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SOME PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF CEREAL GRAIN AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF GRINDING

Article history: Received: December 2013 Received in the revised form: February 2014 Accepted: March 2014 The objctive of the paper was to assess a relation between some physical properties of cereal grain and energy consumption. Grain of common wheat, spelt and triticale of 15% moisture was ground using a cylinder mill. A relation between energy consumption and vitreousness, thousand kernel weight, test weight and ash content have been determined. Unit energy consumption depended on vitreousness, test weight and ash content in grain. Unit energy consumption increases with the increase of vitreousness and test weight, and decreases with grain ash content. The grinding efficiency index increases with increasing vitreousness, test weight and thousand kernel weight and it decreases with increasing ash content in grain. Vitreousness influenced the consumption of energy more considerably than the test weight and grain ash content.
INNOVATION IN THE DESI N OF CROSS LAMINATED TIMBER FOR LON SPAN FLOORS

Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) construction is now considered a viable and sustainable alternative to traditional building techniques within the multi-storey building sector. This is primarily due to the high level of prefabrication possible with CLT construction, its high strength-to-weight ratio and its potential as a carbon negative building material. As a result, an increasing number of developers and architects are requesting a CLT design option for multi-storey buildings using CLT wall and floor panels. The latter, especially long span floors, provides a challenge for engineers. Long span CLT floors have a lower natural frequency and are light in weight, which can cause noticeable vibrations. This paper examines existing analytical design procedures available to calculate floor vibrations and provides a preliminary design for floors spanning 9 m. Innovations in CLT panels are introduced, including increased connection rigidity and the use of hardwood timber species, resulting in increased panel stiffness and reduced floor vibrations. Whilst CLT has been extensively researched and tested in Europe and Canada, only limited research has occurred within Australia and New Zealand. This paper also discusses Australian and New Zealand standards and codes and the use of locally grown soft and hardwood timber species for CLT panels.
Epistatic interaction between two nonstructural loci on chromosomes 7 and 3 influences hepatic lipase activity in BSB mice Published, JLR Papers in Press, August 16, 2004. DOI 10.1194/jlr.M400136-JLR200

BSB mice exhibit a wide range of obesity despite being produced by a backcross of lean C57BL/6J (B) × lean Mus spretus (SPRET/Pt) F1 animals × B. Previous linkage studies identified a quantitative trait locus (QTL) on mouse chromosome 7 with coincident peaks for hepatic lipase activity, obesity, and plasma cholesterol. However, these mice were not analyzed for gene × gene epistasis. Hepatic lipase activity is correlated with obesity and plasma cholesterol levels. In this study, we identified QTLs for plasma hepatic lipase activity with three statistical mapping methods: maximum likelihood interval mapping, Bayesian nonepistatic mapping, and Bayesian epistatic mapping. Bayesian epistatic mapping detected not only the QTL on chromosome 7 but also an additional QTL on chromosome 3, which has a weak main effect but a strong interaction with chromosome 7. SPRET/Pt alleles of the QTL on each chromosome promote hepatic lipase activity. The proportion of phenotypic variance explained by the epistatic effect is higher than that explained by the main effect of the QTL on chromosome 7.
Marine Mammal Brucella Genotype Associated with Zoonotic Infection

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A Linear CMOS Low Drop-Out Voltage Regulator in a 0 . 6 μ m CMOS Technology

In most of integrated circuits, especially in Analog/Digital mixed ICs, low dropout voltage regulators are needed to provide a robust, reliable and capable voltage supply. In this paper, a very low dropout and adjustable voltage regulator design in a 0. 6μm CMOS technology is presented. Along with theoretical background, design steps, building blocks and simulation results were explained. Our designed voltage regulator works with 8V supply voltage and can give 3V-5V user selectable output voltage with 50 mA load current capability. Output dropout is 0.5mV for maximum load. For temperature range of -40C to 85C, output change is less than 5mV, and for a +/-10% supply change, output change is less than 0.02mV. 
Prostaglandin E2 (EP1) Receptor Agonist-Induced DNA Synthesis and Proliferation in Primary Cultures of Adult Rat Hepatocytes: The Involvement of TGF-α.

We investigated the effects of prostaglandin (EP) receptor subtype agonists on DNA synthesis and proliferation in primary cultures of adult rat hepatocytes to elucidate their mechanisms of action. Maintained in short-term cultures (i.e. 3.5 h) in a serum-free, defined medium, hepatocyte parenchymal cells underwent DNA synthesis and proliferation in the presence of sulprostone (10−6 m), PGE2 (10−6 m), and 17-phenyl-trinor-PGE2 (10−9 m) in a time- and dose-dependent manner. PGE2 was less potent than 17-phenyl-trinor-PGE2 in stimulating hepatocyte mitogenesis. Sulprostone (10−6 m) and 11-deoxy-PGE1 (10−6 m) showed weak and insignificant stimulation, respectively, for hepatocyte mitogenesis. These effects of PGE2, 17-phenyl-trinor-PGE2, and sulprostone were abolished by treatment with a specific EP1 receptor antagonist, SC-51322, or the PLC inhibitor U-73122. The effects of these EP1 receptor agonists were potentiated by ionomycin and blocked by verapamil. Hepatocyte mitogenesis was almost completely blocked .
Research of Electro-hydraulic servo valve accelerated Degradation test based on wear mechanism

Electro-hydraulic servo valve belongs to the high reliability, long life products. This paper chooses the method of accelerated degradation test to evaluate the life of electro-hydraulic servo valve. The method solves the problem of Long test period and high test cost of the Traditional life test . This paper does the research of electro-hydraulic servo valve accelerated degradation test based on wear mechanism. The purpose is to evaluate the electro-hydraulic servo valve’s performance using the shortest time . It puts the oil pollution as the stress test, the pressure gain as performance standard. And it does the SSADT for the electro-hydraulic servo valve, because there is no ready-made system for this test. It designs a test system for the pollution wear mechanism by itself. In terms of test data processing, this paper created accelerated Life Testing Model of Brown movement in drift and Inverse Power law model, in obtained the parameters estimation of model by using least square method and best linear unbiased estimation method, forecasted and analyzed normal lifetime and reliability of electro-hydraulic servo valve, verified the feasibility and efficiency of accelerated degradation testing.
Impact of temperature and growth hormone on growth physiology of juvenile Atlantic wol ffi sh ( Anarhichas lupus )

The effects of temperature and growth hormone (GH) implantation on growth of juvenile Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus) were investigated. The year-long study had three sequential experimental phases (EP) termed EP1, EP2 and EP3, lasting for 6, 9 and 37 weeks, respectively. The experimental fish were divided into four groups and reared at different target temperatures (3, 7, 11 and 15 °C) during EP1 and EP2, but at a constant temperature of 7 °C during EP3. At the beginning of EP2, half of the fish from each group was implanted with formulation of recombinant bovine GH (Posilac®), while the other half was sham-implanted with vehicle. The optimal temperature for growth (Topt.G) of early juveniles (geometric mean weight 7.5 g) was determined as 12.1 °C during EP1, while the upper critical temperature (Tc) was concluded to be very close to 15 °C, as fish at that temperature had stunted growth, increased mortality and showed external signs of skeletal deformities. Thus, the species was found to be relatively stenothermic during the early juvenile stages and therefore vulnerable to relatively modest increases in environmental temperature above Topt.G. At 15 °C, GH implantation had no effects on growth rate. This indicates that the high allostatic load at this temperature leaves no scope for increased growth. In contrast, at lower rearing temperatures, the GH implantation had substantial, long-term effects on growth rate and induced remarkably similar relative growth stimulation at 3, 7 and 11 °C, suggesting a temperature-independent mechanism for the growth-promoting effects of GH.
Global Variable Team Description Paper RoboCup 2018 Rescue Virtual Robot League

This paper describes the team Global Variable’s contributions for RoboCup 2018 Rescue Simulation League, Virtual Robot Competition. The main aim is to provide development of computer-simulated rescue schemes for a virtual catastrophe area. A novel approach is presented employing Gazebo environment in the Robot Operating System (ROS) framework for the tasks of Autonomous Navigation, Multi Agent Mapping and Victim Identification.
Targeted Inactivation of Mouse RAD52Reduces Homologous Recombination but Not Resistance to Ionizing Radiation

ABSTRACT The RAD52 epistasis group is required for recombinational repair of double-strand breaks (DSBs) and shows strong evolutionary conservation. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, RAD52 is one of the key members in this pathway. Strains with mutations in this gene show strong hypersensitivity to DNA-damaging agents and defects in recombination. Inactivation of the mouse homologue of RAD52in embryonic stem (ES) cells resulted in a reduced frequency of homologous recombination. Unlike the yeast Scrad52 mutant,MmRAD52−/− ES cells were not hypersensitive to agents that induce DSBs. MmRAD52 null mutant mice showed no abnormalities in viability, fertility, and the immune system. These results show that, as in S. cerevisiae, MmRAD52is involved in recombination, although the repair of DNA damage is not affected upon inactivation, indicating that MmRAD52 may be involved in certain types of DSB repair processes and not in others. The effect of inactivating MmRAD52 suggests the presence of genes functionally related to MmRAD52, which can partly compensate for the absence of MmRad52 protein.
UAV Collision Avoidance Policy Optimization with Deep Reinforcement Learning

The safe operation of unmanned aerial vehicles demands effective collision avoidance strategies. One method for solving the collision avoidance problem is to formulate it as a Markov decision process and solve for the action to take in any situation so as to maximize safety and efficiency. Solving for such a policy using dynamic programming can be time-consuming and requires discretizing the continuous state space, thereby potentially reducing safety. An alternative solution method is to use reinforcement learning with function approximation to learn a parameterized value function that maps directly from the continuous state space to state-action values, from which an approximatelyoptimal policy can be derived. We demonstrate that one such method, the Deep Q-Network [12], produces safer and more efficient policies than does value iteration, and does so in less time. We further investigate and present conclusions regarding a number of extensions to the baseline deep reinforcement learning model, including efficient sampling of the state space to speed learning, alternative solution methods such as Double DQN and Asynchronous Advantage Actor-Critic, and transfer learning of different reward structures.
CONCRETE LIFETIME MONITORING BY NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING METHODS

The quality of concrete structures is dependent on many factors such as the type of cement, the type of aggregates, water cement ratio, curing, environmental conditions etc. Considering the above requirements on testing the hardening of concrete in both new and old structures, there is need to assess the actual condition of the structures. Non-Destructive Testing techniques can be used effectively for investigating and evaluating the actual condition of the structures. The aim of the article is to show a possibility of studying simple concrete samples by help of chosen Non-Destructive Testing Methods such as Acoustic Emission, Non-Linear Ultrasonic Spectroscopy, Impedance Spectroscopy etc.
Supervisory control for VSC-HVDC grid interconnecting AC systems

The aim of the paper is to introduce an independent supervisory architecture for optimal control of power flow in HVDC grids. Such an independent DC supervisory control is able to manage the optimal operation of connecting VSCs in cooperation with other AC SCADA systems. Identifying the grid topology, DC supervisory control employs an optimal power flow (OPF) calculator based on interior point optimization method to determine the setpoint values for all HVDC stations in a grid. The performance of such an independent supervisory control has been studied through various test case scenarios using a real-time co-simulation platform.
Mashup as Paratextual Practice : Beyond Digital Objects ( in the Age of Networked Media )

The main objective of this chapter is to contribute to a more dynamic understanding of the notion of paratext (Genette, 1997a). The author argues that in order to fully grasp the discourse of contemporary media objects, one has to focus on the networked, hyperconnective and fluid nature of today’s media environments (Jenkins, 2008; Varnelis, 2008), where content itself often seems secondary to the modes of its circulation. In this regard, the concept of paratext still provides a valuable framework of analysis, especially when related to the widespread programming and coding procedures of contemporary Web services. In order to enable such a dynamic understanding of the notion in the contemporary digital media environment, Genette’s proposition should be read not only (or primarily) as relating to the set of subtexts, “parasitic” texts, annotations and markers accompanying the “main” text, but first and foremost as a semiotic-technological apparatus enabling the circulation of digital content across different media platforms. Such a re-reading also calls for an updated understanding of digital media, with more prominence given to the relational characteristics of the objects, as well as to the fluidity and dynamics of the processes of circulation, rather than to digital “objects” as such.
On a Scale of Health Uncertainty

In this paper, we explicate health uncertainty as the psychological state in which one is incapable of appraising his/her health status and/or making health-related decisions. Health uncertainty comprises four dimensions: information uncertainty, condition uncertainty, efficacy uncertainty, and emotion uncertainty. A 17-item scale was developed as a measurement instrument. Four external variables were used to test the construct validity of the sale. Multilevel confirmatory factor analyses of data from college students (N=238) indicated that the scale was unidimensional on the second order. The results indicated that the scale exhibited good internal and external consistency, construct validity, as well as good reliability.
Intracellular Tau Modifications and Cell-based Sensors for Monitoring Tau A ggregation

Tau is a neuron-specific microtubule-binding protein that stabilizes microtubules (Kolarova et al., 2012). When pathologically modified, tau dissociates from microtubules and becomes insoluble aggregates called neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs). NFTs are accumulated in neuronal perikarya or dystrophic neurites in axons and dendrites, causing degeneration of tangle-bearing neurons. The NFT formation is one of the most significant pathological signatures in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and multiple neurodegenerative disorders classified as tauopathies. Accordingly, great efforts have been made to investigate the mechanism of tau aggregation and to identify the pathogenic tau species. Accumulating evidences suggest that soluble tau oligomers, rather than large insoluble aggregates, are the pathogenic forms responsible for neuronal degeneration and cognitive impairment. Formation of the fibrillary inclusions might serve as a neuronal defense mechanism to quarantine the toxic oligomers. In addition, tau oligomers propagate in neurons acting as a seed for native tau aggregation. Due to the pathological implication, tau oligomers become an important therapeutic target to cure tauopathies. However, progress has been slow due to the lack of understating tau aggregation mechanism. Tau is an intrinsically soluble protein. To become a neurotoxic aggregate, tau undergoes a number of harmful modifications. In this book chapter, we will look for
Modern wushu : When Chinese martial arts meet Western sports

Despite the fact that most Eastern martial arts originated in China and draw heavily upon Chinese philosophy, Chinese wushu (martial arts), as a comprehensive system of martial arts, has not been fully recognized or adequately explored within the international martial arts landscape. This paper defi nes what Chinese wushu is, introduces the history and evolution of Chinese martial arts, and discusses the dilemma of the modernization of Chinese martial arts in the context of East-West cultural confl ict, negotiation, and compromise. In conclusion, it would seem that westernization or modernization has had both positive and negative infl uences on traditional Chinese wushu, and it is critical to the integrity of wushu that the traditional roots and true essences of these martial arts – health, self-development, and moral cultivation – are advocated in the process of modernizing them.
1-Hydroxy-1,1,3,3,3-pentaphenyldisiloxane, [Si2O(OH)(Ph)5], at 100 K

In the crystal structure of the title compound, C30H26O2Si2, one Si(Ph)3 residue is bound to another Si(OH)(Ph)2 residue via a non-linear Si—O—Si bridge. The asymmetric unit is composed of two such molecules which interact, on the one hand, via a strong and highly directional O—H⋯O hydrogen bond involving the two neighbouring Si—OH units and, on the other, via an O—H⋯π contact connecting the second hydroxyl group with an adjacent phenyl group.
A Global Photogrammetry-Based Structure from Motion Framework : Application in Oblique Aerial Images

In recent years, oblique aerial images have come back to the foreground, being involved in various photogrammetric applications. Moreover, multi-camera systems have become a well-established technology, providing oblique and vertical aerial images that depict both horizontal and vertical structures of the environment from several perspectives, leading to an increasing market availability of such kind of images. The main prerequisite for their metric exploitation is the knowledge of the camera exterior orientation parameters, which are usually determined through a Structure from Motion (SfM) process that estimates corresponding features between overlapping images and solves the multi-image aerial triangulation problem. This paper presents a complete photogrammetry-based framework that solves the SfM problem, which covers the topics of determining overlapping images, feature extraction, image matching, rejection of outliers, feature tracking and bundle block adjustment. The proposed framework adopts a global SfM workflow that relies on approximate camera exterior orientation parameters, which are almost always available through the data provided by onboard GPS/INS sensors. The proposed SfM methodology is applied in different configurations of oblique aerial images (same perspective oblique images, multi-view oblique images and combined nadir and oblique multi-view images) under a non-ideal aerial triangulation scenario characterized by lack of well-distributed ground control points as well as minimum manual image measurements and the results are outlined in the paper. The exterior orientation parameters computed through the proposed SfM algorithm have better accuracy than the ones achieved through a commercial SfM software package. Thus, the proposed global SfM framework proves to be a good alternative solution to existing SfM methods.
Inhibition of abasic site cleavage in bubble DNA by multifunctional protein YB‐1

Y‐box binding protein 1 (YB‐1) is widely known to participate in a multiple DNA and RNA processing events in the living cell. YB‐1 is also regarded as a putative component of DNA repair. This possibility is supported by relocalization of YB‐1 into the nucleus following genotoxic stress. Increased affinity of YB‐1 for damaged DNA, especially in its single‐stranded form, and its functional interaction with proteins responsible for the initiation of apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) site repair, namely, AP endonuclease 1 and DNA glycosylase NEIL1, suggest that YB‐1 could be involved in the repair of AP sites as a regulatory protein. Here we show that YB‐1 has a significant inhibitory effect on the cleavage of AP sites located in single‐stranded DNA and in DNA bubble structures. Such interference may be considered as a possible mechanism to prevent single‐stranded intermediates of DNA replication, transcription and repair from being converted into highly genotoxic DNA strand breaks, thus allowing the cell to coordinate different DNA processing mechanisms. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.