A new and efficient intelligent collaboration scheme for fashion design

Technology-mediated collaboration process has been extensively studied for over a decade. Most applications with collaboration concepts reported in the literature focus on enhancing efficiency and effectiveness of the decision-making processes in objective and well-structured workflows. However, relatively few previous studies have investigated the applications of collaboration schemes to problems with subjective and unstructured nature. In this paper, we explore a new intelligent collaboration scheme for fashion design which, by nature, relies heavily on human judgment and creativity. Techniques such as multicriteria decision making, fuzzy logic, and artificial neural network (ANN) models are employed. Industrial data sets are used for the analysis. Our experimental results suggest that the proposed scheme exhibits significant improvement over the traditional method in terms of the time–cost effectiveness, and a company interview with design professionals has confirmed its effectiveness and significance.

用于吸力式基础离心机模拟的动力加载设备(英文)

吸力式桶形基础广泛地应用于海洋油气开发的海洋平台。在冬季,渤海冰排会对平台产生强烈的冲击,引起振动。本文介绍了一套用于土工离心机实验的动力加载设备,并介绍了该套设备在模拟吸力式桶形基础在受到等效动冰载作用下的响应的实验研究情况及实验结果。结果表明,当载荷幅值超过一个临界值时,地基上部会发生软化甚至液化。超孔隙水压从土体上部到下部,从桶形基础壁面到远处逐渐减小。在动载荷作用下,桶形基础和临近土体会发生大的沉降。桶形基础尺寸越小,动载荷响应越大。

中科院红壤生态试验站（江西余江县）红壤低丘灌草丛群落类型与环境关系的初步研究

亚热带红壤低丘区，除栽培作物外，在未开垦耕种的荒丘上广泛分布着属于次生植被类型的灌草丛植被。 中国科学院红壤生态试验站位于江西省余江县境内。通过对试验站内从水库边至丘顶不同生境的红壤低丘上灌草丛植被的调查，结合对地形、土壤的分析结果。找出引起灌草丛植被不同群落变化的主要因子。 丘陵的上部是以刺芒野古草为主的群落类型;中、下部以四脉金茅、三芒草在群落中的优势度大;丘脚处靠近水库的地方以一些莎草科植物如旋鳞莎草、牛毛毡和谷精草科的谷精草等占优势。 通过DCA(无倾向对应分析)排序结果与土壤含水量及有机质含量变化的分析;丘陵上落分布格局与土壤水份梯度密切相关。 从大范围看，在亚热带宜林区主要是人为因素造成灌草丛植被的大面积存在，在具体的丘陵上(生态试验站样地)群落呈现系列的变化是由于土壤水份的变化所引起;丘陵近水处群落呈斑块状镶嵌分 对灌草丛的利用改造应以恢复植被为前提搞综合治理，减轻人为对植被的压力。种草种树应结合当地具体情况选择树种、草种和栽种方式。发展沼气对解决燃料短缺，综合利用生物资源有积极作用。

Proyecto de orientación de estudios en el Ciclo Superior.

Proyecto de elaboración y desarrollo de un programa de orientación que implique al alumnado en el proceso y les facilite una elección responsable de estudios al finalizar la EGB. Los objetivos son: suministrar al alumnado información sobre las distintas alternativas de estudio; garantizar una elección adecuada teniendo en cuenta sus capacidades e intereses; dar a conocer las características del mundo laboral, haciendo hincapié en las profesiones del futuro; completar el expediente personal de los alumnos para mejorar la labor tutorial y de orientación; y potenciar la participación de los padres. El programa consta de tres fases. En la primera se realiza una exploración del alumnado mediante pruebas psicométricas (inteligencia, aptitudes, intereses, personalidad, hábitos y técnicas de estudio), y cuestionarios de autoevaluación. En la segunda se informa al alumnado sobre futuros estudios, mundo laboral y procedimientos burocráticos (alternativas profesionales, visitas a centros, debates y charlas, entrevistas y cumplimentación de documentos). Y por último, en la tercera se facilita al alumnado y sus familias, en una entrevista personal, el resultado de las distintas pruebas mediante un informe elaborado por los tutores y el Departamento de Orientación. La evaluación del programa se realiza al final a través de cuestionarios dirigidos a alumnos, padres y tutores.

The effects of sildenafil on rectal sensitivity and tone in patients with the irritable bowel syndrome

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Discovery and cross-section measurement of neutron-rich isotopes in the element range from neodymium to platinum with the FRS

Using the high-resolution performance of the fragment separator FRS at GSI we have discovered 60 new neutron-rich isotopes in the atomic number range of 60 <= Z <= 78. The new isotopes were unambiguously identified in reactions with a U-238 beam impinging on a Be target at 1 GeV/nucleon. The production cross-section for the new isotopes have been measured down to the pico-barn level and compared with predictions of different model calculations. For elements above hafnium fragmentation is the dominant reaction mechanism which creates the new isotopes, whereas fission plays a dominant role for the production of the new isotopes up to thulium. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

First measurement of beta decay half-lives in neutron-rich Tl and Bi isotopes

Neutron-rich isotopes around lead, beyond N = 126, have been studied exploiting the fragmentation of an uranium primary beam at the FRS-RISING setup at GSI. For the first time beta-decay half-lives of Bi-219 and Tl-211,Tl-212,Tl-213 isotopes have been derived. The half-lives have been extracted using a numerical simulation developed for experiments in high-background conditions. Comparison with state of the art models used in r-process calculations is given, showing a systematic underestimation of the experimental values, at variance from close-lying nuclei. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Daily rhythm of salivary IL-1 beta, cortisol and melatonin in day and night workers

Shiftwork-induced sleep deprivation and circadian disruption probably leads to an increase in the production of cytokines and dysregulation of innate immune system, respectively. This project aims evaluating changes in salivary IL-1 beta, cortisol, and melatonin in night workers. Method. Two day and three night healthy workers participated in this study. Sleep was evaluated by actimetry and activity protocols. Saliva was collected at waking and bedtime the last workday and the following two days-off and was analyzed by ELISA. Results. Neither sleep duration nor efficiency showed any association with salivary IL-1beta. IL-1beta levels were higher at waking than at bedtime during working days for all workers, but only one day and one night-worker maintained this pattern and hormone rhythms during days off. For this night worker, melatonin levels were shifted to daytime. A second one presented clear alterations in IL-1beta and hormone rhythms on days-off. Conclusions. Our preliminary results suggest that night work can disturb the variation pattern of salivary IL-1beta. No association of this variation with sleep was observed. It seems that disruption in hormone rhythms interfere with salivary IL-1beta production. IL-1beta production pattern seems to be maintained when rhythms are present, in spite of a shift in melatonin secretion.

Metalloporphyrins as cytochrome P450 models for chlorhexidine metabolite prediction

The catalytic oxidation of chlorhexidine (CHX, a strong microbicidal agent) mediated by ironporphyrins has been investigated by using hydrogen peroxide, mCPBA, tBuOOH, or NaOCl as oxidant. All of these oxygen donors yielded p-chloroaniline (pCA) as the main product. The higher pCA yields amounted to 71% in the following conditions: catalyst/oxidant/substrate molar ratio of 1:150:50, aqueous medium, FeTMPyP as catalyst. The medium pH also had a strong effect on the pCA yields; in physiological pH, formation of this product was specially favored in the presence of the catalysts, with yields 58% higher than those achieved in control reactions. This provided strong evidence that CHX is metabolized to pCA upon ingestion. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Growth and nitrogen fixation in soybean treated with doses of composted sewage sludge

The use of sewage sludge is a highly promising practice for the development of sustainable agricultural systems. The objective of this study was to evaluate doses of sewage sludge composted with and without Rhizobium inoculation in leaf N content, nodule number, nodule dry weight and plant during flowering. The experiment was conducted in the greenhouse of the Department of Soil Science and Natural Resources College of Agricultural Sciences of Botucatu, using as substrate used in vessels of 30 liters a Red Yelow Latosol sandy texture with experimental design adopted was randomized blocks constituted for 10 treatments and five doses of composted sewage sludge (0, 10, 20, 30, 40 t ha(-1)) with or without inoculation Bradyrhizobium japonic with three replications. There was an increase in the number and dry weight of nodules and shoot dry mass of soybeans due to the increase of the dose of sludge up to a dose of 20 t ha(-1) and after this dose there was a decrease of these parameters. At a dose of 10 t ha(-1) sludge compost inoculated seeds showed higher for foliar concentrations of N and number of nodules compared with uninoculated seeds. At a dose of 30 t ha(-1) inoculated seeds were higher compared to uninoculated in all parameters.

Multi-strange baryon production in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV with ALICE

A measurement of the multi-strange Xi(-) and Omega(-) baryons and their antiparticles by the ALICE experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is presented for inelastic proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. The transverse momentum (p(T)) distributions were studied at mid-rapidity (vertical bar y vertical bar < 0.5) in the range of 0.6 < p(T) < 8.5 GeV/c Xi(-) for and Xi(+) baryons, and in the range of 0.8 < P-T < 5 GeV/c for Omega(-) and<(Omega)over bar>(+). Baryons and antibaryons were measured as separate particles and we find that the baryon to antibaryon ratio of both particle species is consistent with unity over the entire range of the measurement. The statistical precision of the current data has allowed us to measure a difference between the mean p(T) of Xi(-) ((Xi) over bar)(+) and Omega(-) ((Omega) over bar (+)). Particle yields, mean pi, and the spectra in the intermediate pi range are not well described by the PYTHIA Perugia 2011 tune Monte Carlo event generator, which has been tuned to reproduce the early LHC data. The discrepancy is largest for Omega(-)((Omega) over bar (+)). This PYTHIA tune approaches the pi spectra of Xi(-) and Xi(+) baryons below p(T) <0.85 GeV/c and describes the Xi(-) and Xi(+) spectra above p(T) > 6.0 GeV/c. We also illustrate the difference between the experimental data and model by comparing the corresponding ratios of (Omega(-) +(Omega) over bar (+))/(Xi(-) + Xi(+)) as a function of transverse mass. (C) 2012 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Teachers' sick leave due to mental and behavioral disorders and return to work

This manuscript presents a review of the literature about medical leaves due to mental and behavioral disorders and return to work of teachers. There are scarce published manuscripts. Most articles relate with prevalence of mental disorders and factors associated with the work organization, and did not mention intervention proposals and or changes in the work organization and teaching work. Proposed actions are discussed.

Study of CuO/CeO2 catalyst with for preferential CO oxidation reaction in hydrogen-rich feed (PROX-CO)

The CuO/CeO2 system was investigated as a catalyst for preferential CO oxidation reaction in hydrogen-rich feed (PROX-CO). The catalysts were prepared by deposition-precipitation (DEP) and co-precipitation (COP) methods and the catalytic performance reveals that the preparation method influences the properties of solids prepared, where a direct consequence is the difference in behavior of the catalysts in the PROX-CO reaction. A high specific area and a better dispersion of the metallic phase were obtained in the catalyst prepared by co-precipitation. The redox properties during the reaction were reported by measures of temperature programmed reduction (TPR), OSC measurements and X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES-TPR) in situ showed the relationship between the preparation method, the physicochemical characteristics and redox properties in the PROX-CO reaction. By this means, the good dispersion of CuO and the best oxygen capacity are the response of the high performance of CuO/CeO2-COP catalysts for the PROX-CO reaction. Crown Copyright (c) 2012 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.