We give a new proof of the global existence theorem of Klainerman for the Cauchy problem of quasi-linear wave equations in space dimensions n \geq 4.
In addition to the Klainerman-Sideris inequality, a space-time L^2-estimate plays a key role in the proof. We answer a question raised by Metcalfe.


Research in graph theory has lead to one of the important area called labeling of graphs. There are different types of labeling such as graceful labeling, magic labeling, edge-graceful labeling, prime labeling, radio labeling, harmonious labeling etc., In this paper, we investigate the existence of edge graceful labeling for the Corona graph Cn⊙K2¯ (n is odd n ≥ 3). Also we have defined a flower graph which does not admit an edge-graceful labeling.


The diffraction line broadening in X-ray powder pattern is analyzed by using the pseudo-Voigt distribution as well as the Generalized Fermi Function facilities. X-ray line broadening investigations of supported gold catalysts have been limited to finding the average crystallite size from the integral width or the full width at half maximum of the diffraction line. In the case of supported gold catalysts, it is generally difficult to perform satisfactory intensity measurements of the higher order (hkl) reflections. Therefore, the classical method nf Warren and Averbach cannot be applied. In this paper we develop an analytical relation based on the pseudo-Voigt distribution that gives the Fourier transform of the true sample function. From the comparison analysis of the Fourier transform of the true sample function and its general relation we point out the weakness of the Voigt distribution used in the case of Au/SiO 2 catalyst. The same problem occurs on other nanostructured materials investigated by powder X-ray diffraction method. A reliable solution for this problem is to use the generalized Fermi function instead of Voigt distribution.


This study is devoted to synthesizing and modifying conductive Ti‐doped diamond (TiD) biosubstrates with polyaniline (PANI) to provide a soft interface with high ionic conductivity and charge storage capacity for developing advanced scaffolds and implantable electrode materials. The diamond supports are prepared by an ad‐hoc chemical vapor deposition methodology allowing for the synthesis and contemporary doping of diamond lattice. An optimized potentiostatic electropolymerization method assures the growth of a homogenous PANI coating on a diamond surface. Scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, Raman, and reflectance infrared spectroscopy characterizations guarantee the production of nanostructured diamond layers with high surface electrical conductivity and good phase quality as well as of a rough polymer film in the conductive emeraldine form. Cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements point out a quasi‐reversible electron transfer among polymer chains ruled by the bulky dodecyl sulfate anion chosen as polymer dopant. This induces a cation exchange with the solution upon backbone redox reactions. The capability of the PANI‐TiD system to transduce ionic current into electronic current and vice versa via redox reaction with the surroundings can be reliably exploited to reproduce electrical stimulation processes through which to mimic the original bioelectricity functions of the human body for advanced biomedical applications.


In the United States, more than 3 million Americans suffer from glaucoma. This is the second-leading cause of blindness worldwide.


@Johannes_Ernst @benwerd People need to get paid, but the problem with the proprietary model as it stands is trust is an act of faith.


The concept of "human" is considered in folklore of the Evenki in the article. This concept is multi-level each level corresponds to the thinking of a certain historical period. The Evenki concept of "the first human" is formed in stages in the myths of the first creation. At the initial stage, there is the concept of man as a biological species on earth, then there is the next level of the concept of "human", where the attention is focused on physiological characteristics of the person unlike animals. As a result, in the Evenki myths the ethnospecific concept of "the first human" is formed. And only much later the concept of the human Evenki is formed.


Indoor air quality concerns are becoming increasingly important in the United States as a result of a greater awareness of the harm fungi can cause to structures and the people living in those structures. By making our homes and offices more energy efficient and by making heating and ventilation systems more complex we have also created some indoor air quality problems. Microscopical indoor air investigations are growing rapidly as evidenced by the number of asbestos and other labs getting into the fungal spore identification business. Many companies are growing by 20% a month and cannot find enough qualified microscopists to perform the identification of the fungi.. There is a real need to revitalize the teaching of light microscopy to solve indoor air problems. Fungal spores and pollen are the common culprits that cause indoor air quality problems that can be studied with the light microscope. with proper training, an indoor air quality investigator can make better use of their elegant analytical tool, viz.


The remarkable regenerative capacity of the fresh water planarian Schmidtea mediterranea is useful for studying stem cell identity and function. Several novel miRNAs have recently been identified in this organism, but their roles in neoblasts and during regeneration are unknown. Here, the authors use next-generation sequencing to identify miRNAs that are enriched in neoblast subpopulations and in regenerating tissue at different time points during regeneration. The findings provide new insight into the identities of the miRNAs that support planarian regeneration and neoblast function.


In the horticulture industry, renewable energy has been attracted concerning the climate change, reduction of the fossil fuel and dependences on overseas resources. For this reason, government has been promoting renewable energy supply system to horticulture facility and there has been many studies on regional energy reserves in Korea. However, in order to find the optimum energy for horticulture facilities, it is required to calculate the available scale of horticulture from regional energy reserves and study on feasibility comparing with conventional system. In this paper, we calculated the annual energy consumption and the possible scale of horticulture utilizing thermal effluent of power plant in Incheon, After, the economic comparative analysis between fossil fuel and thermal effluent energy was conducted on the basis of the large-scale horticulture facility. As a result, it was determined that 1,084 ha scale was available to construct and the payback period of thermal effluent energy was 8 years.


Objective –This research aims to analyze the potential of Islamic securities crowdfunding as an effort to create Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with an al-Maqashid Sharia perspective.Methodology –This research uses qualitative descriptive research methods to obtain a description or overview of the potential of I-SCF for the Sustainable Development Goals based on the perspective of Maqashid Sharia. It utilizes a literature study with a Maqashid Sharia perspective as the main reference.Results –Numerous studies show that sharia securities crowdfunding has the potential to strengthen MSME capital in the post-Covid-19 pandemic era, expand access to Islamic financial services for the community, create a profitable investment sector, and strengthen the halal industry. These potentials lead to the values of the purpose of Maqashid Sharia, which include the five main benefits (al-kulliyah al-khamsah).Research limitations –This research is limited to I-SCF in Indonesia hence subsequent studies may conduct further research on I-SCF in other countries for the purpose of comparisons. It also uses a quality-descriptive method hence future research may use quantitative analysis methods to provide a more specific picture of the influence on the SDGs.Implications - This research is important for the development and utilization of the potential of I-SCF in Indonesia. The study of Maqashid sharia on I-SCF shows that practically, I-SCF has maximum benefits for society without abandoning compliance with Islamic law.


Electrospinning technique is a simple method to prepare nanowire.In order to prepare films with uniform nanoparticles and good adhesion to the substrate for dye-sensitized solar cells(DSSC).monoethanolamine is added into the electrispun solution in this work.In addition nanoparticle TiO_2 films with different thicknesses are prepared. The effect of the thichness of TiO_2 films on the important paramemters of DSSC is studied in detail.


The induced subgraph of the corresponding Grassmann graph formed by simplex codes is considered. We show that this graph, as the Grassmann graph, contains two types of maximal cliques. For any two cliques of the first type there is a monomial linear automorphism transferring one of them to the other. Cliques of the second type are more complicated and can contain different numbers of elements.


Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) isolates consist of a population of sequence variants whose composition likely affects their biological properties. Here, the population structure of six Spanish isolates was examined by single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis of the p20 gene, and their genetic variation was estimated by comparing the nucleotide sequence of the different sequence variants detected in the SSCP analysis. In three of the isolates, the SSCP pattern of all cDNA clones analyzed was identical, suggesting the presence of a very predominant sequence variant, whereas the population of the other three isolates was more heterogeneous and the cDNA clones were grouped in two or more SSCP patterns. In four cases, genetic diversity (average genetic distance between two sequence variants selected randomly) between isolates was higher than within-isolate diversity, whereas the other two isolates showed very high within-isolate diversity. The within-isolate diversity of these two isolates was sometimes higher than their between-isolate diversity. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the divergent sequence variants were significantly more similar to variants from other isolates than to variants from the same isolate, suggesting that they likely originated from a double infection rather than by mutations accumulated during replication in the same plant. The presence of divergent sequence variants within CTV isolates opens the possibility of population shift to a distinct predominant sequence, following aphid transmission or host change, with potential implications for the biological characteristics of the isolate. Citrus tristeza virus (CTV), genus Closterovirus , family Closteroviridae (24), is the most economically important virus affecting citrus. It is phloem-limited and semipersistently transmitted by several aphid species. The virions are filamentous flexuous particles about 2,000 × 11 nm in size, with two coat proteins (CP and CPm) covering 95 and 5% of the particle length, respectively (12). The genome is a single-stranded, positive-sense, RNA molecule of ~20 kb organized in 12 open reading frames encoding at least 19 proteins (20). CTV isolates differing by the type and intensity of symptoms induced in various citrus hosts have been reported worldwide (6, 35). Control measures are highly dependent on the types of CTV present in each citrus area; biological and molecular characterization of CTV isolates are therefore needed for a sound control program. To date, serological reactivity with monoclonal antibodies (7, 34), peptide mapping (1, 15), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) analysis (10, 30), molecular hybridization (31, 37), restriction-fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis (14) and single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis (39) have been used for characterization and differentiation of CTV isolates (27). The complete nucleotide sequence of the genomic RNA (gRNA) of CTV isolates T36 and T30 from Florida (3, 20, 32), VT from Israel (26), T385 from Spain (45), and SY568 from California (46) have been obtained. These and partial gRNA sequences of several origins have also been used to compare CTV isolates of different pathogenic characteristics (4, 18, 22, 25, 33). CTV isolates are not static entities, but for years it has been observed that their biological and molecular properties could change after processes such as thermal treatment (8) , inoculation to a new host (11, 28, 29) or aphid transmission (16, 19). Those changes were explained assuming that some isolates contained several CTV strains, some of which would be filtered out in the indicated processes. Recently, it has Fifteenth IOCV Conference, 2002—Citrus Tristeza Virus 61 been shown that, as with other RNA viruses, CTV isolates have a population of sequence variants (5, 21, 40) whose composition likely affects their biological properties. Therefore, characterization of this population structure is crucial to understand the biology and evolution of CTV isolates, which may have important implications in their epidemiology and management. In this work we have assessed the population structure of six Spanish CTV isolates by SSCP analysis and their genetic variation by nucleotide sequence analysis. MATERIALS AND METHODS CTV isolates. The CTV isolates used in this study are from the collection of the Instituto Valenciano the Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Moncada, Spain, and are maintained in navel orange plants grafted on Carrizo citrange in an insect-proof screenhouse. Biological characteristics available of these isolates are summarized in Table 1 (6, and unpublished data). Synthesis and cloning of complementary DNA. Total nucleic acids were extracted from sweet orange bark infected with the different CTV isolates and enriched in dsRNA by nonionic cellulose column chromatography in the presence of 16.5% ethanol, as previously described (30). Complementary DNA (cDNA) was synthesized by reverse transcription (RT) and PCR amplification using dsRNA-rich preparations as templates and the primers p20forward (5'-ACAATATGCGAGCTTACTTTA-3') and p20-reverse (5'AACTACACGCAAGATGGA-3'), corresponding to both ends of the CTV p20 gene. Approximately 200 ng of dsRNA were denatured at 95oC for 10 min, chilled on ice and immediately used for single-step RT-PCR in a 20-μl reaction volume containing 2 μl 10 × PCR buffer, 1.5 mM MgCl 2 , 1 mM of each of the four dNTPs, 100 ng of each primer, 0.1 units of Avian myeloblastosis virus (AMV) reverse transcriptase and 0.5 units of Taq DNA polymerase (Promega Corp). RT was performed at 42oC for 45 min, and after 4 min at 94oC, PCR included 30 cycles of 30 s at 94oC, 30 s at 36oC and 40 s at 72oC, followed by a final extension of 2 min at 72oC. PCR products were analyzed by electrophoresis in a 2% agarose gel and those showing the expected size were directly cloned using the pGEM-T Vector system (Promega), according to the manufacturer instructions. Cloned cDNA was later PCR amplified in the same conditions using 2 μl of the recombinant bacterial culture as template. SSCP and nucleotide sequence analysis. For SSCP analysis, 1 μl of cDNA (from the RT-PCR product or TABLE 1 SYMPTOMS CAUSED BY THE DIFFERENT CTV ISOLATES Isolate Mexican lime vein clearing a Mexican lime stem pitting a Sweet orange stem pitting a Seedling yellows in grapefruit a


Intraoperative fractures that occur during component broaching and impaction1 and postoperative periprosthetic fractures that occur around the femoral stem2 are complications associated with total hip arthroplasty (THA). Several fixation options are used to manage periprosthetic fractures, including monofilament wires and braided cables, plate fixation, strut grafting, and/or revision of the femoral component. The ideal fixation strategy remains controversial, and there has been renewed surgeon interest in alternative fixation techniques. This includes new materials for cerclage, such as synthetic suture cables, that carry potential advantages to traditional fixation techniques. The purpose of this study was to investigate the performance of the FiberTape cerclage suture when tested using various worst-case load-bearing protocols and compared to traditional metallic braided cable implants.


This paper studies and proposes a power grid data restoration method based on SOM-LSTM neural network. First, analyze the data in the power grid data to determine the type of missing data. On this basis, the SOM neural network is used to classify the power data, and the LSTM neural network is trained based on the characteristic values of different users and historical data to complete the detection and repair of different types of missing power data. Finally, the actual power data in a certain area is used for analysis. The experimental results show that the proposed detection and repair method based on SOM-LSTM neural network can effectively detect and repair the missing data when different kinds of data are missing.


This paper is a simple, quick guide to KLOE, the flagship experiment of INFN's \Phi factory DAFNE at Frascati. KLOE's design principles, properties, its physics accomplishments and its impact on "flavor physics", are described in terms comprehensible to non specialists.


Institutional Evaluation of Academic Extension: Concepts, Levels, Parameters and Indicators. Objectives. The purpose of this paper is to construct an Institutional Evaluation of Academic Extension, integrated by a set of indicators that could evaluate the clientele, the institutional structure, the performance and the socials changes attained by the extension activities. Methodology. Pertinent literature was reviewed to assess concepts, terminology and relationships among variables used to evaluate academic extension activities, and develop a classification of the different kinds and levels of evaluation. Results. Clientele evaluation evaluates external and internal community: effort and availability evaluate the institutional structure; workload, efficiency, effectiveness, accessibility, appropriateness and adequacy evaluate the institutional performance; efficacy and side effects evaluate the social changes. Conclusions. The proposed model has the following advantages: it states a common language for evaluating; it systematizes the set of indicators (kinds and levels of evaluation) to be used for all activities; it sets up ways to calculate each indicator; and it allows every school to identify which indicators apply to its situation and which must be developed.


We show the results obtained for the cross sections of the processes $\bar D D$, $\bar D^* D$, $\bar D^* D^*\to\pi X(3872)$, information which is necessary to determine the $X(3872)$ abundance in heavy ion collisions. Our formalism is based on the generation of $X(3872)$ from the interaction of the hadrons $\bar D^0 D^{*0} - \textrm{c.c}$, $D^- D^{*+} - \textrm{c.c}$ and $D^-_s D^{*+}_s - \textrm{c.c}$ an the calculation of the $X\bar D^* D^*$ anomalous vertex considering $X(3872)$ as a molecule of the above hadrons channels.


... It means, and has meant from the beginning, the arts or studies becoming to a free man. Their purpose in our educational system was well stated by John Stuart Mill when he said it was to make 'capable and cultivated human beings. . . . Men are men before they are lawyers or physicians or manufacturers; and if you make them capable and sensible men, they will make themselves capable and sensible lawyers or physicians.' . . . He was not praising the liberal arts in order to attack the sciences. His position, he says, was 'to vindicate the high educational value alike of the old classics and the new scientific studies' and to insist 'that it is only the stupid inefficiency of the usual teaching which makes those studies be regarded as com petitors instead of allies.' . . . Everywhere in Britain and Europe, as well as in the United States, the liberal arts are in retreat before the sciences and vocational studies of all sorts. . . . The liberal arts became identified as a privilege for the few rather than an opportunity for the many, and this tradition dies hard both in Britain and in Europe. What truth does it hold for us in the United States? None. We rejected it at the outset. In American history, in the light of our national ideals and the first principles of our democracy, it is heresy. The cardinal principles of our whole demo cratic government, society, and way of life is equal opportunity. . . . Intrinsically the liberal arts have been recognized and sought after for two thousand years as the richest educational opportunity of the ideal citizen—as the stimulus and discipline of the mind that best fits it for individual responsibility, that gives it die greatest general competence upon which to draw for the specific competence required in any calling, any profession or vocation, any duty of a citizen in a self-governing society. It follows, does it not, that the freer the society, the greater the responsibilities it im poses upon the individual citizen and the greater that citizen's need for the help of the liberal arts? Shall we then deny this help to the students in our schools and colleges to whom we promise equal educational as we do equal social opportunity?" President A. Whitney Griswold of Yale said it (Saturday Review, 9 May 1953).


Given the lack of funds for new highway construction and the ever-increasing traffic flows, the issue of conversion from two lanes to four lanes is of increasing importance. The best way to assess the safety effects of these conversions would be to develop a model that would take a set of preexisting two-lane conditions and predict the benefit of conversion to a second set of four-lane conditions. This would require a database of geometric and crash information for a massive number of conversions in which many different sets of "before" conditions were converted to many different sets of "after" conditions. An alternative source of such information is predictive cross-sectional models for different before/after conditions. This analysis bases its results not on actual changes, but on differences between two sets of data. This cross-sectional analysis approach was used to develop an initial estimate of the safety effects of conversion of typical sections of two- to four-lane roads in four states--California, Michigan, North Carolina, and Washington--and to determine whether such effects would be similar across states. Conversion from "most typical" two-lane sections to most typical four-lane divided sections resulted in a crash per kilometer reduction of 40-60%. For conversions of more extreme configurations, crash reductions varied from 10% to 70%. Thus, conversion to four-lane divided sections resulted in significant safety benefits. However, the effects of conversion from two-lane to four-lane undivided roadway are still open to debate. Single-state estimates ranged from a 20% reduction to a slight increase in crash rate, depending on annual average daily traffic.


During the latter half of the eighteenth century geographical exploration
of Western North America advanced at a rapid pace and led to a
surprising fund of knowledge, some of which has only recently come to
light.' England, France, Spain and Russia were the principal participants
in the drama, the main themes of which were the search for the Northwest
and Northeast Passages to the Orient and for the vast riches thought
to exist. By the end of the century the advances on all fronts had proved
rather conclusively that the North American Continent was indeed a
tremendous land mass, a barrier to a direct water route to Asia, though
perhaps through it there might be found that convenientlv located waterway
making transcontinental passage possible. To those who wanted to
believe, there appeared to be sufficient proof that the several wide water
entrances (e.g., Puget Sound, Columbia River, and San Francisco Bay)
led far inland to meet with the rivers, such as the Missouri, draining
eastward across the Great Plains and into the Mississippi.


Bienvenue a la Ville de Quebec! From November 2 to 4, la belle ville will welcome family doctors from across Canada to Family Medicine Forum (FMF) 2006. Although the event is still 3 months away, many registrants are already calling to reserve their places and to take advantage of the reduced "early bird" rates (up to September 15). Complete program and registration information can be found at http://www.cfpc.ca.


Al-Si alloy surface is remelting and solidification by electron beam to study the influence of electron beam scan technology on alloy properties.During the electron beam scanning the Al-Si alloy,the phenomenon of surface weightlessness which could affect the surface morphology of the parts and the distribution of the element would exist in the process.The effects of electron beam parameters such as scanning time,scanning frequency and power on the weightlessness of samples after remelting are discussed,theory on gasification differences is also analyzed,the formation conditions of splash is studied,the mechanism of weightlessness formation is disclosed.The experiment results show that weightlessness increases as time and power increase.High frequency block the process of weightlessness,the evaporation capacity of Si whose saturated vapor pressure is lower is more than Al.Under the condition of given parameters,the effective depth of sampling surface comes to 18.5 μm,the highest energy is appeared at 6 μm.The main reason of Al-Si alloy surface weightlessness are the splash of molten pool when the electron beam remelt Al-Si alloy surface and the evaporation of Al phase and Si phase.


EM algorithm is used to obtain the maximum likelihood estimates for the parameters of extreme value distributions when the data are truncated. The method is used for the parameters of the type I least extreme value distribution (or Gumbel minimum) from right truncated data. Using transforms between the different types of extreme value distributions, the algorithm can be used to estimate the parameters of the Type I greatest extreme value distribution (Gumbel maximum) from left truncated data, for the two parameters Weibull distribution from right truncated data and for the Frechet distribution from left truncated data. The algorithm is illustrated with simulated examples.


This paper presents a design methodology, analysis, and practical considerations of self-oscillating drive circuit for electronic ballasts by considering the self-oscillating electronic ballast as a relay control system. The first section of the paper analyzes the design of resonant elements, the nonlinearity present in the circuit and consideration to apply the methodology proposed. The second section of the paper shows the design of self-oscillating electronic ballast using control tools such as: describing function, extended Nyquist criterion and block diagrams that allows an expression for designing the self-oscillating electronic ballast to be found.


The invention discloses a high-strength viscose filament yarn and a preparation method thereof. The high-strength viscose filament yarn is a viscose filament yarn of which the dry strength is between 2.5 and 3.5 cN/dtex and the wet strength is between 1.3 and 1.8 cN/dtex; and the method for preparing the high-strength viscose filament yarn adopts cellulose pulp of which the polymerization degree is between 450 and 1,000 and the alpha-cellulose content is more than or equal to 95 percent to prepare the viscose filament yarn of which the dry strength is between 2.5 and 3.5 cN/dtex and the wet strength is between 1.3 and 1.8 cN/dtex through processing, wherein the cellulose pulp is one or a combination of more than two of cotton pulp, wood pulp, bamboo pulp, and sugar cane pulp. By adopting the technical proposal, the produced high-strength viscose filament yarn not only has the performance of the common fiber but also increases the fiber strength and is not easy to generate broken ends in the course of processing, and a woven fabric is not easy to deform and has good dimensional stability.


This article introduces the main functions and characteristics of the simulation system based on the power system analysis software package.It is applied into the electrical engineering and automation professional practice of teaching,so that the students can learn more about the electric power system.


Dichlorotriazinic monomers prepared by the reaction of cyanuric chloride with an amine or a Grignard reagent are polycondensed with bisphenols as well as with diamines. Linear polymers thus obtained an analyzed and identified and their physical constants have been determined. Particularly, their behaviour towards heat, solubility, molecular weight, cristallinity and IR absorption spectra have been examined.


This paper presents a summary of research conducted by a team of students from the University of Missouri-Rolla. The manufacturing processes at a local firm were evaluated. The case study illustrates the benefits of applying ergonomic, safety, work measurement, and quality assessment tools together. Additionally this team approach illustrates the importance of educating engineering students to think across course and discipline lines. The paper concludes with generalized recommendations for other educational applications.


The rapid development experienced by the transportation industry in the past decades has led to many configurations of networks and therefore to an explosion of variants in transportation problems, motivating researchers to look at broader logistic problems, beyond the basic vehicle routing problems. This work introduces a new type of problem scenario combining various attributes: a pickup and delivery problem with multiple regions, multiple depots, and multiple transportation modes. We provide definitions, a literature review, and a step-by-step construction of the mathematical models from a simple and well-known scenario to the multiregion multidepot pickup and delivery problem (MR-MDPDP). For each step the relevant literature is examined. Furthermore, we suggest possible extensions for prospective research.


In this article we explore the level of job satisfaction and the sources of job dissatisfaction for 210 secondary school teachers in southwest England and compare our results with the results from a similar study published in 1962. Using anonymous questionnaires, we asked 210 secondary teachers in southwest England (63% female) to rate their level of job satisfaction and to rate 16 sources of job dissatisfaction that we adapted from the 1962 study. Teachers in 2007 rated their job satisfaction significantly lower and ordered the sources of job dissatisfaction significantly differently than did teachers in 1962. Whereas teachers in 1962 were most concerned with external sources of job dissatisfaction (e.g. salary, condition of buildings and equipment and poor human relations), teachers in 2007 expressed the most concern about factors relating to teaching itself (e.g. time demands and pupils' behaviour). The changes in sources of dissatisfaction hold true for male and female teachers, with no difference in ...


Production systems consist of different components, which influence the performance of the system in their own way. Traditionally, it is felt that the best way to improve the system is by improving its machine efficiencies. But, now it is widely accepted that a focus many other activities is a better proposition, especially for high variety systems where material flow complexity generally inflates the non-value added times. It is important to identify which controllable and uncontrollable factors in a shop floor system play a more significant role towards system performance. Simulation modeling is suggested as an expedient tool for the purpose. In this project a production system in Case Plant at Timex Watches Ltd., Noida, is analysed and various logics which are being used on the shop floor are captured. The key problems related to WIP and lead time are highlighted. The need for a flexible simulator is identified which can deal with changing configurations, control rules, product mixes, changing objectives and changing preferences of the shop floor managers. A prototype simulator with adequate flexibility is designed by comparing alternative approaches to model several system designs. The production system is modelled on this simulator and then various alternative designs are studied and the results analysed. An important result is that there is a significant scope to reduce the WIP and lead times by reducing the lot sizes. However not all incremental lot reductions will be helpful and thus it is suggested to simulate the change before implementing it. As the company is involved in in-house development of ERP software, the flexible simulator is also required to integrate in to their environment. So, the simulator is developed with features which may allow easier integration with ongoing developments towards an integrated ERP system. The thesis also demonstrates the


&agr;-Mannosidosis is an inherited lysosomal storage disease. The authors report three siblings (ages 38 to 47 years) with the rare adult variant. All three had late-onset ataxia and retinal degeneration, adding to hearing loss, cognitive impairment, and dysotosis multiplex. One sibling also had psychosis. MRI revealed cerebellar atrophy and predominantly parieto-occipital white matter changes. MR spectroscopy showed no evidence for demyelination. It appears that the disabling course of adult &agr;-mannosidosis is caused by lysosomal accumulation rather than demyelination.


The effects of compound chemical plating on distributed density and plating rate of graphite particles in plating using carbonaceous steel A3 are studied. The results show that the plating rate increases with temperature and pH, the effect of graphite quantity can be negligible; the property and concentration of complex agents is relatively highly effective. The excellent technology can be obtained, which can lead to the fact that the volume fraction of graphite in plating achieve 22%, including nickel vitriol 25 g/L, sodium phosphate 30 g/L, complex agent 5g/L, graphite 4 g/L, quality fraction of stabilizer 5×10^(-6)~10^(-5), temperature 90℃ and pH 5.


X-ray microanalysis by SEM-EDS requires corrections for the many physical processes that affect emitted intensity for elements present in the material. These corrections will only be accurate provided a number of conditions are satisfied and it is essential that the correct elements are identified. As analysis is pushed to achieve results on smaller features and more challenging samples it becomes increasingly difficult to determine if all conditions are upheld and whether the analysis results are valid. If a theoretical simulated spectrum based on the measured analysis result is compared with the measured spectrum, any marked differences will indicate problems with the analysis and can prevent serious mistakes in interpretation. To achieve the necessary accuracy a previous theoretical model has been enhanced to incorporate new line intensity measurements, differential absorption and excitation of emission lines, including the effect of Coster-Kronig transitions and an improved treatment of bremsstrahlung for compounds. The efficiency characteristic has been measured for a large area SDD detector and data acquired from an extensive set of standard materials at both 5 kV and 20 kV. The parameterized model has been adjusted to fit measured characteristic intensities and both background shape and intensity at the same beam current. Examples are given to demonstrate how an overlay of an accurate theoretical simulation can expose some non-obvious mistakes and provide some expert guidance towards a valid analysis result. A new formula for calculating the effective mean atomic number for compounds has also been derived that is appropriate and should help improve accuracy in techniques that calculate the bremsstrahlung or use a bremsstrahlung measurement for calibration.


AC Nielsen Research data states that in Indonesia there are 13.450 pieces in traditional markets as fast growing middle class population many were built modern markets in some big cities. Modern market grew by 31.4 % per year, while the traditional market following the 8 % per year. If the management of traditional markets are not addressed then the traditional market will lose visitors because most middle group will choose to shop in the modern market for reasons of hygiene, safety, comfort , etc. This study aims to determine what attributes that differentiate consumers in traditional markets and modern. The basis of this research is the study of traditional market versus modern market of Indonesia. There are 8 attributes that differentiate consumers in modern markets and traditional markets , namely : price , quality, completeness goods , scales , location , security , convenience and ease of payment . With multiple analysis multiple discriminant analysis obtained that attributes of quality, completeness goods , security and comfort of an independent variable as perceived by visitors are significantly show the differentiate of traditional markets and modern . The results provide managers recommendation that more traditional markets to improve the quality of goods , goods completeness , safety and comfort in order to keep the traditional markets enjoyed by visitors middle class group.


Catechol oxidase and laccase activity and the content of o-diphenols were followed in developing peaches from 2 weeks after fruit set to harvest time. Catechol oxidase activity in the soluble fraction drops sharply during the first few weeks and remains low until harvest time. Laccase activity rises from a very low level in the first 3 months to a level higher than that of catechol oxidase at harvest time. Catechol oxidase activity in a paniculate fraction and o-diphenols content per fruit, each show a peak during fruit development The peak in o-diphenols content precedes that of catechol oxidase activity.


The effects of litter removal on soil properties in a Pinus caribaea stand were studied by comparing with a litter reserved stand.Results showed that the mean diameter at breast height(DBH) and mean tree height in the litter removal stand were 21% and 11% smaller than those in the litter reserved stand,respectively.Soil physical properties of the litter removal stand became poor due to litter removal with an increase of 5% in soil bulk density and decrease of 6%,7%,7%,10% and 4% in capillary porosity,non-capillary porosity,total porosity,capillary water and natural water content,respectively,and the contents of clay significantly decreased by 16%;After litter removal,the soil organic matter,total N,total P,total K,alkalized N and available K significantly decreased by 43%,64%,11%,40%,32% and 14.5%,respectively,and available P decreased by 2%;The number of bacteria decreased by 8%,and the numbers of fungi and actinomyces significantly decreased by 38% and 63%,respectively,and the activities of urease,acid phosphatase and catalase significantly decreased by 55%,69% and 72%,respectively.


Summary Investigations have been carried out to study the effect of urea on aggregation and incubation resistance of human platelets. Urea in high concentrations inhibits the Ca++-induced aggregation in platelet-rich EDTA-plasma while at low concentrations an increased aggregation takes place. Incubation of platelet-rich plasma at 37° C in the absence of divalent cations was performed in the presence and absence of 0.1 M urea. The temperature-induced percentage inhibition of aggregation was found to be significantly lower in the presence of urea.


We construct a family of two-Lee-weight codes over the ring Rk, which is defined as trace codes with algebraic structure of abelian codes. The Lee weight distribution of the two-weight codes is given. Taking the Gray map, we obtain optimal abelian binary two-weight codes by using the Griesmer bound. An application to secret sharing schemes is also given.


Apart from Antonsen's extreme postulation of a single allophonic stage traceable to Proto-Germanic from which to derive all the attested 'umlauts,' the view has often been advanced that at least certain early vowel modifications produced by both vocalic and consonantal influences—such as the -umlaut of */e/ to */i/ (including */e/ > */i/ before a cluster of nasal plus consonant and in unaccented syllables) and the -umlaut of */i/ to */e/ and of */u/ to *[o] (> */o/)—should be ascribed to some stage of Proto-Germanic. Whether or not restricted to these phenomena, the ProtoGermanic 'umlaut' assumption implies not only the dubious postulation of exactly the same trends and results for all the North and West Germanic languages, but also the highly speculative view that Gothic was affected by vowel modifications comparable to those attested by the other Germanic dialects. As is well known, however, Wulfila's language exhibits a definitely idiosyncratic situation with regard to umlaut phenomena, and scholars have always found it difficult to provide a convincing explanation for this circumstance. Thus Hirt, for example, suggests that the special position of this variety of East Germanic is due to the fact "daß das Gotische aus einer zu


Since its closure in 1995 and the subsequent accident happened in 1998, the Aznalcollar mine pit has been used as a disposal site for diverse metal-rich materials removed during the rehabilitation of polluted areas along the Guadiamar river and around the former ore processing facilities. At present, the mine pit is partly flooded and contains a highly acidic (pH 2.7) pit lake with ~6 Hm 3 of metal and sulphate-rich water. Detailed research performed in the area during recent years (November 2002 to present-day) has shown that the reaction of the lake water with the spilled wastes, in addition to mixing with two inflows of acid mine waters coming from a waste pile and a pool which collects acidic leachates generated in the mine area, are strongly modifying the water quality of the pit lake. A major and dramatic highlight in the water quality of the pit lake has been the spill of 1.4 Hm 3


Neglected single photon processes are fit to an excess of electron-like events observed in a predominantly nu_mu beam at MiniBooNE. Predictions are given for analogous events in antineutrino mode.


Scholars studying the anthropology of work have traditionally been interested in questions of power, class, inequality, moral economy, and the transformations brought about by global capitalism. To address these larger questions, workplace ethnography gives attention to both interactional and systemic level analysis, making linguistic methods a powerful tool for studying both talk at work and institutional discourse. Language has many social functions within the workplace, from the organization of tasks and goals to the ways people navigate relationships and perform identity. Linguistic theoretical and methodological perspectives are applied to the study of power and gatekeeping practices in institutional settings, performance of identity and gender at work, and inequalities related to race, ethnicity, and perceptions of accent. Linguistic practices in the neoliberal global economy are also an economic resource to be managed, regulated, scripted, and marketed, as part of the reflexive project of worker self-improvement. Language is also a form of labor itself in global customer service interactions, accent-reduction training, and contexts of tourism. Thus, workplace ethnography and language study complement each other, and linguistic methods and theory may be applied to major questions in the field of anthropology of work.


We construct a labor-barter economy under search friction, introducing quality heterogeneity and information asymmetry into the economy. Under this environment, we examine the welfare effect of a sorting device. The main modifications to the standard sorting model are that i) an agent's type is endogenously determined by his optimal behavior and ii) rejecting trade is an option available for agents, so a ``lemon market'' problem may possibly emerge. Our findings are as follows: First, sorting can prevent the labor market from collapsing even under a serious information asymmetry by providing a more favorable condition for good-type workers. Second, sorting has a positive welfare effect, as opposed to the standard sorting models, by disciplining bad-type workers and encouraging trade. Finally, introducing a sorting device can significantly reduce the equilibrium unemployment rate by alleviating the informational friction and creating a positive externality, which prevents a possible coordination failure caused by that friction.


We will demonstrate a new and innovative way of watching television in combination with interacting with each other in a living room via second screen and HbbTV. A second screen platform, two screen now, makes it possible to play along with a second screen application that interacts and aggregates scores on the HbbTV content layer on a central TV screen. Creating an engaged social in house experience.


The algorithms used in the NASA experimental wind shear radar system for detection, characterization, and determination of windshear hazard are discussed. The performance of the algorithms in the detection of wet microbursts near Orlando is presented. Various suggested algorithms that are currently being evaluated using the flight test results from Denver and Orlando are reviewed.


abstract:This essay asks: How do the realities of embodied trauma inflicted by racism interface with virtue theory? This question illuminates two lacunae in virtue theory. The first is attention to race. We argue that the contemporary academic virtue literature performs largely as a White space, failing to address virtue theory's role in the social construction of race, ignoring the rich and vibrant resources on virtue ethics alive within the Black theological tradition that long antedates Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue, and segregating the emerging literature on race and virtue from the broader discourse. The second is lack of attention to embodiment. More precisely, contemporary virtue theory, informed largely by Aristotle, Aquinas, and MacIntyre, has no conceptual space to theorize the body's role acquiring and deploying virtue and vice. To explore this nexus, we draw on racial trauma therapist Resmaa Menakem, Katie Walker Grimes, and Howard Thurman's Jesus and the Disinherited to challenge contemporary virtue theory and open new possibilities for a robustly corporate, enfleshed theological virtue ethic.


Nanoparticles immobilized on protective polymer supports are highly attractive for various applications in industrial processes. However, nanoparticles tend to agglomerate during the preparation of...


It is hard to get ideal control effect with traditional PID in process control.This paper presents a controller by combining auto-tuning fuzzy control with traditional PID control.The fuzzy inference method is used to tune the PID parameters.It can conquer the influence of nonlinear and large delay in process control system.And it is applicable to temperature control system.Experiment shows that the controller gives a good control performance.


Preface 1. Basics in Molecular Evolution 2. Basics in Bioinformatics and Statistics 3. Functional Divergence after Gene Duplication: Statistical Modeling 4. Functional Divergence after Gene Duplication: Applications and Others 5. Phylogenomic Expression Analysis between Duplicate Genes 6. Expression between Duplicate Genes: Genome-Wide Analysis 7. Tissue-Driven Hypothesis of Genomic Evolution 8. Gene Pleiotropy and Evolution of Protein Sequence 9. Modeling the Genomic Evolution of Gene Contents 10. Advanced Topics in Systems Biology and Network Evolution References Index


This study attempts an analysis of names of round characters in Wole Soyinka's The Strong Breed from the ethnography of communication's perspective. It was discovered that the characters in the text bear different names which reflect diverse ethnolinguistic values. This, therefore, necessitated occasional translation from the source language (SL) to the target language (TL) i.e. English. The names were further dissected contextually based on their discursive illocutionary acts. This subsequently revealed a preponderance of informative acts among others. The research further affirmed the submission of Schineider (2009) that conventional anthroponomastics approaches its subject ethnographically. The study therefore, brings about an interface of literary studies, pragmatics, linguistics and onomastics (the study and science of names).


The present invention discloses a method white carbon, carbon hollow polyester viscose coffee interleaving Eco soft jacquard textile fabrics, warp yarns Sophie functional composite yarn, the weft yarn is a spun yarn high torque; functional composite yarn of the yarn main body Rousha white carbon is white carbon viscose or with viscose in the form of coffee carbon composite hollow polyester, and the mass proportion of hollow carbon coffee polyester ≤35%; Rousha functional composite yarn skeleton modified polyester yarn is a filament absorption and quick ; the torque is hollow modified polyester spun yarn as raw material, high torque obtained spun yarn production process. The present invention has a good and lasting antibacterial deodorization performance; with permanent moisture wicking function, for winter use without feeling wet; with moisture and heat and thermal features far-infrared emission function. Having a soft fit and breathability; good fabric dimensional stability. Dyeing fabrics do not need, do not use softener, green.


Hydroponics is one of the agricultural techniques with great potential to produce plant products. Hydroponics is also a pattern of plant breeding that is environmentally friendly and does not require a large area of land. Although it has been developed for long time ago, the quality and quantity of hydroponics does not really give significant results. In order to improve the quality of agricultural products, a modernization step is needed by implementing an automation system based on Internet of Things. Thus, the solution offered to overcome the problems of the current hydroponic system, the innovation offered is green hardware, namely Airlangga Sahabat Petani Hidroponik (Arsenik). In this hardware, monitoring of the system with an integrated manner and measuring several aspects such as environmental and soil levels, nutrients in plants and interpreting them into an output that can be read directly by users. The expected result through this hardware is community empowerment in developing hydroponic systems and maximum hydroponic plant yields.


The degradation of gate-induced-drain leakage (GIDL) current under hot-carrier stress (HCS) has been studied in n-channel MOSFETs that were annealed in hydrogen (H) or deuterium (D). It is found that the degradation of GIDL current (I/sub GIDL/) can be effectively suppressed by deuterium passivation of interface traps. By using the H/D isotope effect, the impacts of oxide charge trapping (/spl Delta/N/sub ox/) and interface trap generation (/spl Delta/N/sub it/) on I/sub GIDL/ are successfully separated. The results indicate that, depending on stress and measurement conditions, I/sub GIDL/ may increase or decrease under HCS. /spl Delta/N/sub ox/ alters I/sub GIDL/ at high electric fields by varying the band-to-band tunneling current. /spl Delta/N/sub it/ alters I/sub GIDL/ at a low electric field by introducing a trap-assisted leakage component. Furthermore, evidence of hole trapping at the peak substrate current stress is indisputably presented for the first time and its impact on I/sub GIDL/ is discussed.


OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of fingered citron essential oil on proliferation of MDA-MB-435 cells in vitro.METHODS Cell viability was assayed using MTT method,and the morphological alterations of apoptosis or necrosis in MDA-MB-435 cells were observed by inverted microscopy,fluorescence and scanning electron microscope.Furthermore,DNA damage was measured by comet assay,and cell cycle was measured by flow cytometry.RESULTS Essential oil from fingered citron caused concentration dependent inhibitory effect on the proliferation of MDA-MB-435 cells,with IC50 value of(110±5)μg·mL-1.Moreover,treated with different concentations of fingered citron essential oil for 6 h,the cells in the low and middle concentrations experiment groups(31.25,62.5,125 μg·mL-1)exhibited the apoptotic changes in morphology such as cell shrinkage,chromatin condensation and fragments.In contrast,the cells in the high concentration experiment group(250 μg·mL-1)showed typical necrotic characteristics including membrane rupture and nuclear integrity.Futhermore,the results from comet assay showed that comet heads were smaller and comet tails were longer in the low or middle concentration experiment groups,than that in high concentration experiment groups,illustrating that cells ocurred apoptosis or necrosis,respectively.In addition,flow cytometry analysis showed that cell cycle was arrested in S and G2/M stages.CONCLUSION Essential oil from fingered citron could inhibit proliferation of MDA-MB-435 cells in a concentration-dependent manner in vitro.Moreover,low and middle concentrations of essential oil from fingered citron could induce apoptosis and the cell cycle was arrested in S and G2/M stages,whereas high concentrations of the compouds resulted in necrosis in MDA-MB-435 cells.


Dynamic object creation or state changes often require information related to object's state to be fetched from an environment external to object's context. Similarly, object's state is accessed in external environments through its interface. We discuss a general purpose service architecture for structuring I/O services. The architecture separates the concerns of I/O from object's functionality. The architecture employs event channel type communication, in which, an intermediate I/O channel provides variability to support different types of object factories, observable objects and I/O streams.


The PM-1-M-2 test element is described. The potential hazard incurred by its inclusion in the SM-1 Core II was analyzed. A nuclear analysis developed power distributions and reactivity effects. Hydraulic and thermal analyses developed anticipated burnout heat flux ratios. An evaluation of the risk involved with the inclusion of this element is presented. (auth)


A noticeable progress has been found in decision making problems since the introduction of soft set theory by Molodtsov in 1999. It is found that classical soft sets are not suitable to deal with imprecise parameters whereas fuzzy soft sets (FSS) are proved to be useful. Use of intuitionistic fuzzy soft sets (IFSS) is more effective in environment, where arguments are presented using membership and non-membership values. In this paper we propose an algorithmic approach for multiple attribute group decision making problems using interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy soft matrix (IVIFSM). IVIFSM is the matrix representation of interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy soft set (IVIFSS), where IVIFSS is a natural combination of interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy set and soft set theory. Firstly, we propose the concept of IVIFSM. Then an algorithm is developed to find out the desired alternative(s) based on product interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy soft matrix, combined choice matrix, and score values of the set of alternatives. Finally, a practical example has been demonstrated to show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.


Software system engineering is rapidly growing to larger scales and software maintenance tends to be complex. The number of involving software artefacts increases with the growth of software systems. Thus, different software development methodologies, processes and practices are getting introduced to ease the software management. Consequently, the management of excessive software artefacts is also important towards a successful maintenance. Therefore, the notion of traceability management of software artefacts is given prominence along with continuous integration. This paper explores the existing traceability management approaches to propose an optimized framework that overcomes current limitations. Hence, the previous work of this research, SAT-Analyzer, which is a prototype tool, is extended to support continuous integration with DevOps practices.


Abstract Random copolymers of all trans structure have been prepared from butadiene and 1,3-pentadiene, in the presence of vanadium compounds and alkyl aluminum halides composed catalyst systems. Copolymers of butadiene and pentadiene, in the composition range of 30-45 weight per cent of pentadiene, are amorphous at room temperature at rest but crystallize upon stretching. Cured tread stocks show improved technological properties with respect to other synthetic diene-based elastomers. Very good processing and extrusion behavior, high tack, tear strength, and abrasion resistance are outstanding properties of the BP copolymers in the field of general purpose rubbers.


Piezoelectric transducers are, by nature, electromechanical devices. Methods historically used to characterize these transducers involve both electrical and mechanical measurements. The purpose of this paper is to propose a technique to characterize piezoids which will require electrical measurements only. Thus, characterization can be accomplished through the use of readily available calibrated electrical test equipment. This technique is based upon the assumption that some insight into the d y n am i c be hav i or of a p i e z o id can be imp1 i ed by i n spec t ion of the transducer's static material properties. A necessary condition for the validity of the proposed technique is established. This test procedure is utilized in the design/test process of a piezoelectric accelerometer.


G‐protein‐coupled muscarinic receptors (mAChRs), of which there are five subtypes (M1‐M5), are attractive drug targets for a number of disorders. Described in this unit are radioligand‐binding assays for defining the selectivity and affinity of chemical agents at the five mAChR subtypes. Detailed methodologies and troubleshooting strategies are provided for saturation‐binding studies, to estimate KD and Bmax values, and for competition‐binding studies to estimate Ki values. Emphasis is placed on experimental details that are critical for executing a robust and reliable assay. Curr. Protoc. Pharmacol. 48:1.33.1‐1.33.18. © 2010 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.


In order to keep the balance of the energy input and their loads when multi-function solar air-condition is in the warming with water heating model,a control tactics which can change quantity of heat between air conditioning and hot water by regulate rate of water flow in hot water heat exchanger was proposed.An identification model of neural network and fuzzy control model using air conditioning loads as a control objective was developed.Numerical simulation result show that the combination of neural network and fuzzy control in regulating water flow of hot water heat exchanger can effectively solve the load matching problem.


Instability in molybdenum/aluminum taper etching for large, high-resolution thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid-crystal display (LCD) gate line was analyzed for stable TFT LCD manufacturing. The gate line edge shape is influenced by the passivity period that decreases the overetching period that is necessary for taper creation. Passivity is mainly created soon after molybdenum just-etching time when the aluminum/molybdenum area ratio is huge and the electric current concentrate to the molybdenum edge. Bubbles on the substrate play an important role to decrease the cathode/anode area ratio to decrease the electric current in molybdenum to suppress passivity formation. Wire breakdown measurement is effective to maintain substrate-wide taper gentle shape profile by sampling inspection.


Healthy-looking needles were randomly collected from Pinus mugo ssp. uncinata at two sites in the montane zone with different edaphic and microclimatic conditions and examined for the diversity of endophytic fungi. One site is on a mountain ridge, the other in a peat bog. On average, about 35–40% of the needles were colonized at both sites. Eleven species of fungi were isolated. Cenangium ferruginosum and Cyclaneusma minus dominated the endophytic mycobiota of the tree stand along the mountain ridge. C. ferruginosum and Lophodermium pinastri were the dominant species in the needles of the trees in the peat bog. C. ferruginosum and L. pinastri occurred mainly in the needle tip; C. minus occurred most frequently in the middle segment of the needles. The needle base was rarely colonized by these fungi. Endophyte colonization of trees along the mountain ridge increased significantly from the uppermost trees to the ones further down the ridge. No clear pattern of colonization was observed for trees in the peat bog except for the colonisation by L. pinastri , which showed a tendency to form infection centres. Species composition was constant within sites, but the frequency of colonization by C. minus and L. pinastri varied greatly among trees.


To examine the knowledge, attitudes, and interest of an inner‐city population toward pharmacogenetic testing, with the primary objective of identifying facilitators and barriers toward pharmacogenetic testing; and secondary objectives of determining predictors of patient interest in pharmacogenetic testing and how much patients would pay for the test.


A new wireless communication architecture, the 'virtual cellular network (VCN)' was proposed in order to improve the performance of conventional cellular networks. The advantage of the VCN includes increased throughput, easy placing of ports, no handover and simple wireless communications. A random access uplink (mobile-to-station) protocol, the multi-packet encoding (MPE) is proposed for the VCN in order to provide almost fair throughput independently of the position of the mobiles. Moreover, the MPE reduces the backoff delay by using an error correction code, and increases the downlink channel efficiency due to the minimized feedback (ack's). A minimum group (MG) protocol is proposed for the downlink. The MG protocol supports multicast (several ports send the same downstream packets) as well as unicast (only one port sends the packet to a mobile).


Objective: The plasma low-molecular metabolites of malnutrition rats was detected through metabonomics to explore the fesibility of metabonomics in the application of malnutrition.Methods: Rats were randowly divided into control group and malnutrition group.The rats could drink water freedomly.60% of standard food was given to malnutrition group rats and there was no restriction of food control group.After model of malnutrition was established,the plasma was collected and low-molecular metabolites was detected.Results: Compared to control group,the intensity of carnitine and tryptophan fragment were higher and the intensity of betaine,palmitoylcarnitine,linolenic acid,docosahexaenoic acid and arachidonic acid were lower.Conclusion: Low-molecular metabolites in plasma detected through metabonomics are related to nutrition status.Metabonomics can be recognized as an technique for evaluating malnutrition.


Manganese carbonate can be converted to many kinds of manganese oxides when it is aerated in air and oxygen.Pure manganese carbonate can be changed into Mn3O4 and γ-MnOOH,and manganese carbonate ore can be converted to MnO2 under the air-aerating and oxygen-aerating circumstances.The oxidation process of manganese carbonate is a changing process of mineral association,and is also a converting process of valence of manganese itself.Not only equilibrium stat,but also nonequilibrium state are involved in this whole process,This process is an irreversible heterogeneous complex reaction,and oberys the nonequilibrium thermodynamic model,The oxidation rate of manganese cabonate is controlled by many factors,especially nonmanganese metallic ions which play an important role in the oxidation process of manganese carbonate.


| In this article we introduce a biologically inspired approach to robot motion control. It is based on a so-called neural eld which can be described by a non-linear competitive dynamical system. Movement directions are assigned to the eld's artiicial neurons by employing codebook vectors. Due to the eld's intrinsic dynamical properties the problem of reaching a goal under constraints can be solved eeciently. Our approach is validated by applications to local navigation and manipulator control.


The wild fungi resources in Saihanba was investigated.Statistics revealed there are 22 families,51 genera and 79 species of macrofungi in Saihanba,with 65 species of fungi having economic value,composed of 35 species of edible fungi,24 species of medicinal fungi,and 6 species of toxic fungi.In order to protecte the germplasm resources,some feasible suggestions and countermeasures are proposed for the protection and utilization according to the protection status of wild macrofungi resources in Saihanba.


Aims:  To evaluate a novel secondary model structure (Int J Food Microbiol 2008; 128: 67) that describes the effect of medium structure on the maximum specific growth rate (μmax) of Salmonella Typhimurium on the growth of S. Typhimurium, Listeria innocua, Lactococcus lactis and Listeria monocytogenes.


57 ABSTRACT There are disclosed dye-providing compounds compris ing color coupler dyes substituted on the phenylene diamine portion with one or two cyclic 1,3-sulfur-nitro gen groups. The dye-providing compounds are capable of releasing the coupler dye upon cleavage in the pres ence of silver ions or a soluble silver complex. The dye-providing compounds are useful as image-forming materials in color thermographic, photothermographic and other photographic processes.


We consider covolume methods for the mixed formulations of quasi-linear second-order elliptic problems. Covolume methods for the mixed formulations of linear elliptic problem was first considered by Russell Rigorous Block-Centered Discretizations on Irregular Grids: Improved Simulation of Complex Reservoir Systems, Tech. report 3, Project Report, Reservoir Simulation Research Corporation, Tulsa, OK, 1995] and tested extensively in [Cai et al., Comput. Geosci., 1 (1997), pp. 289--315], [Jones, A Mixed Finite Volume Element Method for Accurate Computation of Fluid Velocities in Porous Media, Ph. D. thesis, University of Colorado, Denver, 1995]. The analysis was carried out by Chou and Kwak [SIAM J. Numer. Anal., 37 (2000), pp. 758--771] for linear symmetric problems, where they showed optimal error estimates in L2 norm for the pressure and in H(div) norm for the velocity. In this paper we extend their results to quasi-linear problems by following Milner's argument [Math. Comp., 44 (1985), pp. 303--320] through an adaptation of the duality argument of Douglas and Roberts [Math. Comp., 44 (1985), pp. 39--52] for mixed covolume methods.


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Silence, within mainstream feminist scholarship, is based on a binary understanding in relation to voice. Silence is demeaned and seen as the unwanted other. As a result, silent women are depicted as powerless and oppressed. In this paper I examine the dynamics of an email episode I experienced with a female student within a Kuwaiti higher education context. Combining Carter's (2006) views on archival silence and approaching the email event from a dialogically extended mind perspective (Fusaroli, Gangopadhyay & Tylen, 2013) I offer a different understanding of silence. Following an autoethnographic approach to research, I argue that silence needs to be freed from the dichotomous entrapment in order for other meanings to emerge. Focusing on the process of the dialogical interaction within the email context I was able to see how silence plays a role as a tool that dialogically extends the mind. Silence emerges as intersubjective, dialogic and requires collaboration.Keywords: extended mind; dialogical engagement; silence; voice; email communication; KuwaitPart of the Special Issue Technology enhanced learning in the MENA region


A zoom lens system includes a frontmost first lens unit (L1) having a negative optical power and a plurality of lens units (L2, L3) on the rear side thereof. The first lens unit consists of a negative lens element. The zoom lens system includes five or less lens elements in total. The Abbe number of the negative lens element and the exit pupil distance of the zoom lens system at a wide-angle end are arranged.


The concept of ITIL management process is introduced in this paper. According to actual practices in the scientific research institutions and role-based access control theory, an improved model of ITIL is designed. When used in scientific research institutions, cloud data center operation and maintenance management, the model has achieved good results and provides new ideas for enhancing the level of informatization construction in the scientific research institutions. Introduction The human society is moving towards the information age from the industrialization era, under the background of the rapid development of informationization of scientific research institutions. With big data, cloud computing technology, the construction of scientific research data center has become scientific the inevitable choice for the research institutions of information infrastructure and information technology infrastructure that supports environment construction. How to combine programming characteristics of scientific research institutions and scientific management system with mechanism, to ensure the safety of the data center of the scientific research institutions, operation efficiency, realization of due profits? Ii is a topic worthy of further study. Now, the concept of ITIL management process is introduced in this paper. According to actual practices in the scientific research institutions and role-based access control theory, an improved model of ITIL is designed. When used in scientific research institutions, cloud data center operation and maintenance management, the model has achieved good results and provides new ideas for enhancing the level of informatization construction in the scientific research institutions. ITIL management system ITIL(IT Infrastructure Library) is the international IT service management model, released first by the British government in the 90s of the 20th century. After nearly 20 years of exploration and practice, the model has formed a set of IT service management serving as best guidance in practice. The model is an objective, rigorous, quantitative standards and specifications [1, 2]. The core of ITIL is "service management", including 10 processes and a management function. Usually according to their functions and service objects, ITIL can divide these processes and functions into two packets: "service supporter" and "service provider"[3]. "Service supporter" process groups include operation and maintenance management platform related to IT, event management, problem management, configuration management, change management, release management, one management functions and five processes; "service providers" process groups include five processes: management service level management, financial management for it services, management ability, IT services and continuous management and availability management. The difference between the traditional IT management mode and the IT service management mode is shown in table 1. 2nd International Conference on Electronics, Network and Computer Engineering (ICENCE 2016) © 2016. The authors Published by Atlantis Press 858 Tab.1. The difference between the traditional IT management mode and the IT service management model Traditional IT management mode IT service management model based on technique based on process Fire brigade forethought react passively react actively centralized operation, independently completed unit distributed operation, appropriate


This paper provides an overview of the ongoing European Language Equality(ELE) project, an 18-month action funded by the European Commission which involves 52 partners. The primary goal of ELE is to prepare the European Language Equality Programme, in the form of a strategic research, innovation and implementation agenda and a roadmap for achieving full digital language equality (DLE) in Europe by 2030.


Traditional fractal pattern design has some disadvantages such as being lack of the ability for describing basic cell of pattern and unable to effectively reflect the characters of real scenery.In order to solve the problems,we present a novel pattern design technology of fractal geometry based on image texture rendering.First we improve the texture synthesis algorithm of Wei by using two-dimensional autocorrelation function to analyze the structure and distribution of the texture first,and then determine the size of L neighborhood.Second several special fractal sets are adopted and HSL color space is chosen,so that the fractal structure can be used to manipulate the texture synthesis.The experiments have shown that using the novel technology patterns with different style,color,texture characteristic can be generated quickly.


Health investigators routinely collect DNA and environmental data from study participants in order to assess the impact of genetic and environmental risk factors on an outcome of interest. When planning a study, alternate study designs are evaluated to minimize bias and achieve a large enough sample size from available resources. With the enormous volumes of high-quality biomedical data housed within its numerous biobanks, Norway is particularly well-suited to spearhead the investigation of a wide array of exposures and outcomes in a systematic manner. The rich array of longitudinal phenotypic data also permits an assessment of geneenvironment- timing interactions. Maximizing the research potential inherent in Norwegian biobanks is the overarching aim of Biobank Norway, an infrastructure project recently funded by the Norwegian Research Council. The development of advanced statistical tools for the analysis of high-throughput genomic data is critical to fulfill this aim and biostatistics platforms have been key elements of major biobank harmonization initiatives. However, many of these approaches have focused on traditional case-control designs. To exploit the particular advantages inherent in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa), we describe here models to analyze the special data configurations available with offspring-parent designs. These models and the statistical tools outlined in this review were developed through the support of Biohealth Norway, a biobank platform funded by the Norwegian Functional Genomics Research Program (FUGE).


The idea of using multiple paths to transport TCP traffic seems very attractive due to the potential benefits it may offer. Despite a solid theoretical background and quite substantial implementation attempts, none of the provided proposals was successful enough to fully establish its mark. Therefore, this paper presents and develops a novel approach to carry TCP traffic over multiple paths. The main features of the proposed architecture include: (1) end-to-end transparency, (2) autonomy of the operation (protocol stack transparency), and (3) interoperability with different operating systems (OSs). To demonstrate the potential of the presented architecture, experimental results are provided in one of possible application scenarios, a high capacity local mesh backbone network with bottleneck gateway links.


In this review, we discuss gold nanotube membranes, which are of interest in the field of membrane separations. The review briefly describes the template synthesis approach based on electroless gold deposition for production of these membranes using polymer track-etched and porous alumina membranes as a template. Separation using gold nanotube membranes based on strategies such as molecular size exclusion, charge, and molecular recognition are also presented. Gold nanotube membranes can perform various separations of ions, organic molecules, proteins, and nucleic acid. This review covers the concepts underlying the separation mechanisms as well as representative applications of gold nanotube membranes in biosensing, catalysis, and biomedical applications. The review concludes with an outlook providing a perspective for further developments and applications of gold nanotube membranes.

Keywords:

membranes;
nanotechnology;
gold nanotube membranes;
composite membranes;
template synthesis;
electroless deposition;
molecular separations


"I fatti degli altri sono come racconti dell' Orco" G.B.Basile, Lo Cunto de li cunti, egloga 2 v.298 At some point in the history of the European fairy tale, beautiful princesses escaped from their towers and fell asleep in enchanted palaces in the woods. Young princes galloped on horseback through nameless streets. Oaks muttered and herbs revived the dead. Ogres sat on the threshold of caves that lead underground. Laughing fairies passed by, satisfying wishes or cursing. In these tales, we encounter over-bearing kings, lovely maidens, mountain peaks, underground palaces, enchanted gardens, and dishes prepared by mysterious cooks and served by invisible servants. Their readers and hearers knew for certain that time passed in an orderly sequence of 'before and after'. Yet fragments of these days and years passed in an unpredictable order. Time was introduced by a series of opening formulae that initiated a plot unconnected to reality. The "once upon a time" of fairy tales effaced every reference to a recognized time period, while the "seven years, seven months, seven days and seven minutes" that concluded the action can be viewed as an absurd, even humorous ritual. If this prevented both reader and listener from identifying themselves with the story, it allowed them to adapt and enrich it through their experiences and desires. These tales describe the body and the blood, tears, shit, and precious stones that come out of it. Fleas grow like sheep. Sea Dragons' hearts are boiled and the fumes make queens, female cooks, furniture and swords pregnant. Dragons' heads grow back after decapitation. Magic stones emerge from the heads of cockerels. Horses chatter, beetles play guitars, mice dance, and singing crickets lull people to sleep. Yet these stories are also about love. Desirable virgins disguised as she-bears escape into woods or have their overly attractive hands dismembered. Children are killed and eaten or are lost and found again. Lovers' hearts break for a kiss. Maidens shape men using a silver razor and by mixing almond paste with rose water, rubies, pearls, and threads of gold on a kneading trough. Wizards make dancing dolls, hens and golden chicks. Kings and Queens spread out magical jackets and skirts embroidered with diamonds over meadows and stairs. Characters' bodies set themselves against and clash with one another. Their bodies shine and deteriorate on the threshold of a dark, dangerous, deep place: the ogre's house. In one step characters may go in and out of its rooms formed of caves, mountains, the "isle of ogresses" and fairyland. These are ail adjoining and accessible places from those embarked upon a journey far from family and their destiny; a journey that will change their body and status. As these types of tales show, princes and princesses, fairies and ogres, horses and plants all complete a journey through incredible yet not impenetrable places. Their stories became the subject matter of a new literary genre: the fairy tale. Drawn from ancient and coeval traditions, these texts and their models were diversions for urban and aristocratic elites as well as an aspect of Baroque aesthetics and courtly entertainment rituals. I 1. The Naine Fairy Tale. For nearly rive centuries, European literary milieus have defined the fairy tale as a "tale of magic," a "fable;" as an irregular narrative of uncertain origin which contains elements taken from different cultures, transmitted by conflicting or alternative traditions. These stories were used in a variety of social contexts such as courtly games, encomiastic poetry, choreography, and theatre. They shared an established reception, some traditions, a function and narrative structure, which has generated different types of stories that have been used to teach moral values and as a form of entertainment and communication. In this article, I shall refer to fairy tales as a genre which (a) are of uncertain origin, (b) have established themselves as a literary genre from the early modern period, (c) were originally written for courtly entertainment, (d) represent the earliest period of a European literary genre that grew increasingly from the seventeenth century. …


The N- alkyl- N -nitrosoureas possess antitumor activity but readily decompose at the pH of biological fluids with half-lives about 20 minutes at pH 7 and 37.5°. The effect of substituents, R, on the kinetics of solvolysis of synthesized R─N─(NO)─CO─NH 2 was determined in the phosphate buffer region, pH 6–7.8, as a basis for the proper design of biologically effective compounds. Spectrophotometric techniques were used over a range of several temperatures. The solvolytic rates were first order in substrate and hydroxyl ions and the log k -pH profile was linear with a slope of + 1.0. No solvent or general acid-base catalysis was observed, and salt effects were negligible. No significant differences in reactivities, entropies, or heats of activation were observed for R = methyl, ethyl, and butyl. The 2-methylpropyl was slightly more reactive. When R = allyl, phenethyl, and benzyl, a significant increase in reactivities was observed. The unsaturated substituents favored hydroxyl ion attack as expected. However, the cyclohexyl compound also had high reactivity to hydroxyl ion attack.


Abstract. In recent years, many target detection methods for hyperspectral images based on sparse representation (SR) theory have been proposed and achieved good results. However, these methods still have some deficiencies. Specifically, these methods usually give the same weight to the pixels in the neighborhood when they use the spatial information, and obtain the spectral average features to replace the spectral features of the central pixel. However, the influence of each pixel in the neighborhood of the central pixel may be different. In addition, when the dictionary learning method is used for target detection, its performance depends on the constructed dictionary. To solve these problems, an innovative target detection method based on spatial-spectral joint weighted dictionary learning with an online updating mechanism is proposed. First of all, different from traditional SR method, this method integrates the spatial adaptive neighborhood information into the sparse coding stage to realize the spatial-spectral weighted joint SR. Second, the online dictionary updating mechanism and a two-step optimization method are used together to update the dictionary and sparse coding coefficients alternately, which can learn the optimal dictionary set in real time. The experimental results show that the proposed method has better performance when compared with four state-of-the-art dictionary learning-based methods for hyperspectral target detection.


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We have previously shown that immunotherapy with an antibody targeting the programmed cell death-1 (PD-1)/PD-1 ligand (PD-L1) pathway, pembrolizumab, in combination with the immunomodulatory drug (IMiD) pomalidomide and dexamethasone, provided promising clinical activity in relapsed/


The reaction between dry arenediazonium o-benzenedisulfonimides (1) and sodium thioacetate or thiobenzoate in anhydrous acetonitrile at room temperature is an efficient and safe procedure, of general validity, for the preparation of 5-aryl thiol esters. The products can be easily purified and the yields are always very high. Of the 28 considered examples, the average yield of the S-aryl thioacetates (7) was 86% and that of the S-aryl thiobenzoates (8) 88%. It was possible to recover, in good amount and from all the reactions, o-benzenedisulfonimide (9), reusable for the preparation of salts 1.


The aim of this study to analyses the correlation between the Von Willebrand factor (VWF) and blood pressure of pregnant women in Makassar. The study was used cross sectional study which is conducted in community health center (Puskesmas) of Makassar city from August to November 2015. The subjects were primigravida pregnant women ranged from 17 to 35 years old and had no history background on chronic hypertension. The data collections were the sample characteristics, anthropocentric data and blood pressure data. The blood sample was examined at Nechri Laboratory of Hasanuddin University. The data were analyzed used Chi-square by SPSS programmed to analyze the correlation between the level of Von Willebrand Factor(VWF) and systolic and diastolic blood pressure. The study was indicted that the average systolic and diastolic blood pressure of the samples was respectively 101.08 mmHg and 70.81 mmHg. The mean level VWF of the samples was 363.41 ng/ml. There was no significant correlation between VWF level and systolic (p=0.09) and diastolic (p=0.643) blood pressure.


The 50 MHz Jicamarca incoherent scatter radar can be used to make very high precision F‐region plasma drift measurements with less than a m/s uncertainty and 5 min/15 km time/height resolutions. In such measurements the transmitting antenna beam is pointed perpendicular to the geomagnetic field [e.g., Kudeki et al., 1999 ] and backscattered fields consist of magneto‐ionic O‐ and X‐components with unequal phase retardations. Detecting the fields with an orthogonal pair of linear‐polarized antennas and fitting the average power and differential‐phase of the antenna outputs to an appropriate data model we have succeeded in making F‐region electron density measurements with data collected during Jicamarca drifts experiments. This procedure provides Jicamarca with a new capability for simultaneous drifts and density measurements at F‐region heights.


Change of the modori-property depending on the storage time was examined using crucian carp which was known to show the myofibril-associated type of modori-phenomenon. Gels pre-pared from the fish immediately after death, stored for 3h, 6h, and 9h showed extensive modori- phenomenon and the myosin heavy chain of these gels almost completely disappeared on the SDS-PAGE analysis. However, relatively tougher gel was formed from the fish stored for 12h and rather dense band of myosin heavy chain was observed on the SDS-PAGE analysis. Strength of gel prepared from the fish stored for 24h became weak again. On the other hand, the post-mortem pH of crucian carp was relatively high, around 6.7-7.0. It was, thus, speculated that the myofibril-associated modori-inducing proteinase causing crucian carp modori-phenomenon might be dis-tinguished from other sarcoplasmic modori-inducing proteinases in optimum pH range.


Possible ion—molecule reactions leading to NO+ formation have been investigated. It has been found that O++N2→NO++N,k1≈2.2×10−11 cm3 sec−1,N2++O2→NO++NO,k2≤2.1×10−13cm3sec−1,O2++N2→NO++NO,k5≤2.1×10−13cm3sec−1. Evidence has also been found for the following reaction of N+ ions N++O2→NO++O,k6≈1×10−10cm3sec−1,N++CO2→NO++CO,k7≈3×10−11cm3sec−1.


Follow The Female Patient on and The Female Patient | VOL 35 SEPTEMBER 2010 33 Approximately 6 years ago, vaginal mesh kits were introduced to the market in an attempt to obtain the benefits of a more durable repair as well as to simplify and standardize the technique of mesh placement vaginally. The Apogee/Perigee (AMS) and Prolift (Gynecare) systems were the first 2 kits released for treatment of vaginal prolapse in all compartments including anterior, posterior and apical (Figures 1 and 2). Other companies have released similar kits, but all have used the same basic concept of passing needles/trocars through incisions made in the groin and buttocks to assist in the placement and anchoring of the vaginal mesh graft through the levator muscles (or sacrospinous ligaments) in the anterior or posterior compartment.


This paper aims to present the perception of secondary school teachers in Mysore city (India) regarding Total Quality Management (TQM) in education. It is an attempt to understand how these perceptions vary by demographic variable such as, gender & subject specialization (Arts and Sciences). Data were collected from 156 high school teachers in Mysore (India) on the Bonstingle's conceptualization of Demming's 14 points Total Quality Management (TQM) in Education (1992) and were analyzed using SPSS version 14.0. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was employed to find out the significance of difference between variables subscales. Significant difference was found between male and female teachers in the perception of total quality management. Female teachers had higher mean score than male teachers. Tthere is no significant difference between Arts and Sciences secondary school teachers in the perception of TQM in education.


Under typical conditions, the early reflections in a concert hall are attenuated relative to the direct sound and are thus integrated with the direct sound. However, there are instances where, due to focusing effects, the level of a reflection can be greater than or equal to the level of the direct sound. This can result in an apparent shifting of the image away from the true source and toward the source of the reflection. This paper reports on a series of subjective tests designed to provide an initial look at the parameters of the reflected sound which influence image shifting. Tests were conducted using two methods: binaural simulation and multiple loudspeakers in an anechoic chamber. Image shifting was examined as a function of the level, delay, angle of arrival, and spectral content of the reflected sound relative to the direct sound. The results were examined in the context of the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver where pronounced image shifting occurs at certain locations in the hall due to several larg...


High sulfur loading is the key to achieve high energy density promised by lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. However, serious problems such as low sulfur utilization, poor rate performance and cycle stability have been exposed during the scaling up of the sulfur loading for freestanding cathodes. To address these issues, the adsorption/catalytic ability of high sulfur loading cathode toward polysulfides must be improved. Herein, based on excellent properties of cationic MOFs, we proposed that Cu-Mo bimetallic nanoparticles embedded in multifunctional freestanding nitrogen-doped porous carbon nanofiber (Cu-Mo@NPCN) with efficient catalytic sites and high sulfur loading capacity could be prepared by facile transition metal-based anion exchange of cationic MOFs. And the sulfur embedded in Cu-Mo@NPCN was directly used as freestanding sulfur cathodes, enabling a high areal capacity, good rate performance, and cycling stability even under high sulfur loading. The freestanding Cu-Mo@NPCN/10.3S achieves high areal capacity of 9.3 mA h cm-2 and volumetric capacity of 1163 mA h cm-3 at 0.2 C with a sulfur loading of 10.3 mg cm-2. This work provides new insights into freestanding sulfur cathode engineering for high-performance Li-S batteries and would advance the development of cationic MOF-derived bimetallic catalysts in various energy storage technologies.

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Graphene, an atomically thin carbon sheet, has drawn significant attention in many fields because of its unique electronic and optical properties. Graphene is a potential candidate for plasmonic metamaterial absorbers and emitters because of its optical tunability and extreme thinness. We have previously demonstrated graphene Salisbury screen metasurfaces. Although the absorption wavelength of such metasurfaces can be controlled by varying the graphene patch size, the absorbance is insufficient for practical applications. In this study, therefore, multilayer graphene metamaterial absorbers (MGMAs) were theoretically investigated in the middle- to long-wavelength infrared (IR) region. The MGMAs consist of graphene layers alternating with insulator layers formed on a bottom reflector. The spectral absorbance was calculated using the rigorous coupled-wave analysis method. The calculation results demonstrated that a high absorption of ~100% can be achieved because of the multiple plasmonic resonance between each graphene layer and the bottom reflector. The absorption wavelength can be controlled by regulating the graphene pattern size because of the plasmonic resonance of graphene. Furthermore, the absorption wavelength can be tuned by controlling the chemical potential of graphene, which allows for the development of electrically tunable wavelength-selective IR absorbers and emitters. These results will contribute to the development of high-performance wavelength-tunable graphene-based IR detectors and emitters.


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 Since the 1970s Frankliniella occidentalis has successfully invaded many countries to become one of the most important agricultural pests of ornamental, vegetable and fruit crops globally. Its invasiveness is largely attributed to the international movement of plant material and insecticide resistance, both of which have combined to foster the rapid spread of the species throughout the world (Kirk and Terry, 2003; Reitz et al., 2020). Individuals are very small and they reside in concealed places on plants; thus are easily hidden and hard to detect in transported plant material. They reproduce rapidly and are highly polyphagous, breeding on many horticultural crops that are transported around the world. F. occidentalis is species no. 177 on the list of A2 pests regulated as quarantine pests in the European Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO) region (version 2005-09). It has now reached many countries, and remains a serious threat to crops in those countries that it has not yet reached.


Symplectic integrators that preserve the geometric structure of Hamiltonian flows and do not exhibit secular growth in energy errors are suitable for the long-term integration of N-body Hamiltonian systems in the solar system. However, the construction of explicit symplectic integrators is frequently difficult in general relativity because all variables are inseparable. Moreover, even if two analytically integrable splitting parts exist in a relativistic Hamiltonian, all analytical solutions are not explicit functions of proper time. Naturally, implicit symplectic integrators, such as the midpoint rule, are applicable to this case. In general, these integrators are numerically more expensive to solve than same-order explicit symplectic algorithms. To address this issue, we split the Hamiltonian of Schwarzschild spacetime geometry into four integrable parts with analytical solutions as explicit functions of proper time. In this manner, second- and fourth-order explicit symplectic integrators can be easily made available. The new algorithms are also useful for modeling the chaotic motion of charged particles around a black hole with an external magnetic field. They demonstrate excellent long-term performance in maintaining bounded Hamiltonian errors and saving computational cost when appropriate proper time steps are adopted.