Weak fault feature extraction of rotating equipment is important for early fault warning. Continuous wavelet transform(CWT) can analyse signal in multiple scales, which can describe the local characteristics of the signal in different scales through translation. Therefore, it is convenient to the weak fault characteristic determination. As the reconstruction of different scale signals lead to different classification results, this research presents a new early fault diagnosis method based on CWT. CWT is carried on for signal decomposition. The optimal scale for signal analysis is selected based on wavelet entropy. Envelope spectrum analysis is applied to the reconstructed signal for feature extraction. The working condition can be classified based on characteristic frequency. Simulation and rolling element bearing signals are used to verify the effectiveness of this method. It can be concluded that this method is suitable for weak feature extraction based on this investigation.


A full Report of the Anniversary Meeting, with the President's Address and Report of Council, will be found in the ' Year-book ' for 1898-9. The Account of the Appropriation of the Government Grant and of the Trust Funds will also be found in the 'Year-book.'


The nonlinear model predictive control based on Wiener model by using the online training algorithm for RBF neural network and generalized predictive control algorithm is studied.The modus is feasible showed by simulation.


Recently, the Republic of Korea has experienced natural disasters, such as typhoons and heavy rainfall, as well as social accidents, such as large-scale accidents and infectious diseases, which are continuously occurring. Despite repeated disasters, problems such as inefficient early response and overlapping command systems occur continuously. In this study, we analyzed the characteristics of disaster management systems by foreign countries, and the status of the damages by disasters for the past 10 years in the Republic of Korea, to suggest possible measures to improve the Republic of Korea's integrated disaster management system. When a disaster occurs in the Republic of Korea, the Si/Gun/Gu Disaster Safety Measure Headquarters, under the command of the local governments, become the responsible agencies for disaster response while the central government supervises and controls the overall disaster support and disaster management. To improve the current disaster management system, we propose to incorporate all disaster types rather than dividing them by type into natural disasters and social disasters. To improve the disaster response and disaster management system, we propose to restructure the current administrative organization, revise the disaster-related laws, and overcome problems, such as inter-ministerial interconnectivity and overlapping regulation.


Characteristics of sub-100 nm CMOSFETs with HfSiON gate dielectrics with various Hf concentrations (/spl Cscr/;/sub Hf/) have been investigated, and the design guideline to obtain the superior device performance is presented for the first time. It is found that MOSFETs with lower /spl Cscr/;/sub Hf/ results in higher drive current due to lower parasitic resistance (R/sub para/) for the same effective oxide thickness (EOT). Therefore, /spl Cscr/;/sub Hf/ should be kept low in so far as it meets the /spl Iscr/;/sub g/ target in order to obtain good MOSFET performance. It is demonstrated that 50 nm gate CMOSFETs with optimized HfSiON show high drive current of 650 /spl mu/A//spl mu/m and 250 /spl mu/A//spl mu/m for n-and p-MOSFET, respectively, with low gate leakage current (/spl Iscr/;/sub g/) of 0.3 A/cm/sup 2/ while maintaining the thermal stability up to 1050/spl deg/C. This performance exceeds reported value of sub-100 nm CMOSFET with high-k materials.


With the objective of studying the effect of pretreatments involving sulfuric acid scarification, cold moist stratification, and scarification followed by stratification on germination of Cotinus coggygria Scop. seeds of different provenances, fruits were collected in three provenances from Artvin, Turkey. Sulfuric acid was not found an effective scarifying agent for breaking seed coat dormancy in C. coggygria seeds. Germination percentage and germination rate increased significantly with increasing stratification duration (30 to 120 days), with optimum at 120 days for all seed provenances. When averaged over all provenances, cold stratification for 3 months resulted higher germination percentage (GP = 72.3%) and germination rate (PV = 8.2) than that of scarification. Also, germination response for different scarification and stratification treatments revealed a significant difference on germination of the provenances. Seeds scarified with sulfuric acid followed by cold moist stratification showed significant improvement for germination performance. Highest improvement observed under scarification (20 - 40 min) followed by stratification (30 or 60 days) treatments (GP > 90%; PV > 16), and seeds from three provenances exhibited uniformity in response.


Self-medication (SM) is the use of medicines by people who take drugs without the advice of doctors. Purpose: To determine the prevalence of SM for dental pain, to compare the contributing factors, perception, and awareness regarding the practice among medical, dental and, pharmacy students. Methods: This observational study was conducted among 573 year1 and year5 students undergoing the teaching of pharmacology. The validated questionnaires were distributed during the beginning of the years. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 23. Results: The experience of dental pain by the students was 69-87%. The prevalence of SM among year1 and year5 were 30% and 49% (medical), 37% and 61% (dental), 46% and 57% (pharmacy) respectively with pharmacy year1 scoring highest at 46% and dental year5 at 61%. Both years medicated with analgesic at 17-33% while 35-70% opted for saltwater, ice packs, and others. The medical and pharmacy students perceived that they do not have a good ability to diagnose symptoms of dental pain. The majority was aware of drug interactions and expiratory dates. Conclusion: As expected, the year5 self-medicated more than the year1, made easy by the gain in knowledge and accessibility to medicines. Their perception and awareness rationalize them as future prescribers for medication.


A general procedure for the Michael addition of pyrroles with electron-deficient olefins using silica gel supported reagent under microwave irradiation, has been developed. This new method is fast, efficient, environmentally benign and solvent-free. A catalytic amount of BiCl 3 is employed for moderately bulk electron-deficient olefins.


UP TO NOW, our analysis has focused on real activity in the economy and its implications for aggregate growth, factor accumulation, resource allocation, productivity growth, and changes in the structure of production and of demand. The role of market mechanisms and of relative prices in determining resource allocation and structural change has been left in the background. Yet in mixed economies, the policy instruments that are designed to promote development work through markets and prices. In this chapter, therefore, we explicitly consider how market mechanisms and relative prices affect industrialization under different development strategies…


Agent construction system is a great transform of management mode in our government invested projects. This paper expounds the difference and similarity of management mode in the domestic engineering projects, in which the Agent construction system should be put in practice. There are some theoretical bases for government to improve the management level of the projects.


Energy-saving train operations are significant both in theory and in applications, but computing the optimization of train operations is very difficult and complex. The optimization computation problem of energy-saving train operations on an undulating-slope line is discussed by means of an intelligent computation model in this paper. To generate the optimal train operation diagram, an intelligent computation model combining local optimization with global optimization is proposed. The local optimization's numerical functions are obtained from the simulation computation, and the construction of those data is realized by a neural network. The global optimization computation, using a genetic algorithm, generates the train operation diagram. Theoretical analysis and simulation experiments show that the result is satisfactory. Moreover, compared to other methods, not only is the energy saving greater but the computational efficiency is greatly improved too.


The gap between those who understand the complexities of community requirements and the information technologists who can build the technologies represents a central focus of concern with Community Informatics (CI) research. This paper explores how different assumptions about the utility of information leads to poor communication between researchers and practitioners. Braman's four-part hierarchy is a useful vehicle to investigate this as she seeks to include a range of actors such as policy makers, technologists and community members. A number of case study examples are explored to illustrate the value of Braman's work for CI.


Detailed analyses of rock magnetic experiments were conducted on the oxidation products of high-purity natural crystalline siderite that were thermally treated in air atmosphere. Susceptibilities increase sharply between 400° and 530°C indicative of some new ferrimagnetic mineral phase generation. Both a drop (between 540° and 590°C) on the heating cycle and a dramatic increase (from 590°C to 520°C) on the cooling cycle occurred and are well consistent with the characteristic of magnetite. A distinct Hopkinson-type susceptibility peak indicates that hematite is the terminal product if siderite is heated to 700°C over and over. It has been revealed in detail that the original inverse magnetic susceptibility fabric contributed by the crystalline anisotropy of siderite in siderite-bearing specimens is changed to a normal magnetic fabric during incremental heating over 410°–490°C. This is a result of dominant contributions from the distribution anisotropy of newly transformed ferromagnetic minerals. A strong chemical-viscous remanent magnetization could be produced during siderite oxidation in an external field. Rock magnetic experimental results show that magnetite, maghemite, and hematite are the transformation products of high-temperature oxidation of siderite in air. Maghemite was not completely inverted to hematite even at temperature as high as 690°C during incremental thermal treatments. The mineral transformation processes were confirmed by conventional optical microscopic observation, X-ray diffractometry and Mossbauer spectroscopic analyses. These results indicate that the rock magnetic methods used here are reliable and highly sensitive in detecting very small magnetic phase changes in rocks. We conclude that these temperaturedependent variations of magnetic properties can be used as criteria for identification of siderite in rocks and sediments. Furthermore, it is clear that great care should be exercised in thermal demagnetization of siderite-bearing rocks in paleomagnetic, magnetic anisotropy, and rock magnetic studies.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose PlaceMaker as a method of urban analysis and design which both detects elements that do not feature in traditional mapping and which constitute the contemporary identity of the places, and identifies appropriate project interventions. In order to illustrate the method's potential, the final results of experimentation carried out in the Ramblas in Barcelona are presented.Design/methodology/approach – The proposed method gathers, processes and reconstructs the data deriving from nominal, perceptual, graphic, photographic and video surveys, and compares these data with those provided by an analysis of expectations, an analysis of traditional cartography and two questionnaires administered to local inhabitants. The information collected during the phases of analysis constitutes the basis for constructing guidelines for sustainable design and planning. Two final complex maps – the first of analysis and the second of design – respectively, represent the identity...


As an important part of the development of a low-carbon economy, developing low-carbon logistics is an important measure to implement transform the economic development mode and cope with global warming. In order to effectively realize the low-carbon operation of agricultural cold chain logistics, a fuzzy cognitive map is employed to analyze the vulnerability of agricultural cold chain logistics on the perspective of carbon footprint. With the analysis above, the influencing factors of carbon emissions in cold chain logistics operations can be identified. Therefore, the carbon reduction strategy of the cold chain logistics of agricultural products can be obtained. Our findings can be as decision-making reference for relevant departments and enterprises to better formulate cold chain low carbon emission strategies and promote green logistics to achieve high-quality development.


Initially, this thesis represents a theoretical argument about the values of procedure in different social settings. In particular, it explores the implications of such concepts as democracy, justice, efficiency and social stability from a procedural perspective. The argument shows that the role of procedure is indispensable to the concepts. Then the thesis specifically examines the role of procedure in ensuring justice and legality in the administrative state through a comparison between the Civil and Anglo-American


When considering the assessment of concrete structures, a consistent approach to assess the safety level of existing structures in an objective and well‐founded way is currently still lacking in practice. As such, fib TG3.1 has developed proposals for the quantification of adjusted partial factors for the assessment of existing structures and has harmonized these proposals with partial factors for design. This resulted in a set of equations and tabulated values for the determination of partial factors for the design of new structures as well as the assessment of existing structures, currently under consideration for the fib Model Code 2020 (MC2020). In this contribution, the equations and tabulated values for partial factors as proposed for MC2020 are briefly summarized and applied in a full‐probabilistic first order reliability method (FORM) analysis in order to assess the accuracy of the proposal with respect to reaching chosen target reliability levels. The proposals appear to lead to a consistent and adequate framework for both design and assessment, that enables targeted safety levels to be achieved.


The service branch,as the subsidiary system of Kailuan Group,managed extensively because of being subjected to management system and circulating mechanism ground influence.After the establishment of the professional management system,the company carried out fine management,drawing up the consumption quantum,abridging the gap between dominant industry and market,studying the market orientation scientifically and strengthening the ability of existence and development,making the logistics dominant industry of Kailuan Group become more and more specialty to integrate social market system gradually.


Enantioselective recognition properties of novel chenodeoxycholic acid molecular tweezers 1~6 for amino acid methyl esters were investigated by UV-Vis spectra titration in CHC1_3 at 25℃. The results indicate that molecular tweezer receptors 1~6 not only recognize all amino acid methyl esters examined but also possess higher selectivity for D-amino acid methyl esters. The size/shape-fit and geometrical complement between receptor and substrate play an important role in the inclusion complexation of amino acid methyl esters with molecular tweezers 1~6. The recognition ability of these receptors comed mainly form hydrogen bond and π-π stacking interaction.


Provided is a method for manufacturing a thin film transistor array substrate. The thin film transistor array substrate is of a top gate structure. According to the method for manufacturing the thin film transistor array substrate, the TFT array substrate is manufactured by performing masking three times, by utilizing an indium gallium zinc oxide to manufacture a thin film transistor in the thin film transistor array substrate, the pixel electrode charging speed of the thin film transistor can be greatly improved, the pixel response speed is improved, the faster refresh rate is achieved, the pixel line scanning speed is greatly improved due to faster response simultaneously, and ultrahigh resolution of a thin film transistor liquid crystal display is probable; besides, a masking process is only performed three times according to the manufacturing method, the processing steps can be remarkably reduced, processing time is shortened, production cost is effectively reduced, production efficiency is improved, and productivity is improved.


This study aims to prove empirically the effect of financial rewards, labor market
considerations, professional training, work environment, professional recognition, and
social value on career interests as public accountants. The population of this study
isungraduate accounting students of 2014 amounts of 743 students and is obtained samples
of 260 students. The obtained are data categorized as primary data getting by distributing
questionnaires and secondary data. The test results prove that the professional training,
work environment, professional recognition, and social value have significant effects on
career interests as public accountants, unlike the variables of financial presentation and
labor market considerations, the test results prove that those variables have no effect on
career interest as public accountants


Abstract The study investigates the misconceptions of Portuguese students aged 16‐17 in an area of science education, earth science education, which is insufficiently researched. Students' ideas of the following concepts were probed: continent, ocean, permanence of ocean basins, continental drift, the Earth's magnetic field, and plates and plate motions. Interviews were carried out and a questionnaire was administered to a total of 270 students after normal specialist teaching. A teaching‐learning model was designed based on a constructivist approach which was underpinned by resources and strategies planned and trialled with an experimental group of volunteer students. The results reveal that the students held a substantial number of misconceptions. The resources and strategies designed to remediate the misconceptions proved to be effective and enjoyable in use.


The performance of two bridged carrier-sense multiple access with collision detection (CSMA/CD) local area networks is investigated by using a finite-state slotted model of the networks. From solving the main equations governing the behavior of the networks, the effects of various design parameters on the network performance are studied. It is shown that the proper use of a bridge can lead to substantial improvement in the throughput and delay performance.<<ETX>>


Abstract The 1978 Bibliography continues the series of annual issues of Bibliographies Spectroscopy of Molecular Crystals. The full list of these issues from 1957–1968 may be found in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 6, 175, 1969. The issues for 1969, 1970, 197 1, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977 are published ibid, 14, 329 (1971), 17, 55 (1972), 19, 331 (1973), 26, 87 (1974), 30, 239 (1975), 33, 261 (1976), 39, 259 (1977), 46, 25 (1978) and 54, 59 (1979).


In order to understand the flow and filtration characteristics in a wall-flow type DPF(Diesel Particulate Filter), 0-D, 1-D, and 3-D simulations are preformed. In this paper, three model are explained and validated with each other. Based on the comparisons with 1-D and 3-D results for the steady state solution, 3-D CFD analysis is preferable to 1-D for the prediction of wall velocity at the inlet and exit plane. Because PM loading process is transient state phenomena, the combination of full 3-D and time dependent simulation is crucial for the configuration of wall channels. New coupling technique, which is the connection between calculated permeability from 0-D lumped parameter model and UDF(User Defined Functions) of main solver, is proposed for the realistic simulation.


This paper discusses the concept of public-key encryption in depth, providing the number-theoretic and complexity-theoretic basis needed for its analysis. It also provides a survey of other public-key encryption methods, and concludes with an alternative application for RSA and public-key encryption in general, public-key signatures.


Misinformation can lead to a loss of confidence in vaccination — a problem that can spread rapidly, is often slow to reverse, and can result in


The author tries to contribute to the debate regarding the problem of finding equivalents in legal texts. To do this, it focuses its interest in analyzing a pair of Czech and Spanish legal concepts, in order to demonstrate and emphasize that the translation of texts of legal content between two typologically and culturally different languages (such as the Spanish and Czech) often carries with the need for a diverse range of decisions by the translator. Thus, one objective of the paper would reflect on several different ways of translating culturally marked lexical units and also comment about the ups and downs of some techniques used by different translators of texts of different degree of specialization.


Erythrina indica var. picta (L.) B. & M. (Fabaceae), commonly known as brasileirinho, sunshine tree or coral tree, is a rustic ornamental tree widely used in gardens in Brazil. In March of 2014, leaf blight and intense defoliation in E. indica var. picta were observed in Moju, PA, Brazil (Fig. 1A). The spots were characterized by the presence of mycelia on the leaf surface (Fig. 1A). Microscopic examination of the mycelia revealed association with Rhizoctonia spp. The characteristics observed were a distinct right-angle branching pattern, the constriction of hyphae near the point of origin, and multinucleate individual hyphae compartments (1). The fungus was isolated from infected tissues on potato-dextrose-agar (PDA). The anastomosis group (AG) was determined by pairing the isolate with the following tester strains of multinucleate Rhizoctonia solani group: AG1IA (CMAA 908) AG1-IB (CMAA 909); AG-2-2 IIIB (CMAA 907); AG3 (CMAA 906); AG4 AHI (CMAA 903); AG4 140 (CMAA 904); AG7-H0 (CMAA 901); AG-BI TS-2-4 (CMAA 905) (2). The isolates were obtained from the Culture Collection of Microorganisms of Environmental and Agricultural Importance (CMAA) of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, located in Jaguariúna, São Paulo. The isolate of E. indica var. picta anastomosed with AG1-IA. The genomic DNA of the isolate was extracted (3), and the ITS-5.8S region was amplified by using the pair of primers ITS4B/ ITS1F. The amplicons were cloned by using pGEM-T Easy Vector Sys-


Fatigue and sleep deprivation are common phenomena, especially among medical professionals and shift workers. Studies have proven that short episodes of sleep deprivation can lead to sympathetic hyperactivity with an elevation in blood pressure, heart rate, and an increased secretion of stress hormones (e.g. cortisol, noradrenaline, thyroid hormones). In this study investigating cardiac strain in 20 healthy subjects undergoing short‐term sleep deprivation, it could be shown for the first time that 24‐hr‐shift‐related short‐term sleep deprivation leads to a significant increase in cardiac contractility, blood pressure, heart rate and stress hormone secretion. These findings may help better understand how workload and shift duration affect public health, and lay the foundation for further investigations.


The stored grain pests are causing huge damage to stored grains world especially tropical regions. Different pesticides and fumigation are used for their control. In the presen t study, effect of an organophosphate, chlorpyrifos is being evaluated on Khapara bettle ( Trogoderma granarium) which is a very serious pest in stored grain godones of Pakistan. For this purpose, the LC 50 of chlorpyrifos against 4 th instar larvae of four different strains of T. granarium collected from different cities of Punjab like Khanewal, Lahore, Muzaffargarh and Sheikhupura were determined by residual film method.The LC50 values shown by these strains were 1575.5, 2673.9, 1150.1 and 1790.0 µg /ml res pectively. On the basis of LC50 Lahore strain considered as resistant strain against chlorpyrifos, whereas Muzaffargarh strain used as susceptible strain. Larvae of these two strains of T. granarium were exposed to sub lethal dose (LC 20) for the evaluation of toxic effects of the insecticide on glucose, total lipid, soluble protein and total protein.The biochemical analysis was carried out after 24, 48, 96 and 192 hours of chlorpurifos treatments. The following insecticide treatment showed significant increase in glucose content in Lahore (resistant) and Muzaffargarh (susceptible) strains throughout the treatment. Lipid content also showedsimilar change with highly significant increase in almost all treatment of chlorpyrifos in both strains. Soluble protein content depicted highly significantly increase in both the strains after 24, 96 and 196 hours except Lahore strain, which showed non-significant rise after 48 hour's treatment. The total protein content of resistant and susceptible strains showed highly significant increase in all treatments.


Hypoxia causes vasodilatation of coronary arteries which protects the heart from ischaemic damage through mechanisms including the generation of hydrogen sulphide (H2S), but the influence of the perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) and myocardium is incompletely understood. This study aimed to determine whether PVAT and the myocardium modulate the coronary artery hypoxic response and whether this involves hydrogen sulphide.


As a self-assured vernacular literary culture consolidated in fourteenth-century Italy, Italian writers frequently measured their own achievements against previous genres and traditions—Latin classical poetry, Occitan and Sicilian lyric, French romances, rhetorical and philosophical instruction, and so on—sorting out which features of these traditions remained vital enough to be drawn upon in new literary experiments, and which features needed to be abandoned or thoroughly transformed. One legacy that presented a unique set of challenges was the quasi-theatrical practice of giullari, minstrel-like entertainers who busked in the streets or performed at wealthy dinner parties, telling stories, singing songs, and cracking jokes in hope of being rewarded with food, money, or clothes. The most conspicuous practitioners in this tradition were uomini di corte (court entertainers), performers who wandered from court to court; their hallmark talent was a repartee of pleasantries, jokes, and barbs (piacevolezze, facezie, motti), many of which, repeated by word of mouth or recorded in writing, entered into a popular repertoire of humorous anecdotes. When trecento writers considered the relationship of their own verbal artistry to popular traditions of entertainment, the figure of the uomo di corte served as an emblem of the performative energy, verbal wit, and scurrility associated with giullari. This essay demonstrates how trecento writers themselves broached their perplexing relation to performative traditions of entertainment. I explore their concerns by eavesdropping upon an intertextual conversation about uomini di corte that takes place across a series of texts composed by four Florentine writers. In these four texts (each of which is in dialogue with the preceding ones) the figure of the uomo di corte encapsulates concerns about how vernacular literature might mediate between popular and elite cultural registers. Eavesdropping upon this conversation, I analyze each of these four texts, teasing out their literarycultural import and paying particular attention to the aesthetics of creative imitation and allusion. This intertextual conversation is set in motion by Dante Alighieri (c. 1265–1321), who names the uomo di corte Guiglielmo Borsiere in Inferno 16. Dante's concerns about social deportment are sharpened by Giovanni


Asthma is a heterogeneous disease in which the interaction between genetic and environmental factors plays a major role. The significance of blood eosinophil is unclear. The aim of the study was to determine the significance of blood eosinophil count in moderate‐to‐severe asthmatic children of preschool age and school age.


With the continuous innovation of medical diagnosis forms, the communication and interaction between patients and medical staff have become more frequent and informationalized. How to extract valuable information from a large amount of clinical medical text has attracted more and more attention of researchers. Medical named entity recognition is the basis for structuring the information in clinical medical text, and has great technical significance. This paper aims at the task of medical named entity recognition, using Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory, conditional random field, adapting Transformer encoder for named entity recognition, incorporating Chinese character radical information, and converting it into machine reading comprehension task, to build medical named entity recognition models based on different pre-trained language models. Finally, the model ensemble is carried out on the results of the above multiple different models to obtain the final recognition result. In the final test data set of medical term recognition track of "Chinese Clinical Medical Text Word Segmentation and Named Entity Challenge", the method in this paper obtains the F1 score of 82.72%.


This article looks at the particular status of religious language in Beckett's writing. It considers the value of Biblical language both in Beckett's development of an impersonal aesthetic and for his exploration of the question of presence and authority in the literary text. The paper begins with an exploration of Beckett's ambivalent relationship with an idiom at once personal and impersonal, and goes on to show the imaginative possibilities he found in a language that escapes from the secular dichotomy of metaphorical and literal reference.


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Given a probability space (\Omega, S, \mu) ; X_1, \{ V_n \}(n = 1, 2, \cdots), K -component complex-valued random variables on (\Omega, S, \mu), K a positive integer, whose components have finite variance and mean zero; and two sequences of matrices \{ \phi_n \}, \{ M_n \} where the \{ \phi_n \} are K \times K and the \{M_n\} are K_n \times K, K_n positive integers, matrices whose elements are complex constants. We consider the stochastic process \{X_n\} where \begin{equation} X_{n+1} = \phi_n X_n + V_n \qquad n \geq 1 \end{equation} and the associated sampling procedure \begin{equation} Y_n = M_n X_n \qquad n \geq 1. \end{equation} We pose the following question. If in the "prediction problem" and the "filtering problem" we let \bar{X}_{n+1} and X {\prime}_ {n+1} , respectively, be the "best estimates," under what circumstances do the differences X_{n+1} - \bar{X}_{n+1} and X_{n+1}- X {\prime}_{n+1} - "approach 0 as n \rightarrow \infty ". In Secion I we give definitions and some properties. In Section II, we give an answer in the special case where \phi _n = \phi and M_n = M (i.e., they are independent of n ). In Section III we prove a theorem that gives a deeper insight into the condition under which the theorem proved in Section II holds.


In recent decades, reflections on the teaching of social research methodology at univer- sities have become more relevant not only in the classroom but also in numerous academic fields. These reflections have acquired greater importance due to the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the transition to virtual environments at all levels of education. In university education, 2020 and 2021 were clearly dominated by the use of various online platforms. Research practice and the processes involved in the teaching and learning of research methodology involve considering how the theories at hand, the instruments, and even our ideas of perception, observation and interpretation of the world are influenced by the processes and approaches of a particular era. In the context of social structuring methods based on immediate enjoyment through consumption (Scribano, 2004), in this paper we review how the teaching and learning of social research methodology are not excluded from this view. As teachers of this subject at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, we pose several questions based on our experience teaching online courses in 2020. Has consumption, as a means of social relationship, entered the classroom? What is the relationship between consumption and the teaching and learning process? How did the online environment affect this relationship? How close to or distant from those of the market are the interactions between teachers and students? To conclude our paper we underline the ways in which the academic ex- perience is imbued with sensitivities that are linked to immediate enjoyment through consumption and how this may be an obstacle to the teaching and learning of research methodology.


Shuttle Radar Terrain Mission (SRTM) DEM has become one of digital topographic data sources of the earth because of its high spatial resolution and near-global coverage. However, its widely usage has been limited by some void areas occurred in SRTM DEM, which are mainly related to the water body, spikes or wells. Although they were modified into finished SRTM DEM by using a complicated process by National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), in which a lot of void areas could be filled with correct data, some void areas still exited especially in the water area. In addition, the accuracy of the finished SRTM DEM might be hindered because of no global accurate DEM as a reference. And the finished SRTM DEM can't be freely downloaded from Internet also limits its usage in some extent. A simple method to create an edited SRTM DEM based-on Landsat ETM+ image was proposed in this paper. The unfinished SRTM data was firstly re-projected to the UTM projection for matching the Landsat ETM+ image in the same area. Secondly, through analyzing the spectral attributes of water, the water body was accurately extracted from Landsat ETM+ image by using the indices of NDWI and NDVI. Thirdly, the water body in the unfinished SRTM DEM was masked, and the water void areas and non-water void areas were finally separated. The water body void areas were filled with the surrounding minimum elevation data and the non-water void areas were filled by using the method of Kriging interpolation. The results showed that the proposed method could improve the unfinished SRTM DEM, which were proved to be better than CIAT edited SRTM DEM according to the comparison of both visual effect and statistical accuracy.


A popular pastime among pundits today is lamenting the declining percentage of voters who participate in national elections. In the U.S. presidential election of 1992, only 55.2% of the voting-age population actually voted. This is up from 50.1% in the 1988 election but down from 62.8% in 1960, the high point in voter turnout in the past 50 years. The statistics are even more discouraging for nonpresidential election years: In 1994, a mere 45% of the voting-age population participated in the process. Despite this fact, I was surprised and disappointed to learn that the turnout among eligible voters in American Chemical Society elections is much more dismal. Last year, a mere 25% of those eligible to vote for president-elect did so. This is actually an increase from 1993, when less than 20% of eligible voters participated in the selection of the president-elect. According to polls following national elections, voters say they ...


Introduction: Icy grains and satellites orbiting in Saturn's magnetosphere are immersed in a plasma that sputters their surfaces. This limits the lifetime of the Ering grains and ejects neutrals that orbit Saturn until they are ionized and populate its magnetosphere. Modeling the production of tenuous atmospheres or estimating the lifetime of icy grains requires reliable values for the plasma parameters and also accurate laboratory data for the sputtering yields at ion energies and ice temperatures relevant to those environments. Here we re-evaluate the sputtering rate of ice in Saturn's inner magnetosphere using the recent Cassini data on the plasma ion density, temperature and composition [1] and a recent measurements and analysis of relevant sputtering data for ice [2].


typically an acute, selflimited disease. In contrast, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic, relapsing disorder. Both disease processes can have similar clinical, laboratory, and endoscopic features. Patients with undiagnosed underlying IBD may initially present with Salmonella colitis, posing a diagnostic dilemma. Appropriate management of the underlying IBD is typically delayed for 2 to 6 months, because clinical symptoms are attributed to the Salmonella infection. Colonic biopsy specimens are useful in distinguishing Salmonella colitis from acute-onset inflammatory bowel disease. We report three cases of coincident Salmonella infection and inflammatory bowel disease to augment the available medical literature and increase awareness of this diagnostic dilemma in the primary


Received: February 3, 2014; Published online: March 3, 2014Dedicated to the memory of Z. A. Starikova.Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsc.201400123.Abstract: A unique nickel-based catalytic system wasdeveloped where the direction of the hydrophos-phorylation reaction can be controlled by varyingthe catalyst loading. A flexible one-pot access to vi-nylmonophosphonates and alkylbisphosphonates wasdemonstrated using simple starting materials in anatom-economic reaction without any specific solventsor ligands. Monitoring of the reaction mechanismwith joint NMR and MS studies revealed key infor-mation about the reaction intermediates. The syn-thetic scope of the developed catalytic system wasexplored and the utility of the synthesized productsfor the fire protection of cotton materials was dem-onstrated.Keywords: alkynes; homogeneous catalysis; nickel;phosphorylation; selectivity


With the advent of digital photography, the use of traditional film has slowly declined until it is now regarded as only for enthusiasts and the nostalgic. While scientific photography has long been a topic of numerous publications, very few, if any, have dealt specifically or exclusively with digital media. Enrico Savazzi aims to fill this gap and has done so with an all-encompassing manual that will prove invaluable for advanced amateurs as well as professionals.


The present world is Internet globe. Presently multi day fame of E-trade is expanding colossally. Utilizing Ebusiness individuals do their monetary arrangement online like web based shopping and so on. Most well known mode for on the web and disconnected installment is utilizing MasterCard, utilization of charge card has fundamentally expanded. So as Visa is getting to be well known modes for online monetary exchanges, in the meantime extortion related with it are additionally rising. This paper depicts a method for secure exchange utilizing visual cryptography. Another framework is been proposed by utilizing Image Cryptography to Generate OTP for proficient and to lessen monetary misfortunes. The framework is completely worried about Visa application extortion location by playing out the procedure of visual cryptography. We propose a charge card extortion location framework that uses Visual Cryptography to Generate OTP for productive exchange and to diminish financial misfortunes. The framework is completely worried about Mastercard application extortion location by playing out the strategy of visual cryptography and dark scales to overpower the weakness referenced already in the current frameworks. To begin with, we tend to Generate OTP picture. For the OTP picture we separate the RBG esteems and after that we do dark scaling, the dim scaled picture is given as a contribution for thresholding. At last, shares are created by (2,2)VCS. The investigation results demonstrate that our methodology accomplishes reasonable execution. Addresses the issue of secret phrase being helpless against assault, by OTP age utilizing visual cryptography secure exchange should be possible effectively. Today there isn't any web crawler other than a portion of the above notice ones that give a superior responsiveness to the client's demand for the outcome.


As the latest epoch of the Earth's history, 11.7 ka BP (hereafter referred to as ka) and represents a new phase, encompassing the time span of human civilization. The last deglaciation lasted well into the Holocene, implying that the early Holocene was characterized by a largescale reorganization with transitions in various components of the climate system. Studying the Holocene can provide insights into how the climate system functions, apart from the theoretical contributions to climate history itself. different combinations of climate forcings for 11.5 ka and for the entire Holocene to investigate the response of the climate–ocean system to the main climate forcings. In particular, two possible tested considering the relatively large uncertainty in reconstructed ice-sheet melting. Moreover, we compared four Holocene simulations performed with the LOVECLIM, CCSM3, FAMOUS and HadCM3 models by identifying the regions where the multi-model simulations are consistent and where they are not, and analysing the reasons at the two levels (of the models' variables and of the model principles and physics) where mismatches were found. After this, these multi-model simulations were systematically compared with data-based reconstructions in extratropics, namely Fennoscandia, Greenland, North Canada, Alaska and high-latitude Siberia. Potential uncertainty sources were also analysed in both model simulations and proxy data, and the most probable climate histories were when available. Additionally, the contribution and human population size, to the variation in Holocene vegetation cover in Fennoscandia was assessed by employing the variation partitioning method. With effects of climate forcings, including variations in orbital-scale insolation (ORB), melting of the ice sheets and changes in greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations, the climate shows spatial heterogeneity both at 11.5 ka and over the course of the Holocene. At 11.5 ka, the positive summer ORB forcing overwhelms the minor negative GHG anomaly and causes a higher summer temperatures of 2–4 °C in the extratropical continents than at 0 ka. The ice-sheet forcings primarily induce climatic cooling, and the underlying mechanisms include enhanced surface albedo over ice sheets, anomalous atmospheric circulation, reduced the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and relevant feedbacks. In particular, the most distinct feature is a thermally contrasting pattern over North America, with simulated temperatures being around 2 °C higher than those at 0 ka for Alaska, whereas over most of Canada, temperatures are more than 3 °C lower. The geographical variability of simulated temperatures is also reflected in Holocene temperature evolution, especially during the early Holocene, as constant Holocene cooling in Alaska contrasts with strong early-Holocene warming (warming rate over 1 °C kyr-1) in


Objective: To explore whether clinical effect is related to Traditional Chinese Medicine( TCM) pattern through study on reports about clinical effect and TCM pattern. Methods: The China Academic Journal Network Publishing Database( CAJD) and MEDLINE database were searched for studies employing the same theraputic methods for patients with identical diseases but different TCM patterns in Chinese and English. Results:Forty reports were included. It turned out that for patients with respiratory,cardiovascular,cerebrovascular and other system diseases but different TCM patterns,after being treated with Chinese medicine and / or western medicine,the clinical effects were significantly different. Conclusion: It was found that employing the same theraputic methods for patients with identical diseases but different TCM patterns can gain different theraputic effects. This implies that clinical effect was related to TCM pattern.


The asymmetry of cyclotron radiation from a mode conversion layer is presented for harmonics of the ion cyclotron frequency and the second harmonic of the electron cyclotron frequency for weakly relativistic electrons. The same form of Kirchhoff's law is found for all cases, relating the emission along each branch to the absorption of an incident wave along the corresponding branch. Results show that the fast wave radiation is more strongly asymmetric at the third harmonic than at the second harmonic of the ion cyclotron frequency, while the slow wave radiation ratio is about same. At the second cyclotron harmonic of weakly relativistic electrons, the asymmetry of radiation is found to be small at high temperature. The effect of equilibrium Bernstein wave radiation is also discussed.


Chen AJ, Ulloa JG, Torrez T, Yeh SL, de Virgilio CM, Gelabert HA, Rigberg DA, Lawrence PF, O'Connell JB. Ann Vasc Surg 2021 Dec 18;S0890-5096 The authors in a retrospective study reviewed all MOCA procedures performed at the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Hospital from 2015–2020; variables included CEAP and VCSS scores, patient symptoms, post procedure duplex ultrasound, closure level, and need for anticoagulation. GSV ablation efficacy was defined as occlusion on initial post procedural duplex ultrasound. Thrombus extension into the deep veins was defined using the American Venous Forum (AVF) endothermal heat induced thrombosis classification. 104 venous ablation procedures were performed on 86 patients. 11 (12.8%) patients received bilateral interventions, and 6 (7%) patients had asynchronous interventions on the same leg. The average age was 58.4 years (SD 12); 93% were male. Pre-procedural symptoms included pain (98.1%), varicose veins (83.7%), edema (55.8%), and active ulcers (18.3%). C2 was the most common classification (34.6%), followed by C3 (22.1%) and C6 (21.2%). 43.2% of the patients had deep system reflux, and 53% had concomitant phlebectomies. Average VCSS score was 7.5 (SD 3.5). GSV ablation rate of 92.7% (n = 89) in the 96 procedures which had post-procedure follow up; there was no temporal evidence of a learning curve. On post procedure duplex of the 89 technically successful ablations, 77 (86.5%) patients had AVF EHIT 1, 3 (3.4%) had EHIT 2, 8 (8.9%) had EHIT 3 and 1 had EHIT 4.14 (15.7%) patients were newly started on anticoagulation for an average of 33.2 days (SD 34.1). There were no adverse effects associated with thrombus extension or anticoagulation. 68.4% of C6 patients had improvement or resolution of their ulcers. The authors concluded that MOCA ablation of the GSV is a safe procedure that may be performed with good technical success.


This paper sets a model to simulate the working process of hydraulic pressure system of tanker cargo oil valve. It first briefly states the working process of the real system, and then sets a function model to the system. After analysing in theory, the paper develops a set of simulating models to get the system working parameters so as to meet the requirement of dynamic training.


The main aim of the thesis was to design and implement a device designed to test the electrical resistance of the tested module. This equipment will be used in the production in the company, which manufactures heating and cooling equipment. The device will be programmed in LabVIEW and will comply with all the standards customary in company. Master's thesis in its theoretical part describes the test module and its basic principle, basic concepts, functionality and description of existing equipment, which is used worldwide and improvements proposed facility. The practical part describes the various procedures in the design of the device, its programming and commissioning. The work is complemented by a short sample of code that uses the device.


The overt manifestations of ketosis in uncontrolled diabetes mellitus have been recognized for years as a serious disturbance in fat metabolism. However, little attention has been given to the small and subtle changes in ketonemia in patients with so-called "controlled diabetes." In 1947 Briggs demonstrated elevated blood ketone levels unrelated to blood glucose or urinary acetone concentrations in a group of loosely controlled diabetic patients and suggested that ketonemia was probably the best indication of control. In a series of papers dealing chiefly with psychosomatic phenomena, Hinkle and his colleagues pointed out that ketonemia could fluctuate amazingly without relation to blood glucose concentration following emotional distress." Henderson et al. found that controlled diabetics had a greater amount of acetone in their breath than nondiabetics. The purpose of the present study was to examine and delineate the chief implication of the earlier work— namely that ketone metabolism is often abnormal in diabetics controlled according to currently employed criteria. In addition, observations were made on the plasma concentrations of free fatty acids ( F F A ) . Since these latter substances probably represent the main substrate for the formation of acetoacetic and beta hydroxybutyric acids in the liver, at least in extensive ketosis, it seemed pertinent to relate the circulating concentrations of FFA to those of ketones.


BackgroundInfection of BK or JC human polyomavirus can lead to polyomavirus-associated nephropathy in renal transplant patients. Thus effective management of these patients requires early detection and quantification of these viruses in urine and blood. DesignThe aim of this study was to evaluate and validate a multiplex real-time PCR-based method for monitoring BK and/or JC viral loads in renal transplant patients. Analytic parameters such as limit of quantification, linear dynamic range, sensitivity and specificity, as well as reliability of the assays were determined. Seventy-six plasma or urine samples spiked with variable amounts of BK and JC viral DNA ranging from low (7.0×103 or 1.5×104), to medium (1.0×106) to high (1.0×108 or 1.0×109 copies/mL) levels of viruses were tested. In addition, 45 clinical urine or plasma samples with known copy numbers of BK or JC viruses, which were isolated from the renal transplant patients from 4 US medical centers, were also tested. ResultsBK and/or JC viruses can be detected with distinguishable melting temperature of 64°C or 68°C, respectively. On the basis of the need for clinical monitoring of different types of specimens, the low limit of quantification for plasma or urine was set at 7.0×103 or 1.5×104 copies/mL, respectively with the linear dynamic range ≥6 logs. The assay exhibits 100% specificity, 97.9% sensitivity with low intra-assay and inter-assay variability (coefficient of variation <4%). ConclusionsThis clinically validated method has the necessary utility to monitor BK and JC viremia and viruria in renal transplant patients.


Vibrations of elastic structures are a common occurrence in numerous fields of engineering such as aeronautics, aerodynamics, civil engineering, and biomechanics. Particular e ort is dedicated to a ...


The development of Vietnam's banking system has largely been affected by the dominance of cash. In Vietnam, cash is "king" since the bulk of personal consumption is done through the medium of cash. For corporations in particular, this has resulted in the problems of cost and delay, arising from the counting, bundling, transporting and depositing of large volumes of cash, as well as the risk and inconvenience of dealing with counterfeiting and the treatment of damaged notes.


This clinical perspectives article provides a comprehensive and evidence-based overview of diagnosing and treating dizziness in complex patients. These patients typically present with overlapping comorbidities and symptoms that can create difficulty in discovering an accurate diagnosis and treatment plan. Vestibular dysfunction affects over 35% of adults older than 40 years, and that prevalence significantly increases with age. Eighty-five percent of adults older than 80 years had evidence of balance/vestibular dysfunction. We believe this differential diagnosis between cardiopulmonary and vestibular dizziness transcends all rehab environments across the continuum of care. We will provide evidence for vestibular background knowledge and clinical skills that intersects with evidence regarding pharmacology and competing cardiopulmonary diagnoses to provide clinicians with the framework, skills, and knowledge to differentially diagnose dizziness across multiple care settings. In addition, we will provide examples of appropriate interdisciplinary communication to assist the clinician in decision making and best practice management.


There are many academic discussions that have arisen around the concept of public policy. Since they have established themselves as an object of study, the authors and theoretical perspectives from which they have been addressed have been very variable, largely understood because "anyway a definition of the concept of public policy is very subjective".


Objective:To evaluate diagnostic value of 16-slice spiral CT venography(MSCTV)in detecting venous thrombosis of the lower extremity.Methods:The imaging diagnosis of patients with venous thrombosis of lower extremity was performed on MSCT and processed the data on ADW4.1 workstation.The data of MSCTV were reconstructed with maximum intensity projection(MIP),multiplanar reformation(MPR),volume rendering(VR).Result:Twenty-six cases suspected of having venous thrombosis of the lower extremity were demonstrated successfully with MSCTV.It could clearly reveal the location and extension of the lesion.The pathological changes in MSCTV included swelling of lower extremity,filling defect of vascular lumen,single and/or multiple stenosis and occlusion,forming of collateralization.Conclusion:MSCTV was valuable to demonstrate venous thrombosis of the lower extremity.MSCTV was better than Doppler ultrasonography and DSA in diagnosing venous thrombosis of the lower extremity.MSCTV may be useed as the first choice technique in diagnosing venous thrombosis of the lower extremity.


This is the first issue of a new journal, the Sydney Journal, which is part of the Dictionary of Sydney Project. The purpose of the journal is to provide an opportunity for a more academic presentation of some of the scholarship being generated by the project, complete with the rigours of academic peer reviewing. In preparing the first issue, it became clear that we wanted also to include a range of the less academic, but no less interesting, work being done on Sydney's people and suburbs for the project. This first issue contains examples of each of these three types of contribution.


In the semiarid loess hilly region,the condition of soil moisture under different land use patterns is of importance to agricultural production,vegetation restoration and rational land use.Results from the analysis of soil moisture data under different land use patterns in Sunjiacha watershed show that soil water content on the north-facing slope was higher than the south-facing slope.Soil moisture contents at different depths in the enclosed land of the hill top zone were higher than farmland.The average moisture content in farmland of the gentle slope zone(15°)was higher than the abandoned field.Soil moisture content of surface layer(0—80cm)in shrub land was higher than the abandoned field,but of the deeper layer(80—180 cm),was lower than barren slope.The average soil water content in pine woodland was higher than apricot forest.These indicated that in the semiarid loess hilly region,terrace′s water conservation benefit is the best;apricot forest has higher water consumption than pine woodland and thus,is not suitable for the large scale planting without irrigation conditions;Caragana microphylla can significantly improve surface soil water status and sufficiently use the deeper soil moisture;and in the gentle slope zone,planting crops can enhance soil moisture better than the abandonment.


THE STATED GOAL OF THIS NEW COMpendium is to outline the foundational knowledge necessary for a specific discipline: disaster medicine. Just as there are expectations that an individual possess specific knowledge in order to practice regular medicine, it would seem reasonable that similar expectations exist for the management of or participation in disaster medical response. The editors of this text have brought together numerous authors (many with extensive and pertinent experience) in an attempt to present a variety of topics, some of which are fairly complex. The text is divided into two sections. The first has the intent of providing overall principles for emergency and disaster response and includes a separate subsection that addresses terrorism-specific concepts. The second section individually describes a wide range of hazards and their effects. This second section is intended to serve as a real-time reference and covers an exhaustive list of potential hazards, including very rare events such as asteroid impacts and ecological terrorism. Throughout the text, there are excellent individual chapters that clearly outline the issues at hand, while providing salient, usable information. In the first section, several chapters answer important questions that address the essentials in preparing an organization to respond to a disaster event. In particular, chapter 25 provides an important conceptual approach to preparedness as well as specific processes and procedures that must be addressed in order to prepare a health care facility. Preparedness, as defined, includes attention to the important ability to maintain day-to-day functions (organizational resiliency) as well as preparing for the influx of potential patients. This chapter is a must-read for any administrator of a health care facility. In addition, chapters 11-14 provide a succinct and valuable description of how the public-sector response is structured in the United States. Such information is important for medical managers seeking to integrate with the larger response community while preparing their own organizations. Specific topics covering response to different events are also well outlined, including presentations on the application of epidemiology in the postimpact environment (chapter 51) and the discussion of medical intelligence (chapter 53). The latter chapter lists multiple sources of information that can be of assistance during response and has a valuable discussion on how to evaluate and assess different types of information. The use and limitations of certain types of personal protective equipment are often not familiar topics to many in the medical field, and these are well outlined for the reader (chapter 36). In an effort to be comprehensive, the editors have even included a realistic discussion of the liability issues surrounding response to emergencies and disasters (chapter 10). In addition, individual chapters examine topics related to the international relief communities. Unfortunately, these and other wellwritten chapters tend to be overshadowed by editorial shortcomings. As an example, traditional emergency management concepts and terminology are not adhered to consistently across the various chapters. For instance, numerous terms are used for what would traditionally be referred to as an emergency operations plan (EOP), the plan that guides an organization's response. Throughout the text it is alternatively referred to as a "disaster plan," an "emergency preparedness plan," and an "emergency management plan." These terms all have distinct meanings but do not equate to an EOP. A similar inconsistency is seen in the description of the four phases of emergency management (mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery). In chapter 1 they are described as components of a "disaster cycle" and are represented as reactive processes, although they in fact are intended to develop a proactive stance. In chapter 71, five phases are described, while in chapter 4 the activities listed as occurring during each phase do not appear to coincide with traditional emergency management concepts that have existed for decades and have not changed. If the aim is to define a discipline, a glossary would be helpful for readers and chapter authors alike. Moreover, rather than attempting to create definitions, it would be more helpful to adhere to established definitions, many of which are provided in the foundational emergency management documents listed in chapter 16. The editorial shortcomings are also evident in undue redundancy and overlap. At least six chapters discuss the history of US emergency management (chapters 4, 11, 17, 27, 29, and 49). The first section ends with terrorismspecific topics, but these chapters address many concepts also covered in the second section detailing specific hazards. Is there really enough difference for the reader between an improvised explosive device and the many other explosive etiologies to warrant a separate chapter? A few chapters have additional difficulties. Perhaps one of the most important, but flawed, is chapter 30, on the incident command system (ICS). The chapter is meant to describe the management architecture, processes, and procedures now mandated (through Homeland Security Presidential


World Wide Web Geographical Information System (WebGis) is the combi nation of modern Geographical Information System (GIS) and Internet. This paper compares the models of the system structure, puts forward a whole development sc heme of WebGis, analyzes the technology of WebGis, and use the ASP component tec hnology to design and implement a WebGis based on three-layers Browser/Serve r ar chitecture.


Agricultural machinery has an enemy that threatens its durability and conservation: wear. The wear generates considerable losses of materials, resources and time, with the consequent reduction of the production, leads to the loss of a large quantity of means for its repair, as well as in the elaboration or acquisition of new elements. In this work, an approach towear simulation by numerical methods is made, specifically, the Finite Element Method (FEM) and the Discrete Elements Method (DEM), approaching, in a general way, the benefits of both methods in the analysis of the physical phenomenon, as well as their combination to obtain a closer approximation to the study of contact between bodies.


Irrigation has a significant impact on regional water resources in south-eastern Australia. It is therefore important that objective assessments of the current use of water are undertaken on a routine basis. New remote sensing technologies now provide an opportunity to assess and monitor water use at farm and regional scales. This study demonstrates the use of satellite-based estimates of evapotranspiration (ET) and NDVI (Normalised Difference Vegetation Index) in irrigation performance indicators that relate crop water use to crop water requirement (CWR) in the Macalister Irrigation District of south-eastern Australia. The METRIC energy balance algorithm (Allen et al 2007) was used to derive ET estimates from Landsat 7 ETM+ data. ASTER imagery was used to complement the spatial coverage of the Landsat 7 imagery due to the gaps in the scene acquired.


This research will analyze the variables differentiating between the audiovisual television of the
XIII edition of the Paralympic Games and the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, held in Beijing from the
7th of September to the 17th, 2008. This study will serve as a methodological basis for similar future
research. By means of a qualitative and quantitative methodology, this study also focuses on
determining if TV representations of Paralympic sportspersons favour their social integration or
if, on the contrary, lead to higher stigmatization.


Samples of 1018 steel, 304 stainless steel, titanium 6Al‐4V and 2024 T‐351 aluminum have been surface melted using a high power, continuous wave, CO2 laser. The incident power density was approximately 10 W/cm2 and interaction times ranged from 0.1 msec to 1.2 msec. The aluminum exhibited a r.m.s. surface roughness of less than 5 μm while laser processing resulted in substantial surface relief for the other alloys. The severe melt topography results from the flow of molten material from the leading edge of the melt pool to the trailing edge. This flow is due to the presence of a depression in the melt pool and to a downward pressure exerted upon the front of the melt pool in excess of the pressure at the rear.


Prefabricated buildings are the future direction of the construction industry. The carbon reduction in prefabricated buildings has attracted increasing attention due to its importance to low-carbon and energy savings in the construction industry and achieving China's "dual carbon" goal. Although research has been conducted on carbon reduction in prefabricated buildings, the use of cloud models for carbon reduction effect evaluation has not been explored. This study therefore aims to develop a cloud model-based evaluation of the carbon emission reduction effect for prefabricated buildings incorporating the characteristics of prefabricated buildings and the building supply chain. The developed model can support assessments of the whole life cycle phases of a prefabricated building. Firstly, carbon flow analysis is carried out from the perspective of the construction supply chain, and the carbon emission reduction effect evaluation index system of prefabricated buildings is established, which contains 5 guideline layers and 26 carbon emission reduction indicators. Secondly, the Continuous Ordered Weighted Averaging operator (C-OWA) is used to calculate the index weight calculation, and the cloud model is applied to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the carbon emission reduction effect. Finally, this model is applied to evaluate the carbon emission reduction effect in the case of a building. The case study validated the efficiency of the developed model. This study extends the knowledge of carbon emission reduction by addressing specific characteristics of prefabrication and the construction supply chain. This validated model will enhance the willingness to apply prefabricated buildings to reduce carbon emissions and achieve the "dual carbon" goal.


A new morphology of Prussian blue microcrystals has been prepared by selective etching. By thermal decomposition, PB has been transformed into mesoporous magnetic iron(III) oxide.


The network security events such as the computer virus, hackers, com puter criminals, etc. are getting more and more day by day, which has impeded th e normal development of the network economy, and the computer industry is facing the severe challenge. Therefore we must adopt some practicable measures to guar antee the security of the network information system, one is to strengthen vast users' consciousness of the information security management, the other is to est ablish the perfect security protection system.


Physical adsorption isotherms of N2 and Ar on boron nitride are analysed and the behaviour of the adsorbed phase is discussed. Different models are used to interpret the adsorbed states. The behaviour of the BET C parameter suggests that a phase-transition occurs in Ar adsorption which is not showed in its isotherm. Adsorption energies distribution functins are calculated using a double Gaussian as distribution function. Nitrogen cross-sectional areas, under experimental conditions are estimated respect to those of the Ar.


This paper presents a MATLAB/Simulink simulation of a photovoltaic (PV) energy conversion system using a single-phase, single-stage grid-tied PV inverter. Simulation aim to show the role of each component in the system, allowing detailed analysis of both voltage and current output of the photovoltaic inverter with varying input parameters and control commands.


Illegal steroid abuse by users wanting to build muscle quicker and enhance performance has increased exponentially in just four years, with the number of drugs seized rising from 19,000 in 2013 to more than 443,000 this year.....


selected case study areas. This is the most original part of the book – on African landowners and buyers – and constitutes the second of two parts, the first being on the politics and rural segregation. It seems that the Africans resisted, but did not get too far; if they made gains, they were marginal. An indication of this is that in 1974 one fifth of the land in released areas adjacent to reserves was still ownerless (Platzky and Walker 1985). There is much to recommend this book, but the argument that 1913 did not presage the apartheid state requires showing that African land-buying and property ownership changed drastically after 1948. We know that agrarian change in South Africa did not follow a linear trajectory, that things proceeded in fits and starts, and hardly according to plan. Back to Keegan: "The framers of the Land Act were providing a legislative definition of a future ideal; but which was as yet unattainable" (Keegan 1986, 192). Did it become attainable in the 1950s, or the 1960s? The evidence Feinberg invokes for pre-1948 suggests that field officers of the Native Affairs Department (NAD), exclusionary clauses in the 1913 Act, and a lack of political enthusiasmwere critical in facilitatingAfrican landpurchase, exchange and debt-forgiveness, hinting that it was more politic than paternal: "NAD officials feared the consequences of foreclosure on African landowners and their families. Where would they go? Settle?" (119). The front cover of this book is a daguerreotype photograph taken in 1906 of eight wellheeledAfrican landowners. There is no captionbut they aremore likely thannot from theCape, perhaps Griqua. The cellulose negative has been exposed to the light and the men (all men, although Feinberg alerts us to the agency of African women in his book) appear like pillars of salt, frozen in time, ghosts from the past. These men and their successors helped shape the politics of land in segregationist South Africa. Feinberg has related some of their stories.


Many geometric and kinematic evidences show that the Yi-Shu Fault Zone had experienced compressive sinistral strike-slipping movement between the late Cretaceous and early Tertiary. Fission track ages of samples, including fault gouge and cataclastic rock, collected from 4 faults of the Yi-Shu Fault Zone are much younger than un-deformed rocks collected around the faults, because fission track had experienced total annealing during the movement of the faults. Reverse modeling of fission track data with correlative software show that all samples had experienced fast cooling episodes before 70~60 Ma and since about 10 Ma. Analyzing all information, a conclusion can be drawn that the time of large-scale sinistral strike-slip movement was in 70~60 Ma. The regional fast uplift episode of about 10 Ma maybe relate to fast extension of the Tibetan Plateau at the same time.


Shirakia (Euphorbiaceae) was described by Hurusawa (1954) with three species. It was named after Croton shiraki, a nomen nudum used by Siebold & Zuccarini (1843) for the species currently known as S. japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) Hurus. Kruijt (1996) transferred five additional species to Shirakia. Esser et al. (1998) showed that S. japonica, the type, differs in several characters from the remainder of the genus. In a phylogenetic analysis they concluded that all additional species have to be removed to other genera ( Shirakiopsis Esser ined., Triadica Lour.), with Shirakia remaining as a monotypic genus endemic to Japan and adjacent East Asia. The name, however, is a later homonym of Shirakia S. Kawasaki, a fern fossil described in 1934 from South Korea. This information is included in the WWW version of the Index Nominum Genericorum (Farr & Zijlstra, 1996 and onward). Because this earlier homonym was published in a publication of very restricted distribution, it was overlooked by recent workers (Kruijt, 1996; Esser et al., 1998). Gea Zijlstra and John Wiersema kindly confirmed that a new name is still necessary for Shirakia Hurus., and this is provided herewith.


This paper presents a novel fully soft switched bidirectional PWM dc-to-dc. Providing soft switching conditions for all elements and minimizing the semiconductor elements are two of the most important properties of this converter. The proposed bi-directional converter is inserted as an interface circuit between DC bus and battery in a Hybrid Electric Vehicle to control the charge and discharge current. This converter is used to act as a boost converter during motoring operation to drive the traction motor for high speed and high torque, and as a buck converter to capture the regenerative braking energy to charge the battery. Theoretical analysis for both buck and boost modes are presented and simulation results confirm the theoretical analysis. Finally, MATLAB software is used to obtain the simulation results of the converter control based on the state of charge of the battery for both buck and boost modes.


Non-destructive detection of the pH value of kiwifruit has important practical significance for its quality classification. In this study, hyperspectral fluorescence imaging technology was proposed to quantitatively predict the pH value of kiwifruit non-destructively. Firstly, the SPXY algorithm was used to divide samples into training and prediction sets and three different algorithms were used to preprocess the raw spectral data. Secondly, algorithms such as the iteratively retaining information variables (IRIV), the variable iterative space shrinkage approach (VISSA), the model adaptive space shrinkage (MASS), the random frog (RF), and their combination (i.e., IRIV + VISSA + MASS + RF, IVMR) were used to extract effective variables from the preprocessed spectral data. Moreover, the second extractions, such as IRIV-VISSA and IRIV-MASS, and the third extraction (i.e., IVMR-VISSA-IRIV) were used to further reduce the redundant variables. Based on the effective variables, four regression models—random forest (RF), partial least square (PLSR), extreme learning machines (ELM), and multiple-kernel support vector regression (MK-SVR)—were built and compared for predicting. The results show that IVMR-VISSA-IRIV-MK-SVR had the best prediction results, with RP2, RC2 and RPD of 0.8512, 0.8580, and 2.66, respectively, which verifies that hyperspectral fluorescence imaging technology is reliable for predicting the pH value of kiwifruit non-destructively.


The most concern of traditional CAC strategies is to harmonize the blocking probability and dropping probability,so as to maximize the resource utility. However,in the multimedia CDMA networks,once the high load stream traffic is admitted,it will over-use the resource greedily,which will cause the unfair use of the resource to other kinds of traffic. By using Cobb-Douglas utility function to construct a price function,the fairness of resource utilization in different load condition was achieved,while guaranteeing the resource utilization.


ABSTRACT As armies across Europe are currently developing capabilities to fight a high-intensity conventional war against a peer adversary, these armies will have to develop units that can fight independently in a complex environment, with limited direction from higher levels of command. Integral to this process is the need for a competent practice of mission command, viewed as a key component of maneuver warfare. The article identifies a set of enablers that need to be present in a military organization in order to practice mission command efficiently, including shared understanding and trust; initiative; a tolerant approach to failure, success, and learning; and the acceptance of mission command as an all-encompassing practice. The article then presents data from interviews with Swedish army officers focusing on the presence and significance of these enablers in their professional context. The article concludes that the increasing complexity of the peacetime tasks performed by military officers give rise to conflicting leadership demands. Consequently, exercising mission command and socializing younger colleagues into the practice is a far from straightforward process, which frequently competes with other demands placed on officers by their colleagues, the organization that they are part of, or the broader societal context.


(57) Abstract: hair has grown from the skin (51) (53) hair removal apparatus for removing (1, 101) includes a clamping device (11, 111), the cutting device operates in cooperation with the clamping device ( 13, 113) and a. Clamping device (11, 111) clamps the bristles (53) to be removed, then at least partially withdrawn from the skin (51), cutting the skin partially pulled out hairs from (51) (53) the device (13, 113) is cut at a portion adjacent to the skin (51). Thus cut hair (53) is returned below the surface of the skin (51), a smooth shaving result is obtained, this smooth shave traces over considerable long period is sustained. The present invention depilation apparatus (1, 101), the clamping device before cutting the hair by the cutting device (13, 113) (11, 111) to adjust the drawer distance to draw hair from the skin (51) adjustment means It provided; (127 45, 47 and 49). The adjustment means; by using (45, 47, 49 127), the user of the hair remover (1, 101) is a smooth shave trace is maintained relatively long period and operating with a relatively pain , only be maintained smooth shave marks a relatively short period of time but it is possible to select an operation between the relatively small operation pain. Special In embodiments, the adjusting means (45, 47, 49; 127), the apparatus (1, 101) is purely a first mode and apparatus for shaving function (1, 101) is purely epilation function it can be adjusted to the second mode for performing.


We present a development and research of the 2-µm coherent lidar with a conductively-cooled laser-diode-pumped single-frequency Q-switched Tm,Ho:YLF pulse laser developed at the NICT.


Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) is a useful instrument to study the surface topography of the sample at an atomic resolution. SPM system is sensitive to vibration and contamination on the surface, and therefore a vibration-free and clean environment are required to improve spatial resolution in <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${Z}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-height. In this article, a detailed new design of stand-alone cost-effective, vibration-free activated carbon-based cryosorption pump integrated and its detailed integration with the SPM system is discussed. The efficiency of cryosorption pump depends on the radial temperature distribution, which was analyzed using transient thermal analysis in Ansys software. The temperature profile obtained from the thermal simulation results reveals that a spiral wound copper mesh-based partition surrounding the activated carbon in the cryosorption pump improves the temperature distribution in the radial direction. The pump can operate with a maximum of 25 L of liquid nitrogen consumption and 4.5 h of continuous operation. The activated carbon was used as an adsorbent showed a hexagonal crystal structure from the X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies and its average pore size was obtained from by Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) analysis was 0.34 nm. These tests were conducted to determine the effect on the pump-down characteristics of the developed cryosorption pump. The improvement in spatial resolution was studied through detailed experimental analysis in conductive atomic force microscopy (CAFM) by piezo force microscopy (PFM) which showed a 50% decrease of the current when imaged in a vacuum environment, phase and magnitude images showed less distorted and clear visibility of the piezo domains. The magnetic interaction by magnetic force microscopy (MFM) <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${Q}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-factor was studied at the resonance frequency of 61.5 kHz. MFM showed that the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${Q}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-factor improved from 20 to 500 at 1E-3 mbar operating pressure. The drift of the MFM tip with respect to holding time showed a saturated <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${Q}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-factor at 500. Noncontact mode by atomic force microscopy (AFM) showed a spatial resolution enhancement of 0.89 nm.


In an effort to join the global movement to promote physical activity among young people, South Korea developed its first Report Card (RC) on Physical Activity for Children and Youth in 2016 as part of the Global Matrix 2.0.1 The 2018 South Korea RC has been developed as part of the Global Matrix 3.0 (Figure 1). This paper presents the findings of the 2018 RC which will serve as an advocacy tool to develop national/regional/local strategies to promote physical activity among young people in the nation.


The development of processing methods for flexible electronic devices is seen as an enabling technology for the creation of a new array of semiconductor products. These devices have the potential be low cost, disposable, and can be applied to deformable or non-planar surfaces. While much effort has been put into the development of amorphous silicon and organic semiconductor technology for flexible devices, semiconductor nanomaterials are of interest due to their inherently flexibility, high transport mobilities, and their unique optoelectronic and piezoelectric properties. However, the synthesis of these materials directly onto polymer substrates is not feasible due to the high temperatures or harsh chemical environments under which they are synthesized. This challenge has limited the development of flexible electronics with semiconductor nanomaterial building blocks. A number of techniques which address the manufacturing concerns include solution based processing [1,2] as well as dry transfer techniques [3–5]. In general, dry transfer printing methods carry advantages over solution based processing as the need to address substrate-fluid compatibility is mitigated.Copyright © 2005 by ASME


Chinais a big country in animal husbandry, and sheep breeding is an important part of animal husbandry. With the scale and modernization of the sheep farm, good management of the sheep shed is an essential factor to ensure the health of the sheep, including counting the sheep number in real time. This paper proposes an object detection method based on fusion allocation strategy and multi-objective loss function for sheep number counting. The fusion allocation strategy selects the pre-selection box based on the cross-grid strategy, and then calculates the minimum allocation loss function to distinguish the positive and negative samples, and the multi-objective loss function changes the confidence loss to VarifocalLoss, which strengthens the detection performance of the model for multi-objective situation. The experimental training was carried out on a single 1080Ti GPU, and the comparative analysis was based on the attention depthwise YOLO detection model. The result shows that the mAP value of the model reached 87.81%, which is superior to the previous model, and proves the feasibility of the model in actual application scenario.


In June 2022, the 12-month inflation rate of the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) hit 9.1%, its highest level in over 40 years. The U.S. is not alone: Across the industrialized world, inflation is accelerating during the recovery from the pandemic recession. Although inflation is surging globally, the sources of inflation are different in each country. In this Chicago Fed Letter, we document four facts about where the U.S. stands amid the global inflation surge:


In this paper,a method of successive approximation is put forward for solving the direct kinematics of parallel manipulators.Using this method,the direct kinematics of parallel manipulators can be solved quickly with any precision.


Sveconorwegian frontal deformation zone (SFDZ) south of Lake Vättern being the same feature is addressed in this letter. I suggest that the formation of the PZ has nothing to do with the Sveconorwegian orogeny. The plastic deformation and hotter conditions that is seen in the PZ (e.g. Wikman 1998, 2000) are characteristics of the PZ deformation proper and is developed earlier than the Sveconorwegian orogeny. The in parts pristine and undeformed appearance of the Vaggeryd syenite speaks against it being used to set a maximum age for the PZ deformation, whereas Jarl (2002) concluded the opposite. I suggest the deformation referred to in Jarl (2002) is typical for the expression of the SFDZ south of Lake Vättern. Further, I suggest that the Vaggeryd syenite postdate the formation of the PZ proper and that the tilting of the Rymmen gabbro (intrusion age 1692 Ma, Claeson 1999) gives an upper age for the development of the PZ. Furthermore, the Axamo dykes at 1400 Ma (Lundqvist 1996) are not hit by the characteristic PZ deformation, only the SFDZ deformation. Thus, the formation of the PZ should occur between 1.40 Ga and 1.70 Ga, but the exact age has to await GFF volume 125 (2003), p. 47. Discussion


ease or a photodermatosis. a punch biopsy was performed, revealing a severe dermal edema, mild focal acute lymphocytic eczema reaction, with perivascular infiltrates of lymphocytes, neutrophils


The invention discloses health rice wine and a preparation method thereof. The health rice wine comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 20-30 parts of hawthorn, 5-10 parts of ginseng, 5-10 parts of polygonum multiflorum, 30-40 parts of lotus seed, 20-30 parts of a jujube, 100-200 parts of black rice, 50-60 parts of a sweet potato, 3-7 parts of ditty rhizopus arrhizus, 5-10 parts of monascus fungi, 3-8 parts of glucoamylase, and is prepared by the following steps: rice-soaking, rice-steaming, koji-adding , saccharifying, fermenting, storing and blending. As traditional Chinese medicinal materials are filled in the rice wine making process, the health rice wine is sweat in taste and simultaneously has a body-building effect.


The synthesis and characterization of aromatic−aliphatic polyesters with tailored degree of branching (DB), i.e. hyperbranched (hb), gradually branched, and linear polymers, are described. The dilute solution properties of polymers resulting from two different synthetic approaches are compared. The ABB*/AB2 approach leads to homopolymers with different DB based on the same AB2 monomer, 4,4-bis(4′-hydroxyphenyl)pentanoic acid, employing the protection of one phenolic group (B*) in the AB2 monomer followed by copolymerization with AB2 monomer at different molar ratios. Because of their identical chemical origin, well-tunable DB, comparable molar masses, an absence of aggregation in common solvents, and high refractive index increments, they are suitable as model systems in branching characterization. Their solution properties are compared to those of polymers obtained by the AB/AB2 approach. In order to study the influence of the end-groups on thermal and solution polymer properties, all terminal OH groups ...


This volume consists of a series of chapters by different authors on various aspects of autoimmune endocrine diseases, edited by a well-known figure in the field of thyroid autoimmunity. The contributors vary considerably in their treatment of the subject matter, comprehensiveness, and handling of other viewpoints. They are, however, all experts in their fields, with interesting and sometimes controversial perspectives, and the book makes interesting reading and is a worthwhile contribution. Chapter 1, by Duncan Adams, a pioneer and seminal contributor to our understanding of thyroid autoimmune disease, deals with an overview of autoimmune mechanisms. This rather lengthy and rambling chapter is not tightly constructed but goes through the history of the epochal discoveries in relation to the immune system in an entertaining fashion. Adams, however, appears to reject summarily any evidence favoring an antigen-specific defect in suppressor T-lymphocyte function as a cause of organ-specific autoimmune diseases by stating that


Bridges are built in a variety of locations, many of which are susceptible to earthquakes. These bridges must be built to achieve the objectives of both accelerated bridge construction (ABC) and rapid return to service following a disaster. The concept of designing sacrificial elements to dissipate seismic energy while preserving the integrity of the structure's other main components is known as the structural fuse concept. Few implementations of the structural fuse concept have been rigorous in emphasizing easy and complete replaceability of the sacrificial elements and absence of damage to the primary load-resisting structural system. The structural fuse concept considered here for seismic resistance was developed and experimentally validated for implementation in a composite multi-column pier using double composite rectangular columns of Bi-Steel panels. The concept is applied to an innovative multicolumn accelerated bridge construction (ABC) pier concept. Different types of structural fuses are investigated to compare the effect of each on ABC bridge bents. Two corresponding 2/3 scale models were developed and were tested at the Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory (SEESL) at the University at Buffalo. The two specimens were designed for a maximum horizontal force of 400kips. Three quasi-static tests were performed. For the 1st specimen Steel Plate Shear Links (SPSLs) were installed between the columns as a series of structural fuses. Testing was performed up to a drift corresponding to the onset of column yielding to investigate the effectiveness of adding the fuses in dissipating the seismic energy, then testing continued till column failure. Then, the other specimen was installed and tested utilizing Buckling Restrained Braces (BRBs) as a series of structural fuses. The BRBs were then removed and bare frame cyclic test was performed until reaching failure of the columns.


The word 'Retailing' refers to any activity that involves the direct sale to an individual customer or end user. Retailing has been the most active and attractive sector of the last decade. While the retailing industry itself has been present throughout the history in our country, it is only the recent past that has witnessed so much dynamism. Competitiveness refers to – "The ability and willingness to compete by implementing innovative strategies". The approach of the research is exploratory in nature. Data was collected from different sources like articles, newspapers and various sources of government publication. The present paper is an attempt to find out the various factors which are responsible to enhance the competitiveness of Indian organized retail sector. The study also highlights the present position and scope of retail sector in India. The study found that to enhance the competitiveness in retail sector one should manage real estate cost, train human resources, do SWOT Analysis, and make appropriate pricing policy to satisfying the customer needs.


A serious problem facing vocational education is how to cultivate the professional confidence in students.It can be solved in the following ways: thought first,a variety of measures and words and deeds.Confidence can help students have a right learning attitude and love their study.


The incidence of cardio-cerebrovascular complications is high in diabetic nephropathy( DN),which are also the main cause of death in DN patients.Therefore,its early diagnosis and treatment is of great significance for improving the survival of patients with diabetes mellitus.A definite diagnosis of DN should be first made through early screening of the microalbuminuria and the fundus lesions,after which whether cardio-cerebrovascular complications exists should be evaluated immediately.Western medicine treatment lays emphasis on multi-means of intervention in blood pressure,blood glucose,blood lipid,preventing and controlling multiple risk factors in diabetes mellitus.Effective control of blood glucose is the premise of delaying the onset of cardio-cerebrovascular complications,although hypoglycemia should be alert to.From the theory of traditional Chinese medicine,the cardio-cerebrovascular complications in DN are characterized by deficiencies of Qi and blood,blood stasis,and phlegm damp syndromes,whose treatmentshould be based on removing blood stasis and dispersing phlegm.The treatment of this disease is usually by means of supplementing connection for collateral insufficiency,using active insects medicine as well as guiding medicine so that the medicine can be given a full play to their functions.In addition,according to the patients' physique differentiation and various changes of condition,flexible use of various therapeutic principles should be considered.


Field observations were conducted on the morphology and hydrodynamics around the Tenryu River mouth. The sand bar was eroded by storm waves followed by flood due to the typhoon in September, 2013, which significantly changed the water level variations inside the river mouth. The large friction at the narrow opening of the river mouth was found to raise the daily-averaged river water level by 0.2 m. The presence of sand bar appeared to decrease the intrusion of tides and waves into the river. The transmission coefficient of waves increased from 0.2-2 % to 2-5 % as the cross-sectional area at the river mouth was increased. The water level variation due to tides and wave setup was found even at 3 km upstream from the river mouth.


A dependent-chance multiple objective programming model and dependent-chance objective programming model are made for stochastic resource distribution to meet user's need for scarce stochastic resource to most degree.The author expressed the inductive constraint for every or every level objective,and founded the relations between stochastic vector and chance function,then solved the model with stochastic simulation genetic algorithms


A new chelating resin containing bis(sulfoxide and 3-aminopyridine) was synthesized. Its structure was characterized by IR spectra, surface area, pore size and elemental analysis. The adsorption capacities of the resin for Ni2+, Cd2+, Pb2+, Cu2+, Zn2+, Hg2+ were investigated at pH=2 and 6. The adsorption kinetics and adsorption thermodynamics of the resin for Hg2+ were also studied. The experimental results showed that: the resin had high affinity for Hg2+. The maximum capacity at pH=6 was 0.82mmol/g. The adsorption was controlled by liquid film diffusion. The adsorption mechanism of the resin for Hg2+ could be depicted by Langmuir equation.


Composites materials containing both of ferroelectric and ferromagnetic phase with the composition (x) Ba 0 . 7 Sr 0 . 3 TiO 3 + (1-x) Ni 0.7 Zn 0.3 Fe 2 O 4 (BST—barium Strontium Titanate), in which x varies as (x= 90, 70,50%).where the powder of compound perpetrated using Sol-Gel auto combustion technique in molar ratio[1:1] ,The Powder Calcination at 900ºC and Press at (7ton/cm 2 ). Then the samples were sintered at 1200°C for (2h) . The structural and electrical characterizations of the investigated nanocomposite are discussed and reported. The formation of nanosized composite with two separate phases was confirmed by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy (SEM). XRD results show that the sample have two phase(tetragonal)for Ba 0 . 7 Sr 0 . 3 TiO 3 and (cubic)for Ni 0.7 Zn 0.3 Fe 2 O 4 and all prepared samples are in nanoscale size (18-35nm) and porosity decreases with increasing the overlay ratios to minimum value(24%) at ratio of composition (50%) . The variation of dielectric constant (ε'), dielectric loss factor (ε") , the ac and dc conductivity of (x)Ba 0 . 7 Sr 0 . 3 TiO 3 + ( 1-x)Ni 0.7 Zn 0.3 Fe 2 O 4 was investigated as a function of frequency (50 Hz–1 MHz). This study enhances the use of this prepared system in memory applications.


3543 Background: Axitinib is an oral, potent and selective inhibitor of VEGF receptors 1, 2 and 3 in clinical development in multiple tumor types. BP elevation has been proposed as a potential efficacy marker of VEGF receptor inhibitors. The relationship between dBP ≥ 90 mmHg and OS was explored retrospectively across 6 separate phase II axitinib studies. Methods: Pts with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), cytokine-refractory renal cell cancer (RCC), sorafenib-refractory RCC, thyroid cancer or melanoma received 5 mg BID single- agent axitinib; advanced pancreatic cancer (APC) pts received gemcitabine (GEM) 1000 mg/m2 on days 1, 8, and 15 in 28-day cycles plus 5 mg BID axitinib. All 6 studies required BP ≤140/90 mmHg at baseline. BP was measured in clinic at every visit (days 1, 8, and 15 for APC, every 2 weeks for sorafenib-refractory RCC and every 4 weeks for all other studies) and daily at home by patients. Only in-clinic BP measurements were used in this analysis. Antihypertensive medications and/or ...