable to any facility that must occasionally absorb a new product or nonstandard customer request, including requests from internal customers. The flow and checklists provide a 'how to' step-by-step approach for foundries to avoid the numerous potential pitfalls associated with a new product or customer design. Of several new products per quarter, none were identical in either technological or manufacturing flow. Development of the above checklist methodology allowed running these new products while avoiding technical and administrative problems or surprises.<<ETX>>


An analytical procedure is proposed for the force‐deformation relationship of a reinforcing bar anchored in concrete. The procedure leads to computation of deformations in two parts, as extension and slippage. The extension of reinforcement is determined by establishing inelastic strain distribution along the embedment length of the bar. Constant average bond along the elastic length and frictional bond over the plastic length are assumed. The rigid body slippage of the bar is computed when the bar is stressed to the far end. An increase in the elastic bond stress is considered to develop the bar force with the available anchorage length. The elastic bond at the far end of the bar is used with a previously derived local bond‐slip model to obtain the rigid body slippage of the bar. The procedure is applied to straight as well as hooked bars, subjected to pull, and simultaneous push and pull, simulating exterior and interior joints. The results are verified against a large volume of experimental data report...


Objective To discuss when and how to treat cases of Hashimoto's disease by surgery. Methods Fifty-seven cases of Hashimoto's disease undergoing surgical treatment during the period 1993-2003, were reviewed as to their indications, methods and results. Results The major pre-opertive manifestations of the 57 cases were thyroid no-dule(s) (n=35), seriously enlarged thyroid(n=11), pressure symptoms(n=10), hyperthyroidism(n=9), pain(n=6) and cancer diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration(n=2). Pathological examination confirmed all the cases to be chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, among which 5 cases were accompanied by thyroid cancer(8.77%). All the patients were given replacement therapy with Levothyroxine postoperatively; none of them presented hypothyroidism in a follow-up of 1-3 years. Conclusions Surgery is to be advised when carcinoma be suspected ,or when a seriously enlarged thyroid producing pressure symptoms or persistent pain is presented despite medical therapy,or if medical therapy is proved ineffective altogether. The mode of operation should be selected according to the result of frozen section. Post operatively, a long-term medical treatment with thyroid hormone can help to obtain a good prognosis.


The focus of this study was to determine the position and the number of copies of RTBV endogenous fragments integrated into the genomes of local rice varieties. Local rice test consisted of Utri Merah, Pulut Sawijan, Srogel Abang, Bekongan, Blumbungan, and Tachung native 1 (TN1). The analysis showed that the RTBV genome was integrated into the local rice genome on the twelve chromosomes and at all loci. RTBV genome interration was demonstrated through the results of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) analysis with 1200 base pairs (bp) genome length and blast protein analysis results with an alignment of 66.9% in P194 as Open Reading Frame (ORF) 3 RTBV, 93% in ORFy, and other various physical genome structures. The number of copies of RTBV endogenous fragments test varieties was very fluctuating and related to gene mutations and protein motifs. All test varieties had gene mutations, but in the Utri Merah, Pulut Sawit, Bekongan and Srogen Abang varieties which had a lower number of fragment copies in compared to the Blumbungan variety and TN1 were able to produce expressions of ile rich protein patterned genes that play a role in plant resistance. In contrast, Blumbungan and TN1 varieties despite having a high number of copies of the endogenous fragment of RTBV, gene expression has no protein ile-rich motifs


Objective To explore the partial mechanisms of restenosis after transluminal angioplasty(TA) and prevention from resenosis.Methods TA was performed in celial arteries of rabbits with atherosclerotic(AS) narrowing.Vessel smooth muscle cells(VSMCs) separated from stenotic arteries with atherosclerosis and those 40 hours after TA were cultured and cultured inferring with stimulators such as Andrographis paniculate nees(APN),etc.The changes of cell counting and 125Ⅰ-deoxyaridine interpolation of those VSMCs were observed.Results Values of VSMCs 40 hours after TA did not increased obviously compared with those of AS-VSMCs,but became much higher than those of control group after being stimulating with platelets;Values of VSMCs of platelet group pretreated with APN had no marked change.Conclusion The growth of VSMCs 40 hours after TA did not got its climax;APN could effectively inhibit the growth of VSMCs after TA stimulated by platelets.


A microscopic theory for ultrafast coherent Raman spectroscopy of polyatomic molecules in condensed phases is developed. For off resonant excitation, an effective Hamiltonian that controls the molecular dynamics in a Raman process is derived. The limitations of the driven oscillator model are clarified, and generalized equations of motion, which hold for resonant and off resonant excitation, are derived. Spectral selectivity using pulse shaping is discussed.


Rural communities in Malaysia have been encouraged to develop themselves with ICT skills and knowledge. Mega ICT projects such as Rural Internet Center, Rural Info Center and National Broadband Initiatives have been introduced to encourage rural people to use ICT. To encourage rural people to use ICT, they must have positive attitude towards it and this study would specifically investigate the rural community leaders attitude towards ICT usage. This is a quantitative study. A total of 240 rural community leaders comprising Village Development and Security Committee were selected as the respondents. Using SPSS, descriptive and inferential analyses were performed to fulfill the objectives determined. Based on the results gained, it can be concluded that Village Development and Security Committee have a moderate level of attitude towards ICT usage. It was also identified that the self - efficacy, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, subjective norm, compatibility and job relevance have positive and significant association with attitude towards ICT usage. Further analysis done have proved that self-efficacy was the major significant contributor for attitude towards ICT usage. To further develop Village Development and Security Committee attitude towards ICT, it is recommended that rural community access and exposure to ICT must be strengthened.


The work of Bosko Tokin in the zenitist movement was most written about in the year when the movement was established. In the following year, 1922, only a few reviews were published, and afterwards not more than one study during one year. Until the 1960s only Rade Drainac wrote about Tokin's role in zenitism, in 1923 and 1938, and in 1961 a short review on that role was published. It has been only since the 1980s that the writing about Bosko Tokin in the context of zenitism has become more studious, and this has continued until 2012. Also, Tokin's part of the manifesto, as well as his withdrawal from the movement, were written about to the greatest degree. That topic was explored for the most part from the literary-historic point of view, but it was also interpreted from the painting and sociological point of view. The authors that have regarded Tokin's zenitist work most comprehensively are Radovan Vuckovic, Radomir Konstantinovic i Vidosava Golubovic. Out of all the reviews, the only negative ones are those written by  Ljubomir Micic. Tokin's zenitist work was discovered in the 1980s, as well as the other avant-garde writers and their works. What is more, literary historians and critics which contributed to the discovery of avant-garde the most, were also the ones who contributed to the discovery of Tokin's role within zenitism. Hence, the attitude of criticism towards Tokin's work in the avant-garde movement corresponds to the attitude of criticism towards the avant-garde literature in general.


Foreword by Carl AbbottAcknowledgements Introduction1. Early Portland and the Failure of Progressive Reform2. Post-World War II Portland3. Elkins vs. the Teamsters4. The Portland Vice Scandal5. The McClellan CommitteeEpilogue AbbreviationsNotesBibliography Index


Summary: We used positron emission tomography (PET) with [18F]2‐deoxyglucose to study cerebellar glucose metabolism (LCMRglu) and the effect of phenytoin (PHT) in 42 patients with complex partial seizures (CPS), and 12 normal controls. Mean ±SD patient LCMRglu was 6.9 ± 1.8 mg glucose/100 g/min (left = right), significantly lower than control values of 8.5 ± 1.8 (left, p < 0.006), and 8.3 ± 1.6 (right, p < 0.02). Only four patients had cerebellar atrophy on CT/MRI; cerebellar LCMRglu in these was 5.5 ± 1.5 (p = 0.054 vs. total patient sample). Patients with unilateral temporal hypometabolism or EEG foci did not have lateralized cerebellar hypometabo lism. Patients receiving phenytoin (PHT) at the time of scan and patients with <5 years total PHT exposure had lower LCMRglu, but the differences were not significant. There were weak inverse correlations between PHT level and cerebellar LCMRglu in patients receiving PHT (r = ‐0.36; 0.05 < p < 0.1), as well as between length of illness and LCMRglu (r = ‐0.22; 0.05 < p < 0.1). Patients with complex partial seizures have cerebellar hypo‐metabolism that is bilateral and due only in part to the effect of PHT.


The paper defines pms as being more than a study of the pavement condition and corrective actions. It outlines the important elements of a pms capable of predicting future pavement condition and of considering user benefits in addition to agency costs. These elements are then reviewed in a european context. In europe most effort has been devoted to systems for data acquisition and storage. Some of the equipment developed in europe for collecting condition data is briefly described. Less effort has, till recently, been used on developing analytical tools. The importance of extracting the information from the data is stressed and some of the (few) models presently in use in europe are described in brief. One of the conclusions of the paper is that a good pms is made up of good input data, good computer models and good engineers (a).


The influence of Barthes's 'The Death of the Author' is generally supposed to be supreme – it is quoted, in abbreviated and sometimes distorted forms, at every level of literary studies, in the prosecution of all kinds of argument from the general to the particular and from theory to practice, and its reputation and importance has arguably been greater in the Anglophone world. This essay looks at the importance of 'The Death of the Author' for English-language avantgarde poetics, considering how successful poets have been at functioning as 'modern scriptors' rather than authors and how far they accept this position. The article takes a range of examples: Ron Silliman, and his practice within the context of Language poetry; prose poet Dodie Bellamy, and with her the 'New Narrative' writers, often considered as standing opposed to Language poetry; and Harryette Mullen, whose work in Sleeping with the Dictionary (2002) and Recyclopedia (2006) seems to enact Barthes's description of an 'immense dictionary [...] a tissue of signs, endless imitation, infinitely postponed'. Synthesizing these disparate approaches, the article will offer an account of the state of post-Barthes poetics and consider if – and if so, in what ways – the contemporary poet is still an author.


The nuclear polyhedross virus of Heliothis armigera was fonnulated into dusts and wettable powders using indigenous fillers and additives. Results of laboratory evaluation sbowed that talc-based wettable powder formulations of NPV were as elfective as the unformulated virus against second instar larvae of H. armigera on chickpea. Dust formulations were less effective than wettable powder formulations and unformulated virus. The reduced efficacy of the dust formulations was attributed primarily to the reduclton in consumption of treated leaves. Use of acetone in the process of formulations reduced the efficacy of virus. No such reduction In efficacy was noticed when distilled water was used.


This study examined Korean secondary school English teachers' perceptions of usefulness and infeasibility of speaking performance assessment varied according to background variables such as teaching career, teacher training related to speaking performance assessment, and perceived competence in English speaking. It surveyed 466 secondary school English teachers. To explore the research question, the data were analyzed using ANOVA. The findings of the study were as follows: Teaching career was found to cause no significant difference in English teachers' perceptions of the usefulness and infeasibility of speaking performance assessment. Study participants, however, showed significant differences in their perceptions depending on their teacher training related to speaking performance assessment and their perceived competence in English speaking. The implications of the research findings were discussed, and pedagogical suggestions were provided.


CONVERSION of sunlight through the process of photosynthesis in green plants is a primary and renewable source of chemical energy. Sweet sorghum, sorghum bicolor (L) Moench., along with sugarcane, is in the classification that has the highest photosynthetic rate among terrestrial plants...


A digital overlay covering method includes a down link trunking and an up link trunking, wherein the down link trunking includes: receiving the signals, processing the signals, packing the framing digital signals, transmitting to a plurality of covering units through the optical fiber or five line transmissions, decoding the frame, completing the signal coverage transmitted by the antenna; the up link trunking comprises: receiving the signal, processing the signal, packing the framing digital signal, transmitting to the access unit through the optical fiber or five line transmissions, decoding the frame, transmitting to the base station system through the antenna of the access unit or the potical fiber/five line transmissions. The invention also provides a digital covering system. The method and the system of the invention adopt the digital signal processing, the digital signal transmission, the digital distribution, reduce the loss and the noise of the signal. An access unit is added at the entrance of the building, transmitted to the inside of the building through the wiring, and the coverage unit is accessed at the required position, namely reaching the requirement to be compatible of the multi-system and multi-frequency range, to complete the coverage of the signal.


The formation of a virtual enterprise is affected by many factors, whether the accurate judgment, the reasonable control of these factors directly relates to the formation and operation of Virtual Enterprise.In this paper, the macro factors of virtual enterprise is determined through empirical study. Using ISM method, it establish the structural model, and get the hierarchy between the factors. By analyzing the manner and the extent of the impact of various factors in the model, it puts forward the macro suggestions for the effective construction of virtual enterprise.


Myers, Knox, Palowski and Ropog's (1999) study evaluated communication openness and affective and non‐affective functional communication skills of information, collegial, and special peers in various organizations. In order to further explore the perceived communication behaviors of special peers, important persons in the work environment who have exceptionally close relationships with co‐workers, the present study focused only on the nature of these relationships within the specific context of two business, two government, and one non‐profit organizations. This study's findings reveal that there were no significant differences in the perceived communication openness of special peers regardless of the organizational context. However, data indicate that there was a significant difference in two affective and three non‐affective functional communication skills of government co‐workers as compared to business and non‐profit employees.


The undamaged drilling and cutting technology was applied in the rapid renewal and reformation project for Baosteel No.2 blast furnace,including high precision horizontal borehole,static horizontal cutting of whole foundation,grouting filling,uplift integral translation and the equipments.


Hospitals experience frequent system block whenever or wherever there is more footfall than the expected number of patients. In order to manage this patient number, the hospitals have opted for numerous methods to cope up with these operational and structural problems in the hospital or any health care centre and improve patient's overall experience. The first step towards betterment in health services is to reduce the Outdoor patients' waiting time. This will improve the level of Patient satisfaction as well as overall efficiency of the system. For this purpose, several types of Operations Research Models have been developed in Health Care field. These models help in overcoming the waiting time issues faced by Outpatient in Hospitals that have been further discussed in the paper. Also, the use of electronic health records and practice management tools by Medical practitioners has enabled faster care and effective patient management. The goal is to provide relevant information to the Healthcare analysts engaged in enhancement of hospital efficiency through an appropriate OR model However, there is scope of further research in hospital system optimization for improved co-ordination between hospital departments, waiting time of patients queuing for special treatments.


A positioning method based on magnetic gradient tensor was proposed for unexploded ordnance (UXO) detection on movable platforms. A multiresolution linear regression algorithm was developed to select measurement points collected when the instrument was relatively stable. In this algorithm, Pearson correlation coefficient (PCC) was adopted as a quality factor for characterizing the stability of instrument. Then, selected measurement points were processed in a modified Euler method for UXO position inversion. The results from the modified Euler method were selected again based on normalized magnetic source strength (NSS) and clustered by the DBSCAN algorithm. The validity of the method was tested with both simulation data and field experiment data collected by a backpack gradiometer. The test result showed that all four targets were detected and positioning errors were all lower than 0.15 m.