Proposal for encoding the Old Turkic script in the SMP of the UCS

This is a proposal to encode the Old Turkic script in the international character encoding standard Unicode. The script was published in Unicode Standard version 5.2 in October 2009. Old Turkic appears in stone inscriptions from the early 8c CE near the Orkhon River in Mongolia, and a slightly different version is found near the Yenisei River in Siberia in the later 8c CE. By the 9c CE, the script had been replaced by the Uyghur script

Use of resources in special schools = Y defnydd o adnoddau mewn ysgolion arbennig

While special schools generally make good use of available funds, many councils’ funding and support arrangements do not reflect the changed context in which schools operate

RC load-bearing structure design of multipurpose-building

Cieľom diplomovej práce je návrh a posúdenie ŽB nosnej konštrukcie viacúčelového objektu založeného na základovej doske. Pre výpočet vnútorných síl je použitý program Scia Engineer 15. Dimenzované sú stropná doska, stĺpy a schodisko. Návrhová životnosť konštrukcie je 50 rokov.The aim of diploma thesis is design and appraise the structure of the spatial reinforced concrete object founded on foundation slab. The structure is without the cladding. To the calculation of internal forces is used computing software Scia Engineer 15. Roof slab, rung, beam and column are designed. Designed life of the structure is 50 years.

Feasibility of the Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes (MACS) decision rule to safely reduce unnecessary hospital admissions: a pilot randomised controlled trial

Background Observational studies suggest that the Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes (MACS) decision rule can effectively rule out' and rule in' acute coronary syndromes (ACS) following a single blood test. In a pilot randomised controlled trial, we aimed to determine whether a large trial is feasible. Methods Patients presenting to two EDs with suspected cardiac chest pain were randomised to receive care guided by the MACS decision rule (intervention group) or standard care (controls). The primary efficacy outcome was a successful discharge from the ED, defined as a decision to discharge within 4 hours of arrival providing that the patient did not have a missed acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or develop a major adverse cardiac event (MACE: death, AMI or coronary revascularisation) within 30 days. Feasibility outcomes included recruitment and attrition rates. Results In total, 138 patients were included between October 2013 and October 2014, of whom 131 (95%) were randomised (66 to intervention and 65 controls). Nine (7%) patients had prevalent AMI and six (5%) had incident MACE within 30 days. All 131 patients completed 30-day follow-up and were included in the final analysis with no missing data for the primary analyses. Compared with standard care, a significantly greater proportion of patients whose care was guided by the MACS rule were successfully discharged within 4 hours (26% vs 8%, adjusted OR 5.45, 95% CI 1.73 to 17.11, p=0.004). No patients in either group who were discharged within 4 hours had a diagnosis of AMI or incident MACE within 30 days (0.0%, 95% CI 0% to 20.0% in the intervention group). Conclusions In this pilot trial, use of the MACS rule led to a significant increase in safe discharges from the ED but a larger, fully powered trial remains necessary. Our findings seem to support the feasibility of that trial. Trial registration number ISRCTN 86818215. Research Ethics Committee reference 13/NW/0081. UKCRN registration ID 14334

COIN is dead - long live transformation

Donald Rumsfeld was right. Force transformation works. The techniques that led to the initial victories in Afghanistan in 2001 were precisely those that produced success in Libya in 2011.1 Small-scale deployments of special forces backed by precision strike and deep attack capabilities used to support an allied indigenous armed group proved an effective military tool for achieving specific strategic outcomes. In contrast, the results of large-scale troop deploy- ments as part of counterinsurgency (COIN), stabilization and nation-building activities over the past ten years in Iraq and Afghanistan have been less defini- tive. Despite intensive investment in blood, treasure, and military effort, the precise long-term outcomes of these two campaigns remain unclear and will be open to debate for years to come. This challenging operational experience has, however, highlighted some necessary and enduring truths about the use of military force. This paper explores those in light of the last ten years of counterinsurgenc

Molecular simulation of the phase behavior of noble gases using accurate two-body and three-body intermolecular potentials

Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo simulations are reported for the vapor- liquid phase coexistence of argon, krypton, and xenon. The calculations employ accurate two-body potentials in addition to contributions from three-body dispersion interactions resulting from third-order triple-dipole, dipole-dipole-quadrupole, dipole- quadrupole-quadrupole, quadrupole-quadrupole-quadrupole, and fourth- order triple- dipole terms. It is shown that vapor-liquid equilibria are affected substantially by three-body interactions. The addition of three-body interactions results in good overall agreement of theory with experimental data. In particular, the subcritical liquid- phase densities are predicted accurately. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. S0021- 9606(99)50728-9

Body parts

In this project, the artist wishes to examine corporeality in the virtual realm, through the usage of the (non)-physical body of the avatar. An art installation created in the virtual world of Second Life®, which is meant to be accessed with site specific avatars, will provide the creative platform whereby this investigation is undertaken. Thus, “body parts” seeks to challenge the residents of virtual environments into connecting with the virtual manifestations, i.e., avatars of others in an emotionally expressive/intimate manner

Floating body, illumination body, and polytopal approximation

Let $K$ be a convex body in $\Bbb R^{d}$ and $K_{t}$ its floating bodies. There is a polytope with at most $n$ vertices that satisfies $$K_{t} \subset P_{n} \subset K$$ where $$n \leq e^{16d} \frac{vol_{d}(K \setminus K_{t})}{t\ vol_{d}(B_{2}^{d})}$$ Let $K^{t}$ be the illumination bodies of $K$ and $Q_{n}$ a polytope that contains $K$ and has at most $n$ $d-1$-dimensional faces. Then $$vol_{d}(K^{t} \setminus K) \leq cd^{4} vol_{d}(Q_{n} \setminus K)$$ where $$ n \leq \frac{c}{dt} \ vol_{d}(K^{t} \setminus K) $