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Genetic and Evolutionary Algorithms for Time Series Forecasting
Nowadays, the ability to forecast the future, based only on past data, leads to strategic advantages, which may be the key to success in organizations. Time Series Forecasting allows the modeling of complex systems as black-boxes, being a focus of attention in several research arenas such as Operational Research, Stati...
OPTIMAL BOUNDS FOR O RDINAL C OMPARISON MAPS*' 1,2
In this note, we answer the following question: Given two recursively presented well orderings R, S of subsets of the natural numbers, what is the complexity of an
Electrochemical Evidence for Hemilabile Coordination of 1,3-Dimethyllumazine to [1,1′-Bis(diorganophosphino)ferrocene]copper(I)
The complex cations [Cu(dippf)(DML)]+ ([1]+) and [Cu(dppf)(DML)]+ ([2]+), where dippf = 1,1′-bis(diisopropylphosphino)ferrocene, dppf = 1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene, and DML = 1,3-dimethyllumazine, were prepared and crystallized as BF4– or PF6– salts. Structure determinations of the tetrafluoroborates revealed ...
Soft Rim Tapes - Grey - 700c 16mm – Teranga Bike Adventure
The PVC material provides an excellent resistance to high temperatures during braking . HIGH RESISTANCE MATERIAL - Resistant to high pressure and puncture. It provides an excellent resistance to…
Micro-system for alimentary tract inspection based on nRF2401
A kind of micro-system for alimentary tract inspection based on nRF2401 is introduced.The micro-system contains three parts:"capsule micro-system for inspection","data acquisition system outside body","data processing system".The temperature sensor and the pressure sensor are used to acquire data.The single chip C8050F...
Tolerance Approach to Possibilistic Nonlinear Regression With Interval Data
We study possibilistic nonlinear regression models with crisp and/or interval data. Herein, the task is to compute tight interval regression parameters such that all observed output data (either crisp or interval) are covered by the range of the nonlinear interval regression function. We propose a method for determinat...
The human brain processes visual changes that are not cued by attended auditory stimulation
Event-related potentials (ERPs) to visual stimuli were recorded from the scalp of eight adult humans performing a task in which they counted vowels from a heard story. In the oddball condition, a repeated (standard) light bar of 50 ms in duration was rarely (P = 0.1) replaced by a (deviant) one differing in orientation...
Photographic description and appraisal of water resources (Commission VII, Invited Paper, Lisbon 1964)
Summary Interpretation of aerial photographs is of great value in virtually all types of hydrologic studies. These investigations range in scope from rapid reconnaissance studies based only or largely upon aerial photographs to highly detailed studies that include field work. Single and stereoscopic pairs of vertical a...
On sustainable development of future buildings
The paper analyzes the importance and the necessity of the energy-saving and the emission reduction of the buildings,explores the direction for the sustainable development of the future buildings,combining with building situation of our country,points out the factual channel to enhance the development of the green buil...
[Coronary artery disease associated to diabetes mellitus].
Diabetes mellitus represents a major coronary risk factor. Diabetes promotes atherosclerotic plaque development through different mechanisms among which oxidative stress induced by hyperglycaemia appears to play a major role. Knowledge of pathophysiologic mechanisms associated with diabetes helps to better understand t...
Health care for an immigrant nation: Policy and practice in Australia
Abstract Australia is one of the most multicultural nations on earth. Over 100 different languages are spoken by Australians in the normal course of their lives. 20% of its population was born in another country and 24% of Australians have one or both parents born overseas. It is within this socio‐demographic context t...
Compression of polymer beads: Finite element modeling of stress-strain behaviour
A finite element method has been used to simulate the deformation of gel beads during uni-axial compression. The simulated data has been used to investigate an experimental method for obtaining an apparent elastic modulus (Eapp) of single beads. The results indicate that the measured modulus is related to the shear mod...
Original Research Communications-methods Weight-for-height indices to assess nutritional status-a new index on a
The protein-energy malnutrition classification schemes of Waterlow and Mc- Laren, although similar in other respects, assess the weight-for-height of children in quite different ways. The drawbacks of their two methods are described, and an alternative method is presented which overcomes them. The new index is called w...
Self-Organizing Map Approach for Identifying Mental Disorders
Classifications of mental illness such as schizophrenia are very broad; therefore, the proposed approach attains at practical and task-relevant diagnostic categories by use of clustering techniques. A Self-Organizing Feature Map (SOFM) approach was design and implemented for classifying transcribed speech samples and d...
A peak power reduction method for multicarrier transmission
We developed a method to reduce peak to average power-ratio (PAR) of multicarrier signals. The method enlarged the quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) constellation size at a number of tones so that several signal points represent the same information. It chose a signal point among equivalent signal points that minim...
Application of Bionics Design in Sculpture Design for Products
The innovation and advancement of bionics design in sculpture design was discussed from the characteristics and forms of applications of bionics.It was pointed out that people would pay more attention to humanism,individuated and zoological products;bionics design will be one of the most important methods of design in ...
On surveying and setting-out accuracy of bridge location
Combined with several years' experiences in surveying and setting-out work of bridge location,from survey,error analysis,setting-out method and other aspects measures how to ensure the surveying and setting-out accuracy of bridge location are discussed.Author points out that setting-out accuracy is important for engine...
Women icons of popular music : the rebels, rockers, and renegades
Contents List of Photos Series Foreword Preface/Intro Acknowledgments Timeline Volume One Tori Amos Joan Baez Mary J. Blige Patsy Cline Ani DiFranco Missy Elliott Aretha Franklin Emmylou Harris Debbie Harry Chrissie Hynde The Indigo Girls Janis Joplin Volume Two Carole King Madonna Sarah McLachlan Joni Mitchell Dolly P...
Feasibility study of a photoelectric system for detection of downed aviators
SIO Reference 60-45. The function of a photoelectric system should be to improve upon the performance capabilities of unaided visual search. This report will therefore start with a very brief analysis of the visual detection capability. Succeeding sections of the report will discuss each parameter of the search geometr...
The Simulation Design of A 5.8GHz RF Power Amplifier
By using of win HBT technology,a 5.8GHz radio frequency PA for the application of DSRC was simulated in ADS.The bias circuit with the function of adaptively linearizing was designed,which provide the compensation current and voltage for the core circuit.Based on the S-parameters and load-pull technology,the matching ne...
Spoofing interference suppression using space-time process for GPS receiver
We study on spoofing interference suppressing for GPS receiver.A new approach is proposed combing generalized side-lobe canceller (GSC) and space-time adaptive faltering.It uses the method called multistage GSC (MGSC) to achieve interference sup-pressing.The realization of anti-jam receiver is proposed.The performance ...
The Basics of Laboratory Signals
Parameters measured in laboratories cover a wide range of physical properties and effects, such as luminescence, electromagnetic energy absorption (uv, ir, nmr, etc.), electrochemical potential, temperature, pressure, radioactivity, etc., in addition to simple coordinate changes, such as distance, angle, velocity or ac...
Non data-aided estimation of the modulation index of continuous phase modulations
In this paper, a new non data-aided estimator of the modulation index of continuous phase modulated (CPM) signals is proposed. It is based on the observation that the inverse of the index is the smallest positive real number a CPM signal should be raised to in order to generate a sinusoid of period 2T, where T is the s...
7- [2- (2-aminothiazol-4-yl) novel crystalline and a method of manufacturing the 2-hydroxyimino-acetamide-3-vinyl-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid (syn isomer)
In the powder X-ray diffraction pattern shows the peaks at diffraction angles shown in the table below 7- [2- (2-aminothiazol-4-yl) -2-hydroxyimino acetamide] -3-vinyl-3-cephem -4 - novel crystalline carboxylic acid (syn isomer) (B-type crystal). The crystals obtained by forming a solution crystals under acidic conditi...
A broadband semicircle probe-fed pentagon-slot microstrip patch antenna
A wideband pentagon-slot microstrip antenna with a semicircle probe feed is proposed. The broadband characteristic is achieved by cutting a pentagon slot at each corners of the patch. The proposed antenna is able to achieve an impedance bandwidth of 68.3% for a VSWR of less than 2. Experimental comparison with a simila...
Device for repeatedly machining
The invention relates to a device for repeatedly machining workpieces (1), especially bar-shaped or tubular workpieces, which are located next to each other. Said device comprises a bottom part (2) for supporting the workpieces (1), a top part (3) that can be drivingly moved relative to the bottom part (2) in order to ...
Angiogenic switch in Barrett's adenocarcinoma: the role of vascular endothelial growth factor
The development of cancerous cells from the normal cells is the consequence of multiple genetic and epigenetic abuses. Activation of “Angiogenic switch” or formation of new blood vessels is one of the upshots of these abuses. Multiple factors are associated with the activation of angiogenic switch. Vascular endothelial...
Nd : Glass ring regenerative amplifier using telescopic geometry for high output energy with good beam quality
To achieve high output energy by generating a large gain mode volume, a Nd:phosphate glass ring regenerative amplifier with a built-in 1:1 telescope was proposed as a part of a terawatt chirped-pulse amplification Nd:glass laser, and its performance was characterized. In this ring regenerative amplifier, an input energ...
Corrosion protection by organic coatings
This book contains 27 papers. Some of the titles are: Mechanism of Protecting Metals by Organic Coatings Against Corrosion; Mass Transport in Blistering of Coated Steel; Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Cathodic Protection Under Disbonded Pipe Coatings with AC Impedance Measurements; and Characterization of Corrosion...
Construction of a hybrid biocatalyst containing a covalently-linked terpyridine metal complex within a cavity of aponitrobindin.
A hybrid biocatalyst containing a metal terpyridine (tpy) complex within a rigid β-barrel protein nitrobindin (NB) is constructed. A tpy ligand with a maleimide group, N-[2-([2,2':6',2''-terpyridin]-4'-yloxy)ethyl]maleimide (1), was covalently linked to Cys96 inside the cavity of NB to prepare a conjugate NB-1. Binding...
CHARACTERIZATION OF ORGANIC VERMICULITE PREPARED BY DIFFERENT INTERCALATION TECHNIQUES
Vermiculites were intercalated by hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide through stirring in hot water, milling in a ball mill, boiling in a Soxhlet extractor and stirring in a twist moment rheometer mixer. The microstructures and properties of organic vermiculites were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Fourier infrare...
Species differences in the formation in vitro of estrogen conjugates
Abstract 1. Large differences were found in the ability of liver and kidney tissue from rabbits, hens, guinea-pigs and cats to form glucoronides and sulfates of phenolic steroids and of diethylstilbestrol under standard in vitro assay conditions. 2. The in vitro results are not a reliable guide to the types of conjugat...
Physiological Variation and Cold Resistance Evaluation of Different Sweet Osmanthus Cultivars under Low Temperature Stress
The changes of relative electric conductivity ratio,activity of SOD and POD,content of soluble protein,soluble sugar,praline and relative water content of twelve sweet osmanthus cultivars were measured under low temperature stress.The results of comprehensive evaluation on cold resistance by principal component analysi...
On the Crystallization of Terbium Aluminium Garnet
Attempts to grow terbium aluminium garnet (Tb3Al5O12, TAG) by the Czochralski method lead to crystals of millimeter scale. Larger crystals could not be obtained. DTA measurements within the binary system showed that TAG melts incongruently at 1840 deg. C. The perovskite (TbAlO3, TAP) with a congruent melting point of 1...
The Ultra Structure of Abnormal Objects in the Semen of Two Bulls
In the semen of the two bulls, abnormal structures, which were not identified with phase-contrast and dark-field microscopy, were observed. These samples were fixed, embedded in the plastic blocks and sectioned for examining with T.E.M. It was understood that the objects in the first sample were abnormal spermatozoa wh...
Rhythms in second messenger mechanisms.
In this chapter circadian rhythms in the beta-adrenoceptor/adenylate cyclase/phosphodiesterase system are presented and discussed. Daily variation in total number and affinity of beta-adrenoceptors in rat forebrain and rat heart ventricles seem to be of minor importance in the circadian regulation of the cAMP concentra...
On the optimality of the standard genetic code: the role of stop codons
The genetic code markup is the assignment of stop codons. The standard genetic code markup ensures the maximum possible stability of genetic information with respect to two fault classes: frameshift and nonsense mutations. There are only 528 (about 1,3% of total number) optimal markups in the set of markups having 3 st...
Photo-Oxidative Degradation of Poly(vinyl Chloride) Based Nanocomposites Under Ultraviolet Irradiation
The poly(vinyl chloride) based nanocomposites with 3.0% weight content of the photo-active zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles or the photo-inert calcium carbonate (CaCO3) nanoparticles was prepared by the solution mixing method, respectively. Their photo-oxidative degradation under ultraviolet irradiation (365 nm) at room ...
Cumulative dosing of isotretinoin should not follow strict range
Cumulative dosing of isotretinoin has followed a reference range of 120 to 150 mg/kg, but there is an absence of strong evidence supporting this recommendation, pointing to the need for clinicians to treat their patients to achieve clearance of acne rather than adhere to this range.
Does complexity affect the speed of innovation
Abstract This paper examines whether there is a relation between innovation complexity and the speed of innovation (the time taken from development to commercialisation). A complexity measure along three stages of innovation: a means to develop, a means to deliver and a means to market is developed to give insights int...
Weapon Carrying and Substance Abuse Among College Students
Results from administering the Core Alcohol and Drug Survey on 61 US campuses during the 1994/95 academic year were analyzed to assess weapon carrying among college students. Seven percent of the 26,225 students (11.1% of the men and 4.3% of the women) responded that they had carried weapons (gun, knife, etc) during th...
Summarizing Complexity in High Dimensions
High-dimensional, multispectral data on complex physical systems are increasingly common. As the amount of information in data sets increases, the difficulty of effectively utilizing it also increases. For such data, summary information is required for understanding and modeling the underlying dynamics. It is here prop...
Double galaxy redshifts and the statistics of small numbers
Tifft (1980, 1982) claimed that observations of double galaxies reveal a 72 km/s periodicity. Sharp showed that the periodicities in the observations are completely consistent with the statistics of small numbers. Here it is shown that Tifft's statistical procedure would ascribe a periodicity to small sets of Gaussian ...
Serotonin firing activity as a marker for mood disorders: lessons from knockout mice.
Publisher Summary This chapter presents that the electrophysiological assessment of the serotonin (5‐HT) spontaneous firing activity, may be an index to measure the 5‐HT neurotransmission in mutant mice that is correlated to their mood status. In particular, the analysis of three lines of mice that show changes of both...
The microstructure of the Flash Crash: Flow toxicity, liquidity crashes and the probability of inf
The “flash crash” of May 6, 2010, was the second-largest point swing (1,010.14 points) and the biggest one-day point decline (998.5 points) in the history of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. For a few minutes, $1 trillion in market value vanished. In this article, the authors argue that the flash crash was the result ...
X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer study of (Fe1−xNix)4N (0.2 ≤ x ≤ 0.6) films
Abstract Single phase (Fe 1− x Ni x ) 4 N compounds (0.2 ≤ x ≤ 0.6) have been synthesized by reactive evaporation and investigated by X-ray diffraction and Mossbauer spectrometry. The lattice parameters of the nitrides decrease from 3.796 to 3.774 A with increasing Ni concentration. The fitting results of Mossbauer spe...
Prostate biopsies assisted by comanipulated probe-holder: first in man
Purpose ::: A comanipulator for assisting endorectal prostate biopsies is evaluated through a first-in-man clinical trial. This lightweight system, based on conventional robotic components, possesses six degrees of freedom. It uses three electric motors and three brakes. It features a free mode, where its low friction ...
Association Between Magnesium Intake and Depression and Anxiety in Community-Dwelling Adults: The Hordaland Health Study
Objective: Systemic inflammation is associated with both the dietary intake of magnesium, and depression. Limited experimental and clinical data suggest an association between magnesium and depression. Thus, there are reasons to consider dietary magnesium as a variable of interest in depressive disorders. The aim of th...
Feeding experiment using uniformly 13C-labeled α-linolenic acid supports the involvement of the decarboxylation mechanism to produce cis-jasmone in Lasiodiplodia theobromae
ABSTRACTIn our previous report, it was found that Lasiodiplodia theobromae produced cis-jasmone via partially utilizing the biosynthetic pathway of JA. A feeding experiment using uniformly 13C-labe...
Distribution of local-minima energies in a three-state Potts spin glass
Abstract The distribution of the energies of local minima in the Potts spin glass model with three states at zero temperature is obtained on the basis of its equivalence to isotropic quadrupolar glass. The distribution is analogous to that of the Sherrington-Kirkpartick model.
Potentiometric Method for Evaluating the Oxidant/Antioxidant Activity of Seminal and Follicular Fluids and Clinical Significance of this Parameter for Human Reproductive Function
Potentiometric method based on the sharp change of electrode potential for the ferricyanide/ferrocyanide mediator system after addition of the seminal or follicular fluid sample into the measuring electrochemical cell has been developed to enable the easy assessment of the oxidant/antioxidant status of these kind of bi...
Field effect transistor and method for producing same
Provided is a field effect transistor that has favorable properties, offering both high current density and low contact resistance, also provided is a method for producing the same. The present invention comprises a channel layer formed on a substrate, an InAlN layer formed on the channel layer, an In x Al y Ga 1-(x+y)...
Recording method of information recording medium
The present invention provides a method of recording medium such as an optical disc, the recording disc version information thereof, recording using the disc version information thereof and / or reproducing method, and a recording and / or reproducing apparatus. It can be unified standardized disc information to effici...
Pleiotropic overdominance and the maintenance of genetic variation in polygenic characters.
A model of selection is described in which optimizing phenotypic selection is combined with pleiotropic overdominance. Thus, the role that mutation commonly plays in models of phenotypic evolution is replaced by balancing selection. Expressions are provided for the equilibrium genetic variance in phenotype and for the ...
Chlorinated hydrocarbons in sediments of the Elbe River and the Elbe Estuary
Abstract Eight sediment samples collected between Hamburg and Cuxhaven were analysed for organic micropollutants. Using three different methods the following compounds were determined: α-HCH, γ-HCH, HCB, PCB, DDT-family, pentachlorobenzene and octachlorostyrene.
Updated results from the nu(tau) appearance search in NOMAD
Abstract Updated results from the appearance searches for ν μ → ν τ and ν e → ν τ oscillations in the full NOMAD data sample are reported. The increased data and the use of more refined kinematic schemes for the ν τ CC selection allow a significant improvement of the overall sensitivity. The “blind analysis” of both th...
Male caregivers to persons diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia have higher stress level than caregiver to persons diagnosed with Alzheimers Dementia
Poster presentation at AD/PD, Kenes International: International conference on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases and related neurological disorders, 18.-22. March.
The Analysis of the Problem of Chinese Logistics Parks's Development
Logistics parks is new things that it appear at process of economic development in recent years,to improve the urban service functions,improve the investment environment,to promote the development of play irreplaceable role in China.Most provinces and economic centers have developed logistics development plans.But the ...
A multi-institutional study of racial differences in androgen receptor status among triple-negative breast cancers.
1089Background: Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) is a highly heterogeneous and aggressive breast carcinoma subtype typified by high recurrence and mortality rates. To date, no targeted therapies are available for TNBC. Recently, androgen receptor (AR), a nuclear steroid hormone receptor expressed in 10-43% of TNBCs...
Magnetic Properties of Liquid Crystals Incorporating Metal Centres
Abstract : Magnetic susceptibility data (300-520 K) of monomeric and dimeric mesogenic copper(ll) compounds are presented. Different magnetic effects arising from the paramagnetic Cu(ll)-centres and the diamagnetic anisotropy of the mesogenic groups are observed and discussed with respect to possible intermolecular Int...
(+/-)-4-Aryl-4,5-dihydro-3H-1,3-benzodiazepines. 3. 2-Phenyl and 2-amino analogues as potential antihypertensive agents.
A series of 2-phenyl- and 2-amino-4-aryl-4,5-dihydro-3H-1,3-benzodiazepines was prepared and submitted for broad biological screening, including evaluation for potential antihypertensive activity. Compound 4a [(+/-)-4,5-dihydro-2,4-diphenyl-3-methyl-3H-1,3-benzodiazepine hydrochloride] was the most active member of the...
Method for manufacturing conductive composite using the scrap of stainless steel
A method for manufacturing a conductive composite using scraps of stainless steel is provided to recycle scraps of stainless steel produced in a surface polishing process of stainless steel and to produce a good quality of conductive composites inexpensively. The method for manufacturing a conductive composite using sc...
Answering atomic queries in indefinite deductive databases
Answering queries in indefinite systems is a difficult problem both computationally, since it involves non-Horn clauses and factoring, and conceptually, concerning producing beliefs for formulas not derivable from the system. to provide a basis for reasonable beliefs, we propose new criteria as an alternative to the Fu...
Within and between plant variation of 4β-hydroxiwithanolide E in cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana; Solanaceae).
Abstract 4β-Hydroxywithanolide E is a compound with antifeedant activity against certain species of insect herbivores. This compound has been found in roots, leaves, calyxes, and fruits of Physalis peruviana plants. In this study, we quantified by HPLC the concentration of 4β-hydroxywithanolide E in different organs of...
Stereoselective Total Synthesis of Phenolic Nonadecanediol
A simple and highly efficient synthetic route has been developed for synthesis of 1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)nonadecane-3,5-diol (1). The two stereogenic centers were generated by employing proline asymmetric α-hydroxylation (MacMillan α-hydroxylation), Jacobsen's hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR), and, finally, Yamaguchi ox...
Recombinant ndv antigen and its use
The present invention encompasses a NDV vaccine. The vaccine may be a subunit vaccine based on a HN of NDV. NDV HN can be expressed in algae, including plant or microalgae. The present invention also encompasses recombinant vectors encoding NDV antigens that can be used to protect animals from NDV, epitope or immunogen...
Research of peg - in - hole assembly for a redundant dual-arm robot based on neural networks
Considering that the actual assembly work demands high precision and flexibility for the dual-arm robot at high speed. This paper introduces the design of the dual-arm robot architecture from two aspects of hardware and communication. The work space and constraint relationship of the dual-arm robot during the assembly ...
On the creation of Wada basins in interval maps through fixed point tangent bifurcation
Basin boundaries play an important role in the study of dynamics of nonlinear models in a variety of disciplines such as biology, chemistry, economics, engineering, and physics. One of the goals of nonlinear dynamics is to determine the global structure of the system such as boundaries of basins. A basin having the str...
V9-04 PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE RENAL LESIONS AMENABLE TO NEPHRON SPARING SURGERY
with cold scissors, the tumor pseudocapsule is identified (white asterisk) and separated from normal renal parenchyma (black plus sign). C) As the tumor pseudocapsule (white asterisk) is freed from renal parenchyma, the tumor can be rolled out of the tumor bed (black plus sign). d) Once the tumor is removed, hemostatic...
Exact controllability to the ground state solution for evolution equations of parabolic type via bilinear control.
In a separable Hilbert space $X$, we study the linear evolution equation \begin{equation*} u'(t)+Au(t)+p(t)Bu(t)=0, \end{equation*} where $A$ is an accretive self-adjoint linear operator, $B$ is a bounded linear operator on $X$, and $p\in L^2_{loc}(0,+\infty)$ is a bilinear control. We give sufficient conditions in ord...
Guest Editorial: Advanced Understanding and Modelling of Human Motion in Multidimensional Spaces
With increasing applications such as human-computer interaction, surveillance, medical diagnosis and computer animation, automatic understanding and modelling of human motion have attracted more attention from researchers and industries. Extensive research in human motions especially facial behavior and human body acti...
Design of high accuracy orientation sensor of MWD
This paper proposes to develop an angle measurement system of the orientation sensor based on accelerometers and fluxgate magnetometers. By analyzing temperature error and fix error which affect the orientation accuracy, a new error correcting model has been put forward. Testing results show that the MWD orientation se...
Power scaling in network devices
The largest part of routers and switches, today deployed in production networks, has very limited energy saving capabilities, and substantially requires the same amount of energy both when working at full speed or when being idle. In order to dynamically adapt such energy requirements to the real device work load, curr...
Incorporation of a dispersion energy term to Fraga's atom–atom pair intermolecular potential. Application to benzene, s-tetrazine, and their mixed dimers
Two ways of incorporating dispersion energy by adding a new r–6 term to an atom–atom pair potential proposed by Fraga have been tested, as well as Fraga's potential itself, with respect to both minimal basis set and SCF plus dispersion energy calculations of benzene–benzene, benzene–s-tetrazine, and s-tetrazine–s-tetra...
Autoencoder-based transfer learning in brain–computer interface for rehabilitation robot
The brain–computer interface-based rehabilitation robot has quickly become a very important research area due to its natural interaction. One of the most important problems in brain–computer interf...
Appropriating the Refugee Camp. Exploring Volunteers' Spatial Organization
Based on an ethnographic study of volunteers in a German refugee emergency camp, established in a former town hall, this article explores the volunteers’ role during the latest “refugee crisis”. It...
Flushing of the vagina and the prepuce—a cause for contaminated urine cultures in children
Objective ::: An uncontaminated urine culture is a prerequisite for the diagnosis of a urinary tract infection. However, this may be difficult to obtain in small children. We have studied the frequency of ballooning of the prepuce in non-circumcised boys and vaginal reflux in girls during voiding as a possible cause of...
Installation, Upgrade, and Removal
Oracle GoldenGate is a great tool for migrations, real-time replications, and data integration projects. For a tool that is great on so many levels, it does change over time. This is evident with the way Oracle GoldenGate has changed between the releases from 11g to 12c. In the past, Oracle GoldenGate was simply instal...
Modal Analysis for the Tower of Large Scale
The rocket launch tower is a kind tower of large scale which is used in many important palces, in order to counter the tower faults problems such as leaning, bulking, etc.According to the theory of multimodal analysis, mathematical modeling and simulation of vibrational mode were conducted for the tower. The paper desc...
Impacts of Power Control on Outage Probability in CDMA Wireless Systems
In this paper we analyze the power control loops on the reverse link of a CDMA system. We obtain an expression for the transmission power of a mobile station and its signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) received at the base station. This allows the derivation of outage probability, which is the probability for not fulfil...
Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP) in Human Cerebral Tumors. An Immunohistochemical Study
Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) was studied in 160 cerebral tumors, mostly of neuro-epithelial nature. It was positive in astroglial tumors with an intensity proportional to the degree of cell differentiation. It was sometimes positive also in non-astroglial tumors, such as oligodendrogliomas and ependymomas, an...
Pheochromocytoma and Autonomic Dysfunction
John Garvie, MD, Junior Assistant Resident, Jewish Hospital of St Louis, Department of Medicine: A 46-year-old man with a two-year history of diabetes mellitus controlled with tolazamide treatment and hypertension that responded to methyldopa therapy was admitted for evaluation of episodic palpitations, weakness, and s...
ferrous materials covered products resistant to corrosion
THE INVENTION RELATES TO FERROUS MATERIALS. IT RELATES TO A MATERIAL COATED IRON CORROSION RESISTANT CHARACTERIZED IN THAT DOOR ON AT LEAST ONE SURFACE LAYER 2 ALLOY EUTECTIC CONTAINING 70 TO 80 WEIGHT PB, 5 TO 10 IN WEIGHT AND SN 10 25 WEIGHT OF ZN AND FILM 3 CHROMATE ON ALLOY LAYER. APPLICATION TO MANUFACTURING PIPE ...
Simple models for excited-state dynamics of conjugated molecules
The photochemistry of large molecules with conjugated (pi) -systems plays an important role in many systems of biological interest, including vision and photosynthesis. The size of these systems, however, often precludes a detailed knowledge of the electronic states and associated potential energy surfaces on which the...
Impacts of Mineralogy on the Chemistry and Microbiology of Heap Bioleaching
The microbial microenvironment in heaps is strongly influenced by ore mineralogy. While laboratory studies on microbial activity under controlled conditions provide a good understanding how bioleaching organisms might assist in metal extraction, examination of the ore, its mineralogy and leaching chemistry offer additi...