Good Harmony Research Articles

단단한 화경의 핑크색 절화용 거베라 신품종 '파티타임' 육성

경남농업기술원 화훼연구소에서 2000년부터 교배조합 육성을 위하여 국내 재배농가로부터 유전자원을 수집한 후, 2003년 3월에 자주색 대륜계 'Hope'를 모본, 핑크색 대륜계의 'Sunnyeo'을 부본으로 인공교배를 실시하여 계통 육성 후, 2004년부터 2007년까지 특성검정을 실시한 결과 화색, 화형, 수확량 등 품질과 수량이 우수하다고 판단되어 2007년 농작물 직무육성 신품종선정위원회의 심의를 거쳐 'Party Time'으로 명명 품종등록(품종보호 제2691호) 하였다. 'Party Time'은 선명한 핑크색(RHS 65-C)과 갈색 화심(RHS 166-A)과의 조화가 선명한 반겹꽃의 대륜화이다. 또한 화형이 안정되고 화경이 강건하며 본당 수량은 연간 3회 검정 결과 평균 47.3개이며, 평균 절화수명은 12.7일이다. A new pink gerbera (Gerbera hybrida Hort.) cultivar 'Party Time' was developed from a cross between 'Hope' and 'Sunnyeo', followed by seedling and line selections at the Flower Research Institute of Gyeongnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services (GARES) in 2007. Detailed characteristics of the new cultivar were evaluated from 2005 to 2007. 'Party Time' has semi-double type large flowers in a good harmony with pink (RHS, 65-C) ray floret and brown center. It has a good, stable flower shape and strong peduncles, and its vase life was 12.7 days. The average flower yield of 'Party Time' was about 47.3 stems per plant a year in greenhouse yield trails carried out 2005 to 2007. 'Party Time' (Grant No. 2691) was registered to the Korea Seed and Variety Service (KSVS) for commercialization in 2009.

Positioning of sponsorships on the cultural events market

The paper deals with the relationship between cultural events and financial possession through which a complex web of communication can be discerned, in positions of social responsibility and consumerism. In the first part of the paper, sponsorship is described in its historical context in order to point out its key features and transformations over time, especially in the socialist and post-socialist period. By contextualizing sponsorship strategies and messages, one can accurately track the representations and values attached to the positioning of cultural products in the zone of national and global policies. Musical spectacles (concerts, festivals, assemblies etc.) are attractive and useful products in the sponsorship market. The EXIT festival, Jelen beer, Guča, Telenor, Alpha Bank, Bogoljub Karić, Zepter, Beer Fest, Tuborg, Kustendorf are just some examples - patents of sponsorship of cultural manifestations in the transitional period. This paper constructs three forms of sponsorship strategies in the domain of cultural festival scenes: ownership, leadership and partnership. In the domain of partnership between collective and private property, sponsorship strategies are based on an ethical mimicry of old/new rules and their enforcers within a gift economy, thus creating arbitrary spaces for action adjusted for crises (the grey economy, money laundering, unstable economic policies etc.). Leadership is a sponsorship strategy which entails complete domination in the sphere of decision making, utilization and spending, without the possibility of outside control. In leadership there is no opposition between owners and sponsors, and everything is subject to the authority of the individual as the one and only, inviolable self-sponsor. Partnership is based on the power of choice in the domain of competition and opposition as bipolar ownership. The tandems of spectacle - sponsor and enjoyment - monopoly, are viable projectors of various strategies for the shaping of ownership, leadership and partnership, thus projecting idealized perceptions and simulacra of common good and social harmony, which are actually just a disguise for various interests and antagonisms in a politically and economically unstable place such as Serbia.

Anteroposterior relationship of the maxillary central incisors to the forehead in adult white males

To evaluate and compare the anteroposterior relationship of the maxillary central incisors to the forehead in white male adults with harmonious profiles and white male adult orthodontic patients. Photographs of 101 white male adults with good facial harmony (control sample) were compared with photographs of 97 white male adults seeking orthodontic treatment (study sample). All were profile images with the maxillary central incisors and foreheads in full view. The images were imported into an image editing software program, resized, and rotated to the upright head position. Reference lines were constructed to assess the anteroposterior positions of the maxillary central incisors and forehead inclinations. In the control sample, the maxillary central incisors were positioned between the forehead facial axis (FFA) point and glabella in 91%, posterior to the FFA point in 8%, and anterior to the glabella in <1%. The position of the maxillary central incisors was moderately correlated with forehead inclination (r² = 0.37). In the study sample, the maxillary central incisors were positioned between the FFA point and glabella in 34%, posterior to the FFA point in 59%, and anterior to the glabella in 7%. Maxillary central incisor position and forehead inclination were strongly correlated (r² = 0.53). The anteroposterior maxillary incisor position relative to the forehead between the control and study groups was significantly different (P < .0001). In addition, the forehead inclination between the control and study group was significantly different (P < .05). The forehead is an important landmark for anteroposterior maxillary incisor positioning for adult white male patients seeking improved facial harmony.

ETHNIC RELATIONS IN THE CITY OF PONTIANAK (A STUDY OF INTER-ETHNIC RELATIONS AT GANG DAMAI, KOTA BARU, PONTIANAK)

Peace and harmony in life is one of the goals of the communities at Gang Damai in their social relations. This condition becomes very special when, in other places at the same time, conflicts and hostilities often occurred in the history of inter-ethnic relations in this region. This is the underlying reason of the naming of the place of this research i.e. “Gang Damai” (peaceful alley). This study found four key factors underlying the harmony and good relations between the ethnic groups; first, a positive outlook on the ethnic communities; second, distinctive efforts undertaken by the community members in order to continue to maintain good social relations, security, peace and harmony; third, awareness practiced by all communities in an effort to build and maintain social relations in the spirit of solidarity; fourth, different ethnic communities manage to minimize all forms of issues that could potentially become a trigger for conflicts by building intensive communication and social relations among themselves. In addition, unique social relation patterns built and inter-ethnic marriages have also become a model in building peaceful ethnic relations at Gang Damai until today.&#x0D; Keywords: Peace, Harmony, Social Relations, Ethnicity

Modification of a statistical mechanically-based equation of state: Application to ionic liquids

It is the purpose of this paper to determine the volumetric properties of some ionic liquids (ILs) using the modified version of Tao–Mason (TM) equation of state (EOS). The studied ILs include the cations: imidazolium, phosphonium, pyridinium, pyrrolidium and anions: tetrafluoroborate, bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl) imide, and hexafluorophosphate. The densities of these compounds were calculated by the usage of the modified TM EOS at several temperatures and pressures. The most important parameter in this EOS is the second virial coefficient which is calculated from a two-parameter corresponding states correlation along with two constants enthalpy of vaporization and molar density both at 298K. The other remaining parameters (i.e., α(T) and b(T)) that appeared in the EOS were calculated from simple equations. Novelty of this work is the modification of the original TM EOS and usage of enthalpy of vaporization and molar density instead of critical and Boyle parameters in the original TM EOS. The good harmony between the calculated and literature density values of ILs confirms the ability of the modified TM EOS in predicting volumetric properties of this class of fluids. Overall average absolute deviation (AAD) of the calculated densities from 3394 experimental data points is 1.48%.

New Computational Dynamics for Magnetohydrodynamics Flow over a Nonlinear Stretching Sheet

The main idea of the present article is to introduce a new computational technique, explicitly, the modified Laplace Pad´e decomposition method (MLPDM) which is a recipe of Laplace transformation, decomposition technique, and rational polynomial to offer new solution mechanism of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) flow of an steady viscous, incompressible nonlinear stretching sheet. A good harmony among the attained solution and the exact solution has been verified.

Cephalometric norms for a Moroccan population

This is a descriptive cephalometric study aimed at contributing to the establishment of Steiner analysis cephalometric norms for a patient population from the Center for Dental Treatment and Consultation (CCTD) at the Ibn Rochd Hospital Center in Casablanca, Morocco. Teleradiography was used to obtain lateral cephalograms of 71 young adults (47 women; 24 men) aged on average 22.73 ± 1.69 years. All subjects presented good facial harmony, an acceptable profile, and dental class I with no history of orthodontic treatment. Tracing and analysis followed. The resulting means and standard deviations were compared to Steiner's norms and norms from similar studies. This revealed certain particularities in our sample, the most notable being a greater skeletal sagittal discrepancy (indicating a class II tendency), labial crown tipping of the lower incisors, and a retruded position of the maxillary and mandibular bony bases. These features should be taken into account when diagnosing and treating patients at the CCTD. However, more exhaustive studies must be performed before these results can be generalized to the Casablancan or Moroccan populations as a whole.

Isogeometric contact analysis using mortar method

SUMMARYIn the present work, an isogeometric contact analysis scheme using mortar method is proposed. Because the isogeometric analysis is employed for contact analysis, the geometric exactness of the contact region is maintained without any loss of geometric data because of geometry approximation. Thus, the proposed method can overcome underlying shortcomings that result from the geometric approximation of contact surfaces in the conventional finite element (FE)‐based contact analysis. For an isogeometric contact analysis, the schemes for treating the contact conditions and detecting the real contact surfaces are essentially required. In the proposed method, the mortar method is adopted as a nonconforming contact treatment scheme because it is expected to be in good harmony with the useful characteristics of nonuniform rational B‐spline A new matching algorithm is proposed to combine the mortar method with the isogeometric analysis to guarantee consistent contact surface information with the nonuniform rational B‐spline curve. The present scheme is verified by patch test and the well‐known problems which have theoretical solutions such as interference fit and the Hertzian contact problem. It is shown that the problems with curved contact surfaces which are difficult to treat by conventional approaches can be easily dealt with. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley &amp; Sons, Ltd.

MP2, DFT and ab initio calculations on thioxanthone

Density functional theory (DFT), HF and MP2 calculations have been carried out to investigate thioxanthone molecule using the standard 6-31+G(d,p) basis set. The results of MP2 calculations show a butterfly structure for thioxanthone. The calculated results show that the predicted geometry can well reproduce the structural parameters. The predicted vibrational frequencies were assigned and compared with experimental IR spectra. A good harmony between theory and experiment is found. The theoretical electronic absorption spectra have been calculated using CIS method. 13C and 1H NMR of the title compound have been calculated by means of B3LYP density functional method with 6-31+G(d,p) basis set. The comparison of the experimental and the theoretical results indicate that density functional B3LYP method is able to provide satisfactory results for predicting NMR properties.

Corporate Social Responsibility: Consumer Behavior, Corporate Strategy, and Public Policy

In this theoretical article the concept of feedback with a system perspective and the system dynamics of cause-effect feedback circuits are used to explore the dynamic relationships among consumer behavior, corporate strategy, and public policy with regard to 2 aspects of corporate social responsibility; making a profit and providing social services. A good harmony with consumer behavior is based on emotion, with consumers playing the roles of demander and care receiver. In addition, effective corporate strategy and policy is based on reason, with the corporation playing the roles of supplier and philanthropist. Finally, the regulations established by public policy are based on law, and thus public policy plays the roles of guider and regulator.

Structural and optical investigation of sputter deposited hydrophobic chromium oxynitride films

Nanocrystalline chromium oxynitride films were deposited by reactive RF magnetron sputtering of metallic chromium target in argon and helium atmospheres. The paper deals with consequence of increase in oxygen partial pressure on structural, hydrophobic and optical properties of chromium oxynitride films. The film stoichiometry changes from CrN and Cr 2O 3 to only Cr 2O 3 with increase in oxygen partial pressure as evident from X-Ray Diffraction analysis in both cases. The average crystallite size decreases with increase in oxygen partial pressure for both gas atmospheres. The thickness calculated from transmission data and surface profilometer are in good harmony with each other. The deposited films are hydrophobic by nature and the contact angle of the films varies as a function of surface roughness. Surface energy of the films is inversely proportional to the observed contact angle values. As oxygen partial pressure increases, the optical properties: transmission and band gap values increases as determined by Ultraviolet–visible–Near Infrared spectrophotometer in both cases. This film can have potential applications as insulating, hydrophobic and corrosion resistant protective coatings.

Purchasing Motives of Clothing Product by Chinese Woman Consumers’ Socio-Economic Variables

The purpose of this study is to investigate difference in the purchasing motives of clothing product according to the socio-economic variables of Chinese women consumers. The subjects of the research were women in their 20s-50s who were residing in Beijing, China. A total of 312 questionnaires were used for final analyses. Socio-economic variables were measured upon being classified into educational background, occupation and total household income. Purchasing motives of clothing product were classified into ‘clothing design and seasonal adaption motive,’ ‘personality and fashion consciousness motive,’ ‘impulse buying motive,’ ‘influence from others motive,’ ‘economic factor motive,’ ‘advertisements and sales promotions motive,’ ‘own ostentation motive,’ and ‘clothing utilitarian motive.’ The consumers with high educational background was found to have high ‘clothing design and seasonal adaption motive,’ such as ‘Because design is attractive’; high ‘impulse buying motive,’ such as ‘Because attractive clothes have been found’; high ‘own ostentation motive,’ such as ‘To show off economic affordability’; and high ‘clothing utilitarian motive,’ such as ‘Because it can easily make a harmony in any place.’ Students showed high ‘clothing design and seasonal adaption motive,’ such as ‘Because design is attractive’; high ‘impulse buying motive,’ such as ‘Because attractive clothes have been found’; high ‘economic factor motive,’ such as ‘To purchase at low price during the term of discount; and high ‘clothing utilitarian motive,’ such as ‘Because it can easily make a harmony in any place.’ The consumers whose occupation was production worker showed the highest ‘advertisements and sales promotions motive,’ such as ‘Because free gift offered along with clothing is good’; and also the highest ‘clothing utilitarian motive,’ such as ‘Because it looks durable’; but the lowest ‘clothing design and seasonal adaption motive,’ such as ‘Because it makes a good harmony with own image and atmosphere’. Those whose occupation was desk worker/professional worker/technical worker showed the highest ‘advertisements and sales promotions motive,’ such as ‘After having seen advertisement delivered by mail’; and also the highest ‘own ostentation motive,‘ such as ‘To show off economic affordability.’ The consumers with high total household income showed high ‘influence from others motive,’ such as ‘Because of the recommendation by salesperson’; high ‘advertisements and sales promotions motive,’ such as ‘After having seen advertisement delivered by mail’; and also high ‘own ostentation motive,’ such as ‘To show off economic affordability.’

Orthodontic Treatment of a Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Patient with Bilateral Tooth Transpositions and Congenitally Missing Teeth

Treatment of patients with a cleft lip and palate can be challenging. A boy, 15 years 11 months old, with a bilateral cleft lip and palate and a convex profile, transposed teeth and congenitally missing teeth was treated by orthodontic treatment. 3 year posttreatment records showed excellent results with good occlusion, facial balance and harmony, and long-term stability.

Subduction–accretion–collision history along the Gondwana suture in southern India: A laser ablation ICP-MS study of zircon chronology

We report the petrological characteristics and preliminary zircon geochronology based on laser ablation ICP mass spectrometry of the various units in an accretionary belt within the Palghat-Cauvery Shear/Suture Zone in southern India, a trace of the Cambrian Gondwana suture. Zircons extracted from a plagiogranite in association with an ophiolite suite within this suture possess internal structure that suggests magmatic crystallization, and yield mid Neoproterozoic 206Pb/ 238U age of 817 ± 16 Ma (error: 1 σ) constraining the approximate timing of birth of the Mozambique Ocean floor. Compiled age data on zircons separated from a quartzite and metamorphosed banded iron formation within the accretionary belt yields a younger intercept age of 759 ± 41 Ma (error: 1 σ) which we relate to a mid Neoproteozoic magmatic arc. Detrital zircons extracted from the quartzite yield 207Pb/ 206Pb age peaks of about 1.9–2.6 Ga suggesting that they were sourced from multiple protolithis of Neoarchean and Paleoproterozoic. Metamorphic overgrowths on some zircon grains record ca. 500–550 Ma ages which are in good harmony with the known ages for the timing of high-grade metamorphism in this zone during the final stage of continent collision associated with the birth of the Gondwana supercontinent in the latest Neoproterozoic-Cambrian. The preliminary geochronological results documented in our study correlate with the subduction–accretion–collision history associated with the closure of the Mozambique Ocean and the final amalgamation of the Gondwana supercontinent.

Flow-injection potentiometric applications of solid state Li+ selective electrode in biological and pharmaceutical samples

A solid state polyvinyl chloride (PVC) membrane Li+-selective electrode was prepared and used as a detector in a low-dead volume flow through cell for the determination of Li+ in pharmaceutical formulations and human serum samples. The potentiometric performance characteristics of the electrode were calculated under the optimized flow conditions. The electrode had near-Nernstian behavior in the concentration range of 0.1–100 mM (R 2 = 0.9981) with a slope of 61.34 mV decade−1 and detection limit of 0.080 mM. The relative standard deviation of the electrode response for eight replicate measurements of 100, 10, and 1 mM Li+ was 0.43%, 0.45%, and 0.99%, respectively. The designed flow-through cell detector system revealed sampling rates of approximately 70 injections per hour. Flow injection potentiometry (FIP) results obtained for the pharmaceutical formulations were in good harmony with the atomic emission spectrophotometry results. However, the electrode could not be used successfully for the direct analysis of real serum samples in FIP.

The Relation between Spatial Planning Law and Soil Remediation Law

AbstractThis contribution looks at the relation between spatial planning law and soil remediation law when a contaminated site is being developed. The relation between both legal fields clearly emerges when the land use of the site must be modified in function of the future land use in view. This will have an impact on the remediation criterion as well as on the remediation objective. Another point of contact is the link between a soil remediation and a town planning permit. A good harmony between the spatial planning law and the soil remediation law is essential for the development of a contaminated site. After a brief European perspective, the contribution mainly focuses as a case study on the situation in the Flemish Region (Belgium).

Quantum-mechanical calculations of charge transfer in collisions ofO3+with He

Charge transfer due to collisions of ground-state ${\text{O}}^{3+}(2{s}^{2}2p\text{ }^{2}P)$ ions with He is investigated using the quantum-mechanical molecular-orbital close-coupling (QMOCC) method. The ab initio adiabatic potentials and radial couplings utilized in the QMOCC calculations are obtained from the multireference single- and double-excitation configuration interaction approach. State-selective and total charge-transfer cross sections are calculated for collision energies from 0.01 eV/u to 1 keV/u. Comparison with existing data reveals that the present QMOCC calculations are in good harmony with the measured total single-electron charge-transfer cross sections. Excellent agreement with the available experimental data is also found for state-selective cross sections at the measured energy region.

Modal Parameter Identification of Hagia Sophia Bell-Tower via Ambient Vibration Test

Many of historical structures have degenerated in time by environmental effects, earthquakes, and winds because of the inadequate preservation. The preservation of historical heritage is considered a fundamental issue in the cultural life of modern societies. The protective measures can be supplied if the actual behaviour of the structures is known. The paper presents the results of ambient vibration test and operational modal analysis carried out on the historical masonry bell-tower of the Hagia Sophia church in Trabzon, Turkey. The bell-tower is about 23 m high and dates back to the XIII century. The study includes also the initial analytical model of the tower constituted by the geometrical survey. The experimental measurements are performed using two measurement setups in different times. In the first setup twelve uniaxial accelerometers are used, while in the second setup four triaxial accelerometers with one uniaxial reference are used with the aim of determining the bending and torsional mode shapes as well as natural frequencies and modal damping ratios of the tower. The analytical model of the tower is developed by using solid brick elements, and a relatively large number of finite elements have been used in the model to obtain a regular distribution of mass. The first five natural frequencies and corresponding mode shapes are determined from both theoretical and experimental modal analyses and compared with each other. A good harmony is attained between mode shapes, but there are some differences between natural frequencies. The sources of the differences are introduced in terms of variations in the elasticity modulus of walls, cracks on upper walls, and boundary conditions on base level.

CT analysis after distraction osteogenesis in Pierre Robin Sequence

Early mandibular lengthening by distraction osteogenesis provides an alternative to traditional methods of airway management in infants with Pierre Robin sequence (PRS). Little evidence in the medical literature quantitatively demonstrates the changes in skeletal, soft tissue, and hypopharyngeal spaces with mandibular distraction. Prospective analysis of a cohort of three patients with PRS. We reviewed a series of infants with PRS and severe upper airway obstruction who underwent mandibular distraction. The infants underwent mandibular lengthening with the same internal, unidirectional distraction osteogenesis device. Standardized serial computed tomography (CT) scans were obtained according to established protocol. Computed tomography data were extracted and analyzed with medical image analysis software for mandibulo-maxillary arch harmony, symmetry, hypopharyngeal airway volume, geniohyoid distance, distraction osteogenesis bone volume, and mandibular length. Mandibulo-maxillary alveolar ridge distances were corrected to 0.5 mm after distraction. Clinical examination showed good arch harmony without open-bite or cross-bite deformities. Mandibular ramus was lengthened by 19.5%; the body, 43.4%. After distraction, total mandibular length was increased by 26.2%; hypopharyngeal airway volume, 192%; posterior distance from pharyngeal wall to tongue base, 198.9%; and geniohyoid distance, 14.1%. Unidirectional internal microdistractors can achieve good mandibulo-maxillary arch harmony. Hypopharyngeal airway volume increases substantially, with an even greater increase in distance between tongue base and posterior pharyngeal wall. As the distal mandibular segment is distracted, the hyoid moves anteriorly, with minor increase in geniohyoid relationship. Internal mandibular microdistraction devices represent a substantial advance in airway obstruction management in infants with micrognathia.

Osmotic pressure acting on a semipermeable shell immersed in a solution of polyions

We study theoretically the osmotic equilibria for a shell immersed in a suspension of polyions (e.g., colloids, polyelectrolytes, etc.). The shell is treated as impermeable for polyions, but allowing free diffusion of counterions that permeate inside the shell. From the solution of linearized Poisson-Boltzmann equation, we obtain the distribution of a potential and concentration profiles for polyions and counterions. We then obtain an explicit formula for the excess osmotic pressure of a polyion solution exerted on the shell, which includes a quadratic term in order to provide a self-consistency of a linear theory. As a result this pressure is larger than given by a concentration of polyions at the outer shell boundary obtained within linearized theory. It is, however, always smaller than or equal to the bulk osmotic pressure. This difference is attributed to a repulsive electrostatic disjoining pressure due to an overlap of counterion clouds inside the shell. A comparison with molecular dynamics simulations is provided and demonstrates that although the concentration profiles obtained within a linear theory deviate from simulation data at large potential, the theoretical and simulation pressures are in surprisingly good harmony.