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The objective of this paper is to apply the stochastic production frontier methodology to a survey database collected in northern Vietnam. Our study finds that the average technical efficiency of tea production is only about 41 %. Among extension policy measures available to farmers, only training on production inputs has an improving impact on technical efficiency. Other features of policy have no significant effect, contrary to the expectation. The adoption of the oldest variety “Trung-Du” is not a source of inefficiency while the effects of other new varieties are insignificant. The results indicate that there is a great potential for improving production efficiency in the region of the study.

Objective: To compare the safety and efficacy of anti-leukotrienes and inhaled glucocorticoids as monotherapy in people with asthma. Design: Systematic review of randomised controlled trials comparing anti-leukotrienes with inhaled glucocorticoids for 28 days or more in children and adults. Main outcome measure: Rate of exacerbations that required treatment with systemic glucocorticoids. Results: 13 trials (12 in adults, one in children) met the inclusion criteria; all were in people with mild and moderate asthma. Leukotriene receptor antagonists were compared with inhaled glucocorticoids at a daily dose equivalent to 400–450 μg beclometasone dipropionate. Patients treated with leukotriene receptor antagonists were 60% more likely to suffer an exacerbation requiring systemic glucocorticoids (relative risk 1.6, 95% confidence interval 1.2 to 2.2; number needed to treat 27, 13 to 81). A 130 ml greater improvement (80 ml to 170 ml) in forced expiratory volume in one second and a 19 l/min greater increase (14 l to 24 l) in morning peak expiratory flow rate were noted in favour of inhaled glucocorticoids. Differences in favour of inhaled glucocorticoids were also observed for nocturnal awakenings, use of rescue β2 agonists, and days without symptoms. Risk of side effects was no different between groups, but leukotriene receptor antagonists were associated a 2.5-fold increase risk of withdrawals due to poor asthma control (relative risk 2.5, 1.8 to 3.5). Conclusions: Inhaled glucocorticoids doses equivalent to 400 μg/day beclometasone are more effective than leukotriene receptor antagonists in the treatment of adults with mild or moderate asthma. There is insufficient evidence to conclude on the efficacy of anti-leukotrienes in children. What is already known on this topic In 2000 a Cochrane systematic review tentatively concluded that control of asthma was better in patients treated with inhaled glucocorticoids as single agents than with anti-leukotrienes The 2002 Global Initiative for Asthma guidelines still classify the role of anti-leukotrienes as “under investigation” What this study adds Anti-leukotrienes as single agent are less effective than low doses of inhaled glucocorticoids for patients with mild and moderate persistent asthma

This paper argues that Pynchon may allude to Marcel Proust through the character Marcel in Part 4 of Gravity's Rainbow and, if so, what that could mean. I trace the textual clues that relate to Proust and analyze what Pynchon may be saying about a fellow great experimental writer.

Call for papers for International Pynchon Week 2013 to be held at Durham University, UK from the 5th-8th of August 2013

Signatura antiga: 365. El document original era en paper, segellat amb el segell del bisbe de València, el qual també usa el bisbe de Vic a falta del seu propi. Notes sobre les dates: Còpia de 1303, febrer, 26 Trasllat del manament que Ramon, bisbe de València, i Ponç, bisbe de Vic, transmeten a Arnau de Soler, ardiaca de Besalú, i Companyó d'Estanyol, prevere del capítol de Girona, de no exigir res per raó de delme al monestir de Sant Daniel

Summary form only given. Much effort has been put in the elucidation of the photochemistry of ClO/sub 2/ in the gas and the condensed phases since the outcome of the reaction pathways may have strong implications for sun-light induced stratospheric chemistry. Gas phase experiments and ab initio calculations have shown the complexity of the photochemical dynamics of ClO/sub 2/, that can dissociate along the pathways ClO+O or Cl+O/sub 2/. It is now clear that the excited state dynamics of the A/spl tilde//sup 2/A/sub 2/ state is determined by a multitude of conical intersections to the optically weak 1/sup 2/A/sub 1/ and the dark 1/sup 1/B/sub 2/ states. In the gas phase the lifetimes of these states before dissociation to the photoproduct can be determined with femtosecond time-resolved mass and photoelectron spectroscopy. We have performed pump-probe spectroscopy with 50 fs temporal resolution, where pump and probe were centered at 403 nm, produced by a frequency-doubled l-kHz amplified Ti:sapphire system, in order to get more insight in the initial dynamics in solution, where features like cage effect, recombination and relaxation to the ground state as well as reaction with the solvent may occur.

This study is designed to investigate the behavioral implications of "Activity-Based Costing" (ABC) in managerial accounting. The objective of the paper is to distinguish the major differences that exist between the ABC and other traditional costing systems. This objective is achieved through the use of an analytical framework and with the aid of an il1ustration. Following illustration presents the practical runifications along with the behavioral implications of the use of ABC in both manufacturing and service oriented companies in different countries. From the logic of the illustration, it becomes evident that ABC, as a revolutionary costing method, among other benefits, has the capacity of being used as an effective managerial problem solving tool. In Addition, the article presents and studies the relevent behavioral factors in the form of following four theses: 1- international, societal, and organizational climate, 2- managerial culture, 3- methods of managerial performance evaluation, and 4- existing organizational control environment. The paper concludes that the apllication of the ABC to different settings and utlizing its benefits, requires the fu11 recognition of its behavioral implications.

This paper examined the relationship between the two basic criteria "virtue" and "competence" in Islamic Management. Studies showed that from the perspective of management scholars in the West virtues and technical competencies have been taken identical and primarily in Western management paradigm no distinction has been drawn between these two measuresin most cases (MC Cowli and Lawtan, 2006). Regarding the fact that virtuesdefinedsomewhatdifferentlyin Islam fromwhat has been inthe West by the dominant view, in this paper by using semi-structured questionnaires and interviews it is tried to answer this question that does virtues have the same value as technical merits and competencies or is there significant difference between them in Islamic management which its basic valueshave differed somewhatfrom thevalues ofWesternmanagement? The statistical population for this study was as follows: a group of faculty members anddoctoral students of management at University of Tehran, University of Tarbiat Modarres and University of Allameh Tabatabaei, well-knowledgeable in principles of Islamic management and also number of Hawzah scholars, typically experts in the field of Islamic management. Findings from the data analysis showed thatrespondents, besides making distinction between virtues and competencies, in most cases have not taken these two criteria necessarily identical from the perspective of Islamic managementand contrary to popular opinion in the West and subsequently in Western management paradigm, virtue and competence criteria are two separate and somewhat different criteria from each other.

In general, due to the preceding of psychological approach over sociological approach in describing organizations, the role of governments and business organizations in developing countries has been argued in this paper. What has been neglected in the related scientific literature inside and abroad the country is role of NGOs in social development. NGOs that their numbers are increasing on a daily basis are divided into two categories of sacred and non-sacred. Some debateshave been made about NGOs, but conceptualizing faith based organizations which are NGO and sacred, has been remained obsolete. A faith-based organization has double effectiveness than other NGOs in providing social services and that is because of its faith capacity. This paper which is a case studysought to reveal the importance of these organizations more than ever before. To do, primarily with explaining normative rationality and conceptualization of faith based organizations, creating this type of organization was justified. Then, it studied these types of organizations. Finally, the role of faith-based organizations to provide social services was discussed.

Numerous management papers emphasizes the importance of strategic thinking among managers, but the issue that has been paid less attention is the link between strategic thinking and values. This link connects moralities with business logic. This paper aims at illustrating and defining conceptual framework for the explanation of connection between ethics and strategic thinking. Based on content analysis method, this research paper examines concepts concerning business in Nahjolbalagheh. It attempts to extract central ideas implied in that noteworthy Islamic source. By evaluating their significance and frequency, these ideas will be our guide for understanding the connection between ethic and strategic thinking. In the model derived from the Nahjolbalagheh, Imam Ali (A.S.) based on a transcendental attitude gives business divine approach along with materialistic one. The model presents ethical indices influencing business by focusing on basic indices of business. It demonstrates thinking criteria in business according to the Nahjolbalagheh. Efficiency of strategic thinking requires presentation of the model that shows the criteria of business strategic in a perfect interaction with moral values and includes ethical content associates with a well-defined process.

Kaizen is the practice of continuous improvement. Kaizen was originally introduced to the West by Japan. Today Kaizen is recognized worldwide as an important pillar of an organization’s long-term competitive strategy. Kaizen is continuous improvement that is based on certain guiding principles. Kaizen or continuous improvement of tasks is a model of management aims at encouraging persistent endless perseverance and diligence. This paper, by reviewing the Islamic aspects and implications implicit in Kaizen model of management concerning incessant improvement and prohibition of laziness, investigates the instructions provided in the narratives of the infallible Shia Imams and scrutinizes the possibility of modeling their conducts in this field. The present study is developmental in terms of purpose and is conducted by analytical descriptive method. To collect the required data, library method of study, note taking and classification of statements have been used. In this paper, firstly, as much as possible it has been tried to derive Kaizen principles implied in Islamic sources and then related sources associated with this concept have been identified and analyzed. In addition to finding more exact understanding of this concept, Islamic view relating Kaizen implied in these sources can be explained and applied in this field. However, Kaizen is the implementation of a certain Islamic instruction. Scrutinizing this issue proves that Islamic scholars should pay special attention to the sophisticated instructions of Islam for using Kaizen at different levels of management. And they are recommended to carry on for a striking noteworthy presence in different areas of science and persist to extract scientific discussions of Islamic sources.

This paper examines the concept of conflict and conflict management in the view of Islam and other management schools and investigates this concept in different views of management and attempts to find the similarities and differences between Islamic approaches and the views proposed by scientific schools. The research method of this paper is library method of study using various sources in this field based on rational and narrative methods. The results of this study are as follows: for different related scientific trends there are three major attitudes about conflict. The first one which is recognized traditional view among other three present attitudes believes that conflict is primarily destructive and should be avoided. The second view belongs to the human relations school of management and supposes that conflict is natural and inevitable. The third and last view in an interactive way assumes both functional and non-functional conflict (i.e.; positive and negative conflict) and confirms that in some special situations managers are recommended to create conflict when needed. In fact, each of the above mentioned views go to extremes about conflict at times. Islam states clearly a balanced view on this phenomenon. Despite the belief in both positive and negative attitudes in this regard emphasizes that drawing a borderline between positive and negative conflicts depends on factors such as individuals’ intentions, personal ability, subject matter and especially conflict situations.

The concept of participation in urban management is one of the most important and challenging issues in the field of urban development. Numerous theories and different approaches have been proposed until now in the international level while every view expressed for a particular society and a specific condition. Urban management in Iran is not in an organic interaction with urban planning. However, these must be in a constant connection and direct influence. Unfortunately, most of proceedings concerning urban management and urban planning in Iran need to be nationalized. They are typically organized in an up to bottom attempt while it is expected to be vice – versa. Now, considering the potentials and challenges facing public participation in Iran and by referring to significant contribution of great scholars such as Allameh Tabatabai who have comprehensive and noteworthy views on this important issue, the concept of participation can be locally nationalized. For this purpose, in this paper we first try to investigate the concept of participation in urban management. Second, by citing to the Allameh Tabatabai theory about the “conventional perceptions” (edrakat-e etebari) (including recruitment, community and justice, social property; council; interactive realism; guardianship of the Islamic community), his views on citizens’ participation and their role in the government are explained. Then we describe the role of government in the Muslim society and finally conclude that based on Allameh Tabatabai’s views, citizens’ participation in city management is inevitable and managers of these cities cannot make any decision or enact legislation or organize to implement their plans and projects and monitor their own work without consulting the principal beneficiary interested competent groups who the most important are people and citizens.

This study aimed to investigate the historical records and backgrounds of the Islamic public administration in the management literature of Iran and the world and within meta-theoretical and philosophical justification on the one hand and forming the basis of Islamic principles based on religious references and sources on the other hand. Accordingly, following methodology of the new public service movement, efforts have been made to formulate the fundamental principles of Islamic public administration. The first part of this research paper was to analyze and explore the evolution of knowledge of this movement. In the second part meta-theoretical and philosophical reasons for the current trend of management were provided. And the final part of the present paper presented the intellectual and practical foundations of the movement.

Among the scientific trends that could find accepted position in the humanities, in contrast to the prevalent positivism, was conventionalism. Conventionalism in its branches including the organizational studies is intended to use the knowledge results of different paradigms and tries to benefit from all the available conceivable possibilities to recognize organization. The most notably example of these efforts is the Morgan's use of metaphors to understand and deal with organization problems. These metaphors are not meant to be exhaustive and he acknowledges that they can be used individually or in combination to guide our understanding of organizations and organization problems. His aim is to show how metaphor is central to our thinking about organization and management and open new possibilities. This trend regardless of the reciprocal fundamentals in different paradigms fostered a paradoxical suggestion in itself. In contrast to this approach, the present paper introduces Allameh Tabataba'i's Meta-theory of E'tebariat (Agreed Perceptions) as a stronger version for human sciences that can provide a growing capacity for the Morgan's Images of Organization.

Investigation and explanation of criteria for selection and evaluation of managers' performances and functions and also assessment of their merits in the light of Imam Ali (A.S) teachings and sermons Method: This research is a review descriptive one using library method of study and has been categorized and compiled by citing various accounts of Nahjolbalagheh and related websites. Findings: In this paper, by studying Imam Ali (A.S) sermons, letters, sayings and his testament managers' merits and virtues were extracted. Of these, the following can be enumerated: justice, knowledge, good policy, knowing the expertise of planning, decisiveness, gentleness and moderateness, happiness and freshness, lawfulness, compromise, the ability for consultation and negotiation, eloquence and persuasiveness, real attraction and repulsion, obedience, temperance and moderation. Conclusion: Muslim society can increase its effectiveness and productivity by resorting to Imam Ali (A.S.) teachings and sermons in all areas of selection and appointment of managers and evaluation of their performances. On the other hand, proper management criteria in Islamic system of governance can be divided into three fields: knowledge, expertise and morality.

Spiritual intellect involves a collection of abilities and capacities that uses spiritual sources to improve people’s compatibility, conformity and satisfaction and provides a better life. This research paper aims at examination of the relationship between spiritual intellect and interactive skills by investigating the opinions of Isfahan University students. This research was practical and its method was a kind of descriptive survey and its statistical population was comprised of higher education students at Humanities department of Isfahan University. The stratified random sampling is implemented to evaluate the sample volume and 305 students were selected according to Kookran Formula. The research instruments were two researcher-made questionnaires including spiritual intellect and interactive skills. The validity of their contents was confirmed by experts and their reliabilities were assessed 85 and 96 respectively via Cronbach’s alpha test. Findings show that there are significant relationships between thinking and interactive skills, personal conceptualization and interactive skills, transcendental consciousness and interactive skills and improvement of self-consciousness and interactive skills.

The Move to Community Needs in Information and Communications Technologies, an Important Beginning for This Information Exchange the Transfer of Knowledge to the Production, Distribution and Heterogeneous Institutional of Science in the World Today Seems to be Necessary. New Information Technologies and the Transformation of its High Level of Service, Cultural, Religious, Political and Economic has Development. The Recent Revolution, the Challenges are in the Realm of Human Affairs, Profoundly Changed the Formation. Using the Tools of Futures Study, the Patterns Can be Represented Islam in This Area Offers the Perfect Example of the Social Relationships that Promote and Programs Necessary to Achieve These Patterns. In This Paper an Analytical Approach Based on Vision Processing with Tom Induction Hypothesis Islamic Doctrine has been Tested on Future Data Information Exchange for This purpose, a Sample Size of 117 Cases of Managers and Employees Working in Different Environments and with Different Levels of Education were Considered the Data was Analyzed. Finally, Two Variables Islamic Doctrine and Information Exchange was Confirmed in 99% Confidence Level. It is Suggested That the Next Display is the New World, Islamic Doctrine at all Levels and Layers of Micro and Macro Organizational, Social and Virtual Space is a Serious Consideration in This Study as Heuristic Depth Explanation is Religious.

In this paper we will explore the relation between the actors’ understanding of time and the problem solving strategies in a complicated situation. Drawing on ethnography and conversation analysis we will focus on the institutional interaction order governing the scenes these movies exhibit. Using phenomenology and Ernest Pople indices, we aim to analyze the understanding made of the time in these conversations. In doing so we will consider the moment in which the violators rationalize the reasons behind their violations. The results show that while the time that law, the police and even the road technologies rely on is homogeneous and linear, the drivers employ the expressions connotating an iterative understanding of time. The paper concludes with showing how the law breaking drivers base their conversations on a nonlinear time to manage the difficult situations they are involved with. This suggests that far from a universal category, time is a category constantly taking different shapes in different everyday encounters.

The purpose of this study was to identify the components and methods used in Islamic management research in order to select managers of organizations based on Islamic criteria in the research and in the method of synthesis research. Methodological approach in this qualitative study was using synthesis strategy and content analysis method. Referring to reliable databases and data, there were found 157 articles in the field of Islamic management during the years 1380 to 1396, many of which were unrelated to the objectives of the present study and were published by non-academic writers, among which there were a number 43 articles were selected as sample and purposefully. Findings of the research showed that the most important indicators identified in the field of Islamic management research were: Ordinary Ethics, Religion and Al-Khudjouri, Justice, Softness, and Good Behavior, Al-Sadr, Piety, Thought and Thought, Integrity, Modesty and modesty, courage, simple biology, specialization, trusteeship, forgiveness, consultation and co-operation, legalism, meritocracy. Among other findings of the present study, we can use the qualitative research method as a dominant method in Islamic management studies. Of the 43 articles reviewed, 15 papers have been published individually and 28 articles have been published collectively, and men have been the most involved in these studies. Most of the resources used in Islamic management studies related to the Holy Quran and Nahj al-Balaghah.

Lack of aboriginal governance model, which is appropriate to national, cultural and ideological circumstances of Iran, is one of the most important problems in the development process of Iran. This paper used Meta-Analysis Method (MAM) to combine the findings of other researches and tries to take a step forward in developing the Iranian Governance model. In this study, 68 articles and reports about governance issues published in the period from 2003 to 2015 have been studied. These articles have been obtained from the four main scientific databases in two main parts including descriptive finding and analytic qualitative finding. In the descriptive part, we used six indicators for description of the articles includes types of article, publishing period, typology, researchers’ gender, geographical distribution, and research methods. Quiddity, knowing why and knowing how were the three main indicators, due to the Belicky's research, for the analytical part. The results of the meta-analysis showed that Iranian researches in the field of governance are in the scope of knowing why and their articles are more about quiddity of governance and why governance models are needed. Although there are some serious criticisms for this theory, “Good governance” is the dominant theory among Iranian researchers. Some researchers have developed “Islamic Good Governance” models but these recommendations seem too intellectual and theoretical and because of the paradoxical roots they will not be very useful.

This paper explains a design and the comparison of two multi-disc permanent magnet motor. The actuator must provide answers to the volume constraint and torque. This application is employed in land transport for aeronautical field. The axial flux motors become interesting when obtaining large surfaces of air-gap with the traditional machines is no possible. Indeed, surfaces of air-gap are more important in comparison with a radial flux machine, and, in a given volume, they allow to obtain a higher torque. After having shown the multi-air gap structure, we describe the design method from elementary cells. That's why two types the disc-type motor were selected. This paper clearly shows the efficient topology of a disc-type multi-air gap machine.

This paper investigates a scheduling model with certain co-existing features of serial-batching, dynamic job arrival, multi-types of job, and setup time. In this proposed model, the jobs of all types are first partitioned into serial batches, which are then processed on a single serial-batching machine with an independent constant setup time for each new batch. In order to solve this scheduling problem, we divide it into two phases based on job arrival times, and we also derive and prove certain constructive properties for these two phases. Relying on these properties, we develop a two-phase hybrid algorithm (TPHA). In addition, a valid lower bound of the problem is also derived. This is used to validate the quality of the proposed algorithm. Computational experiments, both with small- and large-scale problems, are performed in order to evaluate the performance of TPHA. The computational results indicate that TPHA outperforms seven other heuristic algorithms. For all test problems of different job sizes, the average gap percentage between the makespan, obtained using TPHA, and the lower bound does not exceed 5.41 %.

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Gravity is a prominent physical concept in 'Gravity's Rainbow', as already announced by the novel's title. If the second part of the title – the poetic image of the rainbow – is bound up with mathematical formulas and the parabolic path of the Rocket, so conversely, this paper argues, Pynchon's novel introduces a relation between gravity and fiction. The paper explores 'Gravity's Rainbow''s use of the changing historical understandings of gravitation from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries by examining the novel's illustration of Newton and Leibniz's opposed concepts as well as its references to gravity as understood in Einstein's theory of relativity. When tracing the notions of gravity as force, fictitious force, and frame of reference, a particular focus lies on the relation of physical imagery to ethical questions and on the way 'Gravity's Rainbow' provides a physico-ethical explanation of Slothrop's disappearance from the novel.

This paper compares sharing (equity) and debt contracts in presence of moral hazard which manifests as the hidden effort undertaken by the entrepreneur. The originality of this paper relatively to the existing studies consists in performing the comparison between the two types of contracts while considering a more general context along two dimensions. The first dimension is enabling the internal funds of the entrepreneur to vary between 0% and a level just inferior to 100%. The second dimension is the incorporation of an incentive mechanism to the sharing contract in the context of a two‐period relationship. I showed that the sharing and debt contracts are feasible when the internal funds of the entrepreneur are superior to determined thresholds. These thresholds depend on the characteristics of the project (size, payoffs, and probability of success/failure) and the opportunity cost of the financier. The debt contract is shown to be characterized by larger financial access than the sharing contract. I have also shown that the enlargement of the financial‐relationship to two periods has an incentivizing effect on the entrepreneur and enlarges the region of financial access for the two types of contracts, if a common condition of sufficiently foresighted entrepreneur is satisfied. However, two distinct conditions are also necessary for the enlargement of the financial access to occur. For the sharing contract, the second condition is related to the size of the project which should be inferior to a determined threshold. For the debt contract, the second condition is related to the threat of non‐renewal of the financing in case of first‐period failure, which should be sufficiently stringent. In addition, it has been shown that the more restrictive the threat of non‐renewal the larger the region of financial access. However, this is realized at the expense of the second period investment which decreases, and represents the economic efficiency’ effect of the debt contract. Finally, I discussed the effect on the financial access of taxing the “risk‐free” financial operation and subsidizing the “higher effort” of the insufficiently‐capitalized entrepreneurs.

The Relationship Between Agricultural Prices and Food Prices This paper examines the relationships between agriculture, food processing, trade and retail, and consumers at the macro-economic level in France, between 1978 and 2005. The surplus account method is applied using input-output tables (IOT). In order to do so, volume and price indices are calculated for all the elements of the IOTs' to measure the productivity of agriculture and food processing industries and measure the transfers of purchasing power between various economic agents. Agriculture includes forestry and fishing. Food processing industries are divided into two sub-sectors: meat and dairy, and other food processing industries. Trade and retail activities are measured by marketing margins. To measure relationships between sectors, we use the table of intermediate inputs. Relationships with the rest of the world are taken into account through imports and exports. The subsidies and taxes are introduced either at the stage of production, or at the stage of use of products. Payments of factors in each sector are deducted from income accounts, their volume being calculated like an aggregate of the labour and fixed assets being used., Ce texte examine, sur le plan macroéconomique, les relations entre l'agriculture, les industries agro-alimentaires, le commerce et les consommateurs, en France, entre 1978 et 2005. La méthode des comptes de surplus est appliquée aux tableaux entrées-sorties pour mesurer la productivité de l'agriculture et des industries alimentaires et apprécier les transferts de pouvoir d'achat entre les différents agents. L'agriculture inclut la sylviculture et la pêche. Les industries sont divisées en deux branches, les industries de la viande et du lait et les autres industries alimentaires. L'activité du commerce est mesurée par les marges commerciales. Pour apprécier les relations entre branches, le tableau des entrées intermédiaires est utilisé. Les relations avec l'étranger sont prises en compte à travers les importations et les exportations. Les subventions et les taxes sont introduites soit au stade de la production, soit au stade de l'utilisation des produits. Le revenu des facteurs internes des branches est déduit des comptes d'exploitation, leur volume étant calculé comme un agrégat du travail et du capital fixe utilisés., Butault Jean-Pierre. La relation entre prix agricoles et prix alimentaires. In: Revue française d'économie, volume 23, n°2, 2008. pp. 215-241.

[Johannes Balbus], Impressum: Ort und Jahr nach Kolophon, Drucker nach ISTC/GW, Keine Titelseite, Textbeginn Bl. 1a: Prosodia quedam pars grammatice nuncupatur, Auf Galliziani-Papier gedruckt, Three issues can be distinguished in spite of identical typesetting: a) printed on vellum or Bull's Head paper; b) on Galliziani paper; c) on Tower & Crown paper. This has given rise to the theory that issue a) was printed in 1460, issue b) in 1469 and issue c) about 1472; see P. Needham, in BSA 76 (1982) pp.395-456 and the articles "zur Catholicon-Forschung" in Wolfenbütteler Notizen zur Buchgeschichte 13 (1988) pp.105-232. For an alternative theory that all three states were printed about 1469, see L. Hellinga in Gb Jb 1989 pp. 47-96 and in the Book Collector (Spring 1992) pp. 28-54

Incipit: La capitulacion de los Reyes de Castilla con el Rey y Principe de Portugal Títol obtingut de la coberta Lletra gòtica cursiva cortesana Paper Coté anotació a la portadella: Por esta cedula real Alvaro de Yllescas juez executor desposo a Pedro de Lavanda y jo Juan de Lavanda por mandado de los sres Reyes catholicos por cumplir con las capitulaciones año de mill y quatro cientos ochenta

With increased demands, power modules are often required to run at higher temperatures with improved reliability. Solder joint fatigue is a major failure mode for current power modules. Silver sintering die-attach technology significantly improves power module reliability. Due to the reliability problem at the interface between aluminum (Al) wire and a silver (Ag) layer, bonding Ag wire to the Ag layer is highly desired. Ag wire is harder and stiffer than Al wire, resulting in much higher wear and significantly reduced lifetime of consumables. This paper introduced the K&S CuEx™ bond tool and studied coupling and interaction between the bond tool and Ag wire. By optimizing the bonding process, the CuEx™ bond tools achieved 400,000 touchdowns, which is 80× more than the standard bond tool lifetime of 5,000 touchdowns. The difference between the front-cut and rear-cut process is discussed. By studying and optimizing the cutting process, the standard rear-cut cutter blade lifetime is increased 4×, from 50,000 cuts to 200,000 cuts. It is observed that Ag wire did not wear a wire guide much faster than Al wire. The standard wire guide exhibited minimum wear after 200,000 bonds.

Big amounts of textual information are generated every day, and existing techniques can hardly deal with such information flow. However, users expect fast and exact information management and retrieval tools. Clustering is a well-known technique for grouping similar data and in such a way making it more manageable and usable. Text clustering is an adaptation of clustering for a very specific data - documents. However, it is not transferable directly to any language, i.e. specifics of language influence performance quite a lot, as shows results for English and other well investigated languages. In this paper we apply different distances and clustering approaches for Lithuanian data, discuss results and provide recommendations for documents in Lithuanian clustering.

This paper aims at analysing the competitiveness of rice production in Benin in 2010. It uses the policy analysis matrix (PAM) as a tool and the heterogeneous agent model. Unlike previous studies, it assesses the competitiveness at the microeconomic level. The data used were collected in Benin from 265 rice farmers selected randomly. The results indicate that rice production is financially profitable for 84.2 % of the farmers and economically profitable for 63.4 % of them. Rice farmers do not have a comparative advantage on average in rice production. However, the analysis of the distribution of domestic resource costs (DRC) indicates that 63.4 % of rice farmers have a comparative advantage in rice production. The effective and nominal protection coefficients indicate that the majority of producers are subsidized. Yield, unit cost of labour and price of fertilizers are the main determinants of the producers’ competitiveness.

Due to current improvements in techniques for islet isolation and transplantation and protocols for immunosuppressants, islet transplantation has become an effective treatment for severe diabetes patients. Many diabetic animal models have contributed to such improvements. In this paper, we focus on 3 types of models with different mechanisms for inducing diabetes mellitus (DM): models induced by drugs including streptozotocin (STZ), pancreatomized models, and spontaneous models due to autoimmunity. STZ-induced diabetes is one of the most commonly used experimental diabetic models and is employed using many specimens including rodents, pigs or monkeys. The management of STZ models is well established for islet studies. Pancreatomized models reveal different aspects compared to STZ-induced models in terms of loss of function in the increase and decrease of blood glucose and therefore are useful for evaluating the condition in total pancreatomized patients. Spontaneous models are useful for preclinical studies including the assessment of immunosuppressants because such models involve the same mechanisms as type 1 DM in the clinical setting. In conclusion, islet researchers should select suitable diabetic animal models according to the aim of the study.

A common task of Web users is querying structured information from Web pages. In this paper we propose a novel query processor for systematically discovering any-k relations from Web search results with conjunctive queries. The 'any-k' phrase denotes that retrieved tuples are not ranked by the system.For realizing this interesting scenario the query processor transfers a structured query into keyword queries that are submitted to a search engine, forwards search results to relation extractors, and then combines relations into result tuples.Unfortunately, relation extractors may fail to return a relation for a result tuple. We propose a solid information theory-based approach for retrieving missing attribute values of partially retrieved relations. Moreover, user-defined data sources may not return at least k complete result tuples. To solve this problem, we extend the Eddy query processing mechanism [14] for our 'querying the Web' scenario with a continuous, adaptive routing model. The model determines the most promising next incomplete row for returning any-k complete result tuples at any point during the query execution process.We report a thorough experimental evaluation over multiple relation extractors. Our experiments demonstrate that our query processor returns complete result tuples while processing only very few Web pages.

This paper presents a novel control strategy for an above-knee powered prosthetic leg that unifies the entire gait cycle, eliminating the need to switch between controllers during different periods of gait. Current control methods divide the gait cycle into several sequential periods each with independent controllers, resulting in many patient-specific control parameters and switching rules that must be tuned by clinicians. Having a single controller could reduce the number of control parameters to be tuned for each patient, thereby reducing the clinical time and effort involved in fitting a powered prosthesis for a lower-limb amputee. Using the Discrete Fourier Transformation, a single virtual constraint is derived that exactly characterizes the desired actuated joint motion over the entire gait cycle. Because the virtual constraint is defined as a periodic function of a monotonically increasing phase variable, no switching or resetting is necessary within or across gait cycles. The output function is zeroed using feedback linearization to produce a single, unified controller. The method is illustrated with simulations of a powered knee-ankle prosthesis in an amputee biped model and with examples of systematically generated output functions for different walking speeds.

This article is based on surveys in 1988 among representative samples totalling 4,247 16‐19 year olds from four areas (Kirkcaldy, Liverpool, Sheffield and Swindon), of whom 1,562 had some experience of Youth Training (YT). The young people's likelihood of entering YT depended primarily on their educational qualifications and where they lived. Trainees’ chances of being kept on by the firms where they were trained depended mainly on their types of schemes and their performances during training, indicated by whether or not they earned any additional qualifications. The chances of those not retained moving immediately to jobs with other firms were more dependent on their school‐leaving qualifications and where they lived. The authors interpret their evidence to argue that employers’ uses of YT in the late‐1980s were creating increasingly clear divisions between sponsorship, contest and warehousing sectors. ∗ This paper is based on evidence from the Economic and Social Research Council's 16‐19 Initiative

The paper explores the uniqueness properties of the subjective probabilities in two axiomatizations of state-dependent preferences. Karni, Schmeidler, and Vind's (KSV 1983) system depends on selecting an arbitrary auxiliary probability, and as such, does not guarantee the uniqueness of the derived subjective probability. However, an axiom system initially designed by Karni and Schmeidler (KS 1981) and further elaborated upon here does guarantee the desired uniqueness as well as a useful property of “stability” of the derived solution. When the preference relation displays state-independence, even the KS probabilities may not agree with those derived from the classic Anscombe-Aumann (AA 1963) theorem. However, we claim that, in this case, the KS rather than the AA probabilities are the appropriate representation of the agent's beliefs.

At present, regarding to the machining of aspheric lens mold, there are two major methods to carry out the on-machine measurement (OMM) — contacting method (CM) and non-contacting method (NCM). Here such two methods are reviewed in detail. CM is mainly based on the contacting probe which is scratching aspheric surface of lens mold to achieve profile data. To be efficient, an idea with 45° tilt of probe is proposed for OMM of lens mold by Suzuki. But generally speaking, the contacting OMM is not so efficient and can only deal with axisymmetric aspheric lens mold. On the contrary, NCM mostly uses laser to achieve aspheric profile without any contact. On ultra-precision lathe, laser scanning system or laser interferometer is mounted on the frame of lathe and transfers measurement data to machining system efficiently. However, most NCMs need stable environment and low working noise except instantaneous phase-shifting shearing interferometry (IPSSI). Therefore, a new idea about IPSSI is proposed in this paper to realize OMM of lens molds. Unfortunately, it's also difficult to test the high numerical aperture aspheric or free-form lens molds. By comparison, the newly-developed fringe reflection (FR) method is becoming the promising method because it features the high efficiency and high accuracy. However, this method has not been used for OMM system yet. Much research should be conducted for FR OMM technology.

The continuous Skyline query has recently become the subject of the several researches due to its wide spectrum of applications such as multi-criteria decision making, graph analysis network, wireless sensor network and data exploration. In these applications, the datasets are huge and have various dimensions. Moreover, they constantly change as time passes. Therefore, this query is considered as a computation intensive operation that finding the result in a reasonable time is a challenge. In this paper, we present an efficient parallel continuous Skyline approach. In our suggested method, the dataset points are sorted and pruned based on Manhattan distance. Moreover, we use several optimization methods to optimize memory usage in comparison with naive implementation. In addition, besides the applied conventional parallelization methods, we partition the time steps based on the number of available cores. The experimental results for a dataset that contains 800k points with 7 dimensions show considerable speedup.

As regions around the world are considering increased integration of key energy, transport or other infrastructure networks, issues build in the design of the supranational national regulation needed in that context are increasingly well recognized. Solutions are however slow to emerge. This paper reviews the challenges and discusses the directions suggested by theory to address these challenges. It highlight the potentially counterproductive effects of common standard policy recommendations discussed at the political level. The paper also identifies key research areas as the review of match between theory and evidence suggest that we still have to address significant gaps in our collective understanding of the impediments to desirable integration efforts., info:eu-repo/semantics/published

This paper presents a novel fuzzy adaptive controller for controlling a class of dead-zone output nonlinear systems with time delays. A new approximate model is first designed to describe a special dead-zone phenomenon encountered by the output mechanism of nonlinear systems, and the proposed smooth model can be conveniently fused with available adaptive fuzzy control techniques. In addition, the coupling effect that the dead-zone output and the time-delayed states coexist in a common coupling function makes the tracking control design more complicated. To further address this difficulty, a compensation method using mean-value theorem with Lyapunov–Krasovskii function is presented in this paper. By using the proposed output dead-zone model, and based on Lyapunov synthesis, a new optimized algorithm is developed to guarantee the prescribed convergence of tracking error and the boundedness of all the signals in the closed-loop systems. Simulations have been implemented to verify the performance of the proposed fuzzy adaptive controller.

Timothy P. Barnard, Cynthia Chou, Indonesian sea nomads; Money, magic, and fear of the Orang Suku Laut. London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003, xii + 159 pp. -R.H. Barnes, Toos van Dijk, Gouden eiland in de Bandazee; Socio-kosmische ideeën op Marsela, Maluku Tenggara, Indonesië. Leiden: Onderzoekschool voor Aziatische, Afrikaanse en Amerindische studies (CNWS), Universiteit Leiden, 2000, 458 pp. [CNWS Publications 94.] -Andrew Beatty, Peter G. Riddell, Islam and the Malay-Indonesian world; Transmission and responses. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2001, xvii + 349 pp. -Peter Boomgaard, Richard H. Grove ,El Niño - history and crisis; Studies from the Asia-Pacific region. Cambridge: White Horse Press, 2000, 230 pp., John Chappell (eds) -Bernardita Reyes Churchill, Florentino Rodao, Franco y el imperio japonés; Imágenes y propaganda en tiempos de guerra. Barcelona: Plaza and Janés, 2002, 669 pp. -Matthew Cohen, Stuart Robson, The Kraton; Selected essays on Javanese courts. 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The paper is devoted to functional and structural testing of programs. Experimental results of a set of programs are presented. The experiments cover selection of functional tests, analysis of function and line coverage and optimization of test suites. The comparison of code coverage results and selection of the most effective tests are discussed in the relation to the test-first approach for program development. The types of the code not covered by the tests are classified for different categories.

This paper presents the fabrication, characterization, and testing of the photocatalytic potential of a non-modified titania nanotube (TNT) and Sn-modified TNT synthesized through a facile one-step hydrothermal method. Two tin compounds (SnCl2 and SnO2) and aqueous solutions (HCl and SnCl2) were utilized as precursors and acid washing solutions, respectively. Because the Sn-modified TNT was free of calcination, the resulting sample possessed a high Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area. In addition, the Sn-modified TNT exhibited higher electron-hole separation efficiency. The photocatalytic reaction rate for the sample with methylene blue and malachite green dye decomposition was governed on the basis of their pre-adsorption abilities. The Sn-modified TNT had more Cl species than the non-modified TNT, resulting in higher pre-adsorption abilities for the methylene blue dye. Even though the Cl species on SnO2-TNT sample surface were removed, a higher electron-hole separation efficiency and anatase-rutile mixed phase can promote the photocatalyst activity of SnO2-TNT. On the other hand, the Cl species on the surface of SnO2-TNT-HCl washing sample appeared to act as one of the adsorption sites and enhance gaseous elemental mercury removal.

In this paper, we present a formulation of state variable based gradient theory to model damage evolution and alleviate numerical instability associated within the post-bifurcation regime. This proposed theory is developed using basic microforce balance laws and appropriate state variables within a consistent thermodynamic framework. The proposed theory provides a strong coupling and consistent framework to prescribe energy storage and dissipation associated with internal damage. Moreover, the temporal evolution equation derived here naturally shows the effect of damage—nucleation, growth and coalescence. In addition, the theoretical framework presented here is easily extendable to the addition of other defects (not shown here), and can be generalized to the development of consistent coupled transport equations for species, such as hydrogen (Bammann et al. in JMPS, 2009, submitted), as well as providing a consistent structure for modeling events at diverse length scales.

The paper presents the results of a comparative study on accelerated aging of specially designed experimental transformers and their corresponding laboratory models. The experimental transformers are 300 kVA, with insulation in line with medium size and large mineral oil immersed power transformers, having different initial water contents in the standard Kraft paper insulation of ca. 1 and 4 %. These transformers were subjected to the rated current and voltage conditions, operating in the irregular parallel operation, whereby the temperature of windings were measured with fiber optics sensors and kept at 105 °C for 460 days. Each transformer was equipped with a removable tank which allowed access to the outer surface of the HV windings. Laboratory experiments were simulating experimental transformers and were performed in Erlenmeyer flasks, containing oil, paper materials, copper and iron in the same proportions as in the active part of the experimental transformers. The parameters that were monitored during aging were the following: degree of polymerization of paper, hot-spot temperature of transformers, water content in paper, and water and furans content in the oil. Estimations of water content in solid insulation of experimental transformers using frequency domain spectroscopy and the Perrier-Lukic moisture equilibrium chart were performed. The experimental results show that shortening of the insulation life, defined by the value of degree of polymerization, increased 2.5 times with increasing moisture content in the cellulose from ca. 1 to 4 %. For both experimental transformers and laboratory models, the relationships between the paper degree of polymerization and the furans content for dry and wet insulation was developed and is presented in the paper.

This paper presents a systemic study of the effect of different cross section of gate in permanent mould casting of aluminium alloy. To ensure best quality of the product the mould cavity must be filled with clean metal in a controlled manner to ensure smooth, uniform and complete filling. A gating system controls smooth, uniform and complete filling of the cavity by the molten metal. In this paper, CFD models illustrating the effect of rectangular and trapezium cross sections of gating on cooling of Aluminium alloy in a permanent mould casting were investigated. Same hydraulic diameter was assigned for each of the cross section of gating systems. Bottom gating system is used for its low gas entrapment and less surface defect characteristics. By analyzing it has been observed that in rectangular cross section the cooling is more rapid than trapezium cross sections considered in the investigation.

A medical genetics clinic is a unique and complex environment in which care requires a combination of medical knowledge, social intelligence, and emotional sensitivity. We offer a few pearls from our medical genetics clinic that we hope will help the pediatric or general dermatologist when caring for patients with known or suspected genetic disorders. This paper addresses five main topics: When is it more than just atopic dermatitis? How should the clinician approach blistering in the newborn period? What is mosaicism? When is genetic testing useful? Where can clinician, patients, and families turn for available resources?

This paper reviews recent developments in the theoretical description of the H + H2 reaction and its isotopic counterparts. Both methods and applications are considered, with an emphasis on quantum dynamics applications in three dimensional reactive collisions. Among the methods discussed are coupled channel (CC) and coupled states (CS) reactive scattering methods, reduced dimensionality exact quantum (RDEQ) methods, infinite order sudden (IOS) methods, coupled channel distorted wave (CCDW) methods and approximations thereto, and one dimensional reaction path methods used in variational transition state theory (VTST). Applications discussed center on four topics: (1) integral cross sections and rate constants for H + H2,D + H2, H + HD/DH and Mu (muonium) + H2; (2) vibrationally excited cross sections and rate constants for H + H2 and D + H2; (3) product state distributions in H + D2, and (4) reactive scattering resonances in H + H2. These applications generally indicate a high level of agreement between accurate theory and experiment, with several of the more approximate methods exhibiting nearly quantitative accuracy compared to CC or CS, and at a fraction of the computational effort. Some disagreement between theory and experiment still remains, however, with the rate constant for D + H2 (v=l) being the worst example in this regard. One of the most exciting new results in our review is that H + H2 posses es an apparently rich spectrum of resonance states associated with excitation of the bend mode simultaneously with the symmetric stretch.

Dates establertes a partir dels documents inclosos datats, una carta del 1571 i una referència temporal explícita d'una obra de 1636 Recull factici de diverses obres que inclou "Luoghi di Historie di varij libri che trattano Aldana e Maldonado, che è tutta una" i quatre documents al final relacionats directament amb el poeta hispanoitalià Francisco de Aldana (1537-1578): còpia de diploma en llatí per Hernando i Cosme d'Aldana (germans del poeta) i concessió per part de Francesc I de Medicis als germans Aldana d'una mercè de 300 ducats a l'any 1571, còpia de carta de don Fadrique de Toledo, IV Duc d'Alba, a Francisco de Aldana, Tordesillas, 20 de febrer de 1577, còpia i traducció a l'italià d'una carta escrita originalment en portuguès, del rei don Sebastià de Portugal a l'ambaixador Cristòbal de Moura, sobre els mèrits del capità Francisco de Aldana, Salvaterra, 10 de desembre de 1577 , carta autògrafa de Benito Arias Montano a Francisco de Aldana, Madrid, 30 de gener de 1578 Francisco de Aldana (Regne de Nàpols, 1537 - Kasr al-Kabir (Marroc), 4 d'agost de 1578) fou un militar espanyol, i un dels més importants poetes en llengua castellana del segle XVI, en la segona fase del Renaixement espanyol. No hi ha constància certa del lloc exacte del seu naixement, per la qual cosa i per l'existència de diferents famílies amb el mateix cognom, la seva filiació s'ha debatut durant segles: Gil Polo, en les estrofes finals del "Canto del Turia" (1564), esmenta un Aldana entre els poetes valencians del seu temps, a qui Maians (seguit després per Ximeno) identifica erròniament amb el poeta castellà, i el suposa nascut a València. Torres Amat comparteix aquesta identificació errada, però afirmant que nasqué a Tortosa, de la família dels Aldana tortosins. Menéndez Pelayo els desmenteix dient que probablement era de Valencia de Alcántara, i encara Rodríguez-Moñino el faria d'Alcántara, sense prou fonament. Finalment, Elias L. Rivers, basant-se en documents llavors inèdits, determinà que molt probablement era nascut al regne de Nàpols i fill del militar extremeny Antonio de Aldana Manuscrit sobre paper; 298 x 210 mm. Enquadernació en pergamí sobre cartró, títol manuscrit al llom: "Histaldana" Aquest manuscrit ha estat objecte d'estudi a l'article d'Adalid Nievas Rojas, '“Para seguir cortes y servir a los reyes de la tierra”: las vidas cruzadas de Aldana y Arias Montano a raíz de un nuevo documento', publicat a Studia Aurea, 2021, núm. 15, p. 533-610. Disponible a https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/studiaaurea.450 Manuscrit sobre el llinatge dels Aldana, integrat per tres seccions ben diferenciades: Breve ragguaglio ed historia di Don Ferdinando d’Aldana, primo dei Maldonadi, istorie ricavate dei vari libri, e documenti che trattano della famiglia Perez d’Aldan Maldonado. L'obra en una primera part explica la història del fundador de la família Aldana, Hernado de Aldana, i com va canviar el seu cognom per Maldonado arran d'un duel que va guanyar contra Guillem de Normandia mentre feia un pelegrinatge a la Mare de Déu de Montserrat. La segona part, titulada “Luoghi di Historie di varij libri che trattano Alda-na e Maldonado, che è tutta una”, conté una antologia de passatges extrets de diferents llibres que tracten sobre la família Aldana o sobre alguns dels seus membres, citant diferents fonts, com ara el "Libro de las cosas y grandezas memorables de España" o "La crónica de la orden de Calatrava". La tercera i última part del manuscrit conté quatre documents relacionats directament amb Francisco d'Aldana o amb la seva família