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Consumers Give up Land-Lines for Cell Phones
Consumers increasingly are moving away from using fixed-line phones together with cell phones to using cell phones for all or most of their voice calls, according to a study carried out for Nokia (NYSE: NOK) by UK market research company MORI.
Want to watch your HBO while waiting at the doctor's office, or use your cellphone instead of a portable music player to listen to songs from your home digital jukebox?
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Cell phones don't raise cancer risk: study
A nationwide study in Danish says that using cell phones does not increase the risk of brain tumors or other types of cancer.
Could it be that the Internet may be good for something after all? It looks like it doesn't create more gambling addicts! Phew!
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Mobile Phones Increase Tumor Risk, Study Says
Ten or more years of mobile phone use increases the risk of developing acoustic neuroma, a benign tumor on the auditory nerve, according to a study released on Wednesday by Sweden's Karolinska Institute.
Want to watch your HBO while waiting at the doctor's office, or use your cellphone instead of a portable music player to listen to songs from your home digital jukebox?
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Study disputes cell phone-cancer link
A huge study from Denmark offers the latest reassurance that cell phones don't trigger cancer. Scientists tracked 420,000 Danish cell phone users, including 52,000 who had gabbed on the gadgets for 10 years or more, and some who started using them 21 years ago.
Alabama was lifting the cell phone ban for its public schools just as New York City was implementing a crackdown.
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Column: Schools crack down on cellphones
Alabama was lifting the cell phone ban for its public schools just as New York City was implementing a crackdown.
Using a mobile phone does not increase your risk of brain cancer, according to a new Japanese study that is the first to consider the effects of radiation on different parts of the brain.
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Japanese study clears mobiles of brain cancer risk
Using a mobile phone does not increase your risk of brain cancer, according to a new Japanese study that is the first to consider the effects of radiation on different parts of the brain.
com December 28, 2004, 3:36 PM PT. Reporting a new crop of variants, a security firm warned that the Cabir cell phone malware is becoming more of a threat.
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Phone mast allergy 'in the mind'
Mobile phone masts are not responsible for the symptoms of ill health some blame them for, a major study says.
Cell site locations not a matter of national security Comms regulator Ofcom is squaring up against fellow regulatocrats at the Information Commissioner's Office over just how much Britons should be allowed to know about their local cell phone base stations.…
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Study children and cell phones, experts advise
Researchers should study more children and pregnant women in trying to figure out if cell phones or other wireless devices could damage health, the U.S. National Research Council advised on Thursday.
New York is considering banning iPods, other devices while users are crossing city intersections. CNET takes you to the streets to hear people's responses. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.
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An Analysis on the factors causing telecom churn: First Findings.
Understanding customer satisfaction and loyalty: An empirical study of mobile instant messages in China
Exploring Different Dimensions of Attention for Uncertainty Detection
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Years ago I recall reading a story by, I think, Isaac Asimov. Its central theme was phone exchanges becoming sentient. Does anyone know what I am thinking about or am I dreaming and should quickly write this story?
I am looking for a short story I read long ago about the phone system 'waking up'. It talks about how the phone system had just reached the number of connections as the number in the human brain. They lead you somehow to wonder (maybe characters speculating?) and it ends with a 'baby cry' of all the phones in the world ringing. I think I read it at least 20 years ago, maybe as many as 30. I think it was after 1978 because I think it was after I went to work at Bell Labs - so the phone connection resonated:-). It was definitely pre-internet. What was the title? Who was the author? Any more on the plot since my memory is very hazy? I remember really liking the story and this site has got me thinking about my ATF's.
Possible Duplicate: When I add a piece of code of figure insertion to the context I'm faced with a problem: a number of irrelevant words appear. Code: \begin{figure} \centering \includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{C:/Thesis/Latex/thesis_1(1)/Pictures/study area.jpg} \rule{35em}{0.3pt} \caption{The Grand St. Bernard wireless sensor network deployment (a) the coordinates of nodes according to the Swiss coordinate system (b) the distribution of the nodes in the study site \citep{r33}} \label{fig:study area} \end{figure} Problem:
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Resist Texting All the Time
Texting has become the most common form of communication for many people. A recent study showed that one in three people who send text messages would rather text than talk on the phone.
You can conserve battery life on your iPod Touch by using simple techniques such as lowering the brightness and locking the screen when not in use, or you can disable any or all of the numerous battery-draining software options.
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How talkative is your mobile device?: an experimental study of Wi-Fi probe requests
Characterizing privacy leakage of public WiFi networks for users on travel
An econometric model of nonlinear dynamics in the joint distribution of stock and bond returns
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Money walks: a human-centric study on the economics of personal mobile data
valuating privacy .
Infants' early ability to segment the conversational speech signal predicts later language development: A retrospective analysis.
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Hot Buttons and Time Sinks: The Effects of Electronic Communication During Nonwork Time on Emotions and Work-Nonwork Conflict
A diary study on work-related smartphone use, psychological detachment and exhaustion: Examining the role of the perceived segmentation norm.
Computational Tools for Probing Interactions in Multiple Linear Regression, Multilevel Modeling, and Latent Curve Analysis
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"I check my emails on the toilet": Email Practices and Work-Home Boundary Management
Revisiting Whittaker & Sidner's "email overload" ten years later
Texting while driving: A study of 1211 U.S. adults with the Distracted Driving Survey
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Using Mobile Phones for Vocabulary Activities: Examining the Effect of the Platform.
Using mobile phones in English education in Japan
Unilateral hearing loss in children: a retrospective study and a review of the current literature
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A diary study on work-related smartphone use, psychological detachment and exhaustion: Examining the role of the perceived segmentation norm.
Anytime/anyplace computing and the future of knowledge work
Thumb Motor Performance Varies by Movement Orientation, Direction, and Device Size During Single-Handed Mobile Phone Use
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average time teens are on their phone
It shouldn’t be a surprise to learn they’re texting, talking and gaming. What may be surprising is just how much. A recent Harris Interactive study shows teenagers average 2.2 hours a day on their cell phones. Broken down by the sexes, boys average 1.8 hours and girls average 2.6 hrs per day. Another study by Nielsen shows the average teenager sends 3,417 texts per month. That equates to over 110 per day! Teens talk another 523 minutes a month (8.75 hrs). The rest of their time is spent downloading and playing games, streaming music or surfing the internet.
Earlier this year an AOL survey said that U.S. teens spend an average of 12 hours a week online. The AOL study also found that nearly 81 percent of teens age 12 to 17 use the Internet for e- mail and almost 70 percent use instant messaging when they’re online.
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how many states is texting and driving illegal
The prevalence of cellular phones, new research, and publicized crashes has started many debates related to the role cell phones play in driver distraction. This chart details state cellular phone use and texting while driving laws. 1 Hand-held Cell Phone Use Ban: 14 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands prohibit all drivers from using hand-held cell phones while driving. 2 All Cell Phone ban:
However, the effectiveness of cell phone and texting laws on decreasing distracted driving-related crashes requires further study. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety keeps track of distracted driving laws. 7. As of June 2017, 14 states and the District of Columbia had banned drivers from hand-held phone use.
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Smartphone usage in the wild: a large-scale analysis of applications and context
A large scale study of text-messaging use
Instant messaging in teen life
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how long do people keep smartphone
Entner: Average Time People Keep Cellphones Rises to 26 Months. Approximately 90 percent of the 143 million mobile phones sold in the U.S. in 2014 were smartphones, according to wireless analyst firm Recon Analytics.
New research conducted by British psychologists shows that young adults use their smartphones roughly twice as much as they estimate that they do. In fact, the small preliminary study found that these young adults used their phones an average of five hours a day -- that's roughly one-third of their total waking hours.
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mobile population rate uganda
The study indicates that mobile phone accessibility in Uganda has been on a trajectory growth, increasing to 20.7 per cent in 2008 and 46.7 per cent before growing to 52.3 per cent in 2014. The above data, according to analysts, show that Uganda is on the path to maximum tele-density penetration with an annual growth of about 20 per cent.
528,000–800,000 deaf (Lule and Wallin 2010, citing various sources). Over 700,000 deaf adults (Oluoch 2010, citing 2002 Uganda Bureau of Statistics). Figures range from 0.5%–2.7% of the general population of approx.
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how much time does a person spend watching tv a day
African American and Latino youths favor TV over mobile devices, posting nearly six hours of tube time a day compared with 3.5 hours for their white counterparts. Parents aren't helpless to limit the intake, the study found.
Television is the largest culprit, with kids watching an average of 4 hours 29 minutes a day. Music is the second leading technology, with an average of 2 hours 31 minutes a day. Kids spend about 1-1/2 hours a day using computers and 1 hour 13 minutes a day playing video games.
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on average how often is someone online a day
A study by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers found the average user checks their phone nearer to 150 times per day. In its annual Internet Trends report, carried out in May this year, found that people check their phones, on average, 23 times a day for messaging, 22 times for voice calls and 18 times to get the time.ccording to figures collected by a screen lock app, the average user actually checks their phone around 110 times day. During peak times this equates to once every six or seven seconds, with some users unlocking their devices up to 900 times over the course of a day, which in reality is around 18 hours.
A study by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers found the average user checks their phone nearer to 150 times per day. In its annual Internet Trends report, carried out in May this year, found that people check their phones, on average, 23 times a day for messaging, 22 times for voice calls and 18 times to get the time.
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how many phones does a worker make a day
Mobile users can't leave their phone alone for six minutes and check it up to 150 times a day. 1 People make, receive or avoid 22 phone calls every day and send or receive messages 23 times a day.2 Setting the alarm, playing games, changing songs, taking pictures and plugging and unplugging phone all added to phone views.n between, phones are used to check the internet and read emails, as well as to make calls and send texts. Mobile technology consultant Tomi Ahonen analysed a study commissioned by Nokia. In total, users check their smartphones an average of 150 times during a waking day of 16 hours, the research found.
The average person does it 110 times a DAY (and up to every 6 seconds in the evening) 1 People look at their phones the most between peak hours of 5pm and 8pm. During these hours, 75% of users are actively using their devices.
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Pancakes and Soap Suds: A Study of Childishness in Pinter's Plays
HAROLD PINTER'S CHARACTERS frequently resemble children in the manner in which he presents them to us, in their behavior, which is either distinctly juvenile or manifests the conditioning associated with childhood, and in the way in which we react to them.
If possible, schedule a meeting with the college advisor at your high school Start a preliminary list based on location, size, and possible major (sciences vs. humanities). Tell the student what these comments are (I really am against guessing empower your student with key reading, writing, math and foreign language. Highlights from “Whole-Language High Jinks: How to Tell When 'Scientifically-Based Reading Instruction' Isn't”. Despite the National Reading Panel's landmark. 3 Thursday, March 26, 2015 UNIVERSITY PRESS Job interview jinks Trials I had a boss tell me once during an interview, “don't quit your other job just yet. For many students however, Spring Break didn't consist of reading a book on an and which are dedicated to leisure will keep productivity high during study time.
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Children designers in the museum: applying participatory design for the development of an art education program
In this paper, we describe the application of a participatory design methodology with children, developed within the context of an informal educational institution, specifically the National Gallery of Art in Athens, Greece. A group of 11 year-olds spent part of their summer learning about art conservation in order to design an on-line art education program targeted to children of their age. This paper presents the research, design, and prototype development process, and discusses the lessons-learned, challenges, and future possibilities of this methodology with respect to the design of museum education programs and exhibitions.
This article discusses different ways in which users may be involved in the ideation phase of service innovation and the results and limitations of such involvement. The study compares the use of a blog and two differently setup future workshops one with users only and the other with a mix of users and employees in a library. The authors' study shows that the blog is efficient in giving the users voice whereas the mixed workshop method involving users and employees is particularly efficient at qualifying and further developing ideas. The findings suggest that methods for involving users in ideation should be carefully selected and combined to achieve optimum benefits and avoid potential disadvantages.
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Future directions for doll play narrative research: A commentary
Past research into doll play narratives has been productive in elucidating children's inner experiences, their determinants, and their role in child behaviour problems. The current volume takes this work forward in several directions: first, it indicates the value of designing story stems and coding schemes to address more specific questions about the developmental process of specific syndromes. Second, contributions demonstrate the "added value" provided by children's narratives, over and above information derived from other sources. Third, this recent research enhances our understanding of the role of parental representations and states of mind in influencing children's narratives; how these may come to influence child functioning via co-constructed parent-child dialogues is an important area for future research. Finally, possibilities of extending the clinical utility of doll play narratives are explored.
Building on research into reported speech and enactments, this study explores a new aspect of quoting by looking at how dance teachers ascribe body movements to students. Whether words or movement ...
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@jupitusphillip what kind of things do you illustrate and where did you study art/design?
@DigitalFur If you wish to discuss - has all my details
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Forbes: NHL fudged losses
The NHL, which is in the midst of a labor lockout, disputed a Forbes magazine study that found the league lost less than half as much money as it claimed last season.
So, what are we to say about a team when it doesn't collapse, fold, choke, fall apart, crumble, disintegrate, melt, break down, crash and burn, fizzle, flop, or fade?
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The Effects of the Parameters on the Performance of HT-PEMFC
The high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell (HT-PEMFC) is widely paid attention to due to the characteristics of simple water management, high intolerance of CO and high utilization of heat. In order to discover the effects of different operating factors on the performance of HT-PEMFC, several sets of experiments based on pyridine polymer were carried out in the testing system testing VI curves. The experimental results show that the fuel cell temperature affects enormously on the performance of the HT-PEMFC; humidification of reactant on the performance is almost negligible, which contribute to the understanding the working mechanism of HT-PEMFC.
ABSTRACT A study of appropriate sizes of both porous and solid blocks mounted on a heated region impinged by a laminar slot jet was investigated numerically. A numerical method of SIMPLEC is adopted to solve governing equations, and a one-equation thermal model with Van Driest's wall function is considered for solving the energy equation of the porous block. The results indicated that enhancement of heat transfer is obtained for both shorter porous and solid block cases and decreasement of heat transfer occurs for longer block cases. Compared with the without block case, there exists an appropriate length of the porous block to gain the maximum thermal enhancement efficiency. As for the solid block case, as the length becomes shorter, the thermal enhancement efficiency becomes better.
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The Application of Billet Tracking System to Step Heating Furnace
Taking as an example the material tracking process in walking beam heating furnaces respectively for the steel rod rolling line and the high-speed steel wire rolling line of Hebei Tangyin Iron Steel Co.,Ltd.,the paper discusses the idea and the working process of the material tracking system,focuses on the analysis of the tracking method and the factors affecting tracking accuracy: charging and positioning,step adjustment,steel judgment,position tracking and furnace number tracking and finally argues that accuracy is the key to material tracking,the premise of accurate tracking is good control of furnace temperature and guarantee of walking beam's accurate operation.
This report summarises the research completed during the first phase of the FireBeaters project (2006-2007). It includes an overview of the Met Office Fire Severity Index, a study of fire behaviour on heather moorlands, testing of existing fire behaviour models and fire danger prediction systems and an analysis of the timing of wildfires in Scotland. ::: ::: Some of the fire behaviour work has since been published in a number of peer reviewed journal articles. The report itself was peer reviewed by Dr. Wendy Anderson of the School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences at the University of New South Wales.
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A game tied at 40-40 is called this
Tennis Flashcards | Quizlet Start studying Tennis. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. ... if the game score is tied at 40-40, it is called:...
Download Full Issue - Executive Intelligence Review Biden fall-out afflicts Dukakis. 68 Congressional ...... not preceded by the "period of tensions" most NATO scenar ...... all the more grave, as we witness a movement going on in the Free .... of "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" fame. One such High.
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Seven-Doppler Radar and In Situ Analysis of the 25–26 June 2015 Kansas MCS during PECAN
AbstractThis case study analyzes a nocturnal mesoscale convective system (MCS) that was observed on 25–26 June 2015 in northeastern Kansas during the Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN) pro...
This note deals with the appearance of spawners, ::: juveniles, young ones and post larvae of ::: the mackerel, Rasttelliger canagurta off Vizhinjam (near Trivandmun) from late March ::: early August in 1955 and early March to ::: end of August in 1956.
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In order to ascertain the degree of confidence one should place on stability classification schemes when applied to a site in non-homogeneous terrain, the differences of stability classes, calculated by various methods, for two adjacent sites (8 km apart) in a coastal urban region are examined and are found to be considerable. The cause of this difference appears to be changes in surface characteristics such as roughness, albedo, etc. and local topographically induced flow patterns (but not sea-breeze), which suggests that popular classification schemes, such as the Pasquill-Turner one, should be modified to include at least the effect of surface roughness and albedo, and thus to differentiate between various kinds of terrain.
The present study estimates the atmospheric stability for the Athens area based on Pasquill's formulation. The results are limited to examining the stability categories during the months of January (mid-winter term) and July (midsummer term). These stability classes are examined from a 44-year database consisting of hourly values of wind speed and direction, solar insolation and cloud cover. This data is regularly recorded at the National Observatory of Athens located near the city centre. The results of the work consist of diagrams with mean monthly stability class values during January and July in the period 1953-1996 and the mean daily variation of these parameters for the same months and period. Discussion of how these stability categories influence air pollution in the Athens area is made.
We characterize stability under composition, inversion, and solution of ordinary differential equations for ultradifferentiable classes, and prove that all these stability properties are equivalent.
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The MATCH (Multi-scale Atmospheric Transport and Chemistry) modelling system has been used as the modelling platform for regional-scale sea salt simulations. A new model version for sea salt aerosols has been constructed and assessed. This study presents the model concept and shows that the model is capable of simulating sea salt on a regional scale. The model agrees well with observations, particularly in terms of the sea salt mass concentrations at certain locations in Northern Europe. The observed wet fluxes are generally under-predicted due in part to systematic under-prediction of precipitation by the meteorological model used to drive MATCH.
Landscape patchiness creates aerodynamic transitions zones that affect the exchange of nutrients and pollutants between the atmosphere and vegetation. Using an artificially generated NaCl aerosol, ...
Microwave devices with the Rollet parameter (k) less than one can always be made stable by resistive loading. In cases where noise figure or output power is at a premium, the performance of an amplifier can often be enhanced by using a design where k is less than unity thereby avoiding resistive loading. While a simultaneous conjugate match is impossible for such conditionally stable designs, single-sided matching can be achieved. Low-noise and power designs are examples where single-sided matching considerations naturally occur. With single-sided matching and 0 >
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Determination of Selenium in the Smoke from Trash Burning
Abstract The smoke resulting from open trash burning operations was analyzed for its selenium content. Selenium (as its oxides) was efficiently trapped by impingement into distilled water and determined by a methylene blue catalytic method. The data obtained show a relationship between the selenium content of the smoke and the burning material. Concentrations as high as 273 μg/m3 of selenium dioxide were found when dry wood chips were burned. The reaction of selenium oxides in humid atmospheres and in the moist tissues of the respiratory tract forms selenic or selenious acids and must be regarded as a definite health hazard.
Abstract Many human operations have created a large population of small orbital debris in near Earth environment. The threat they represent for satellites is a major factor for the preparation of future space missions. Several experiments devoted to the study of this environment, as well as various materials exposed to space, have been retrieved in the past few years. The analysis of the results shows some differences with previous modeling. Comparison with data from LDEF and from EURECA give some insight in the long term evolution of particle size distribution. Chemical identification of particle remnants inside craters is difficult but provides valuable information on the origin of the impactors. Permanent monitoring of environment is obviously needed, especially for the type of orbits where data are presently scarce ie. heliosynchronous and geostationary orbits.
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Techniques for the detection of second sound shock pulses and induced quantum turbulence in He II
This paper discusses the design and operation of thin-film thermometers and heaters for the detection and generation of second sound shock (SSS) pulses and second sound resonance (SSR) waves. The detection of quantum turbulence at multiple points along a channel is also discussed. An instrumentation package to simultaneously detect SSS pulses and induced quantum turbulence in He II has been developed. This system is able to generate and detect SSS pulses in a channel of He II while monitoring for induced quantum turbulence at multiple points along the channel. The system monitors for quantum turbulence by the attenuation of SSR waves. The experiments using this instrumentation package offer the first opportunity to directly measure the quantum turbulence time and distance evolution of SSS pulses. These experiments have applications in transient heat transfer problems in He II, such as the cooling and stability of superconductors.
Two sections were investigated on the turbidity and fluorescence of suspended particulate matter(SPM) in waters around Taiwan Bank during July-August,2004.The study showed that the distribution of turbidity and fluorescence in Taiwan Bank in summer,combined with hydrology factors,was affected by the marine sediments re-suspension and sedimentary processes.The turbidity of SPM was influenced by the re-suspension of marine sediment in near shore and the outer fringe of continental shelf,but was not obvious in the shoal.The enrichment of phytoplankton had some effects on the turbidity in the outer fringe of continental shelf,but not evidence in near shore waters.
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Preliminary study on the distribution of turbidity and fluorescence in waters around Taiwan Bank in summer
Two sections were investigated on the turbidity and fluorescence of suspended particulate matter(SPM) in waters around Taiwan Bank during July-August,2004.The study showed that the distribution of turbidity and fluorescence in Taiwan Bank in summer,combined with hydrology factors,was affected by the marine sediments re-suspension and sedimentary processes.The turbidity of SPM was influenced by the re-suspension of marine sediment in near shore and the outer fringe of continental shelf,but was not obvious in the shoal.The enrichment of phytoplankton had some effects on the turbidity in the outer fringe of continental shelf,but not evidence in near shore waters.
Abstract In this paper, we investigate the time-dependent Ginzburg–Landau (TDGL) equations coming from the superfluid atomic Fermi gases near the Feshbach resonance from the fermion–boson model. By the method of a priori estimates, we get the existence of global attractors in the case of BCS–BEC crossover.
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Corrosion and erosion–corrosion behaviour of activated combustion high-velocity air fuel sprayed Fe-based amorphous coatings in chloride-containing solutions
Abstract Corrosion and erosion–corrosion (E–C) behaviour of the AC-HVAF sprayed FeCrMoMnWBCSi amorphous metallic coating (AMC) were investigated. Compared with the HVOF AMC, the AC-HVAF AMC presents relatively denser structure with lower porosity and almost nonexistent oxides, which holds higher ability to resist uniform corrosion and pitting owing to the impact structure and the low donor density in the passive film. The enhanced E–C resistance of AC-HVAF AMC could be related to the high hardness and compact structure resulting in the low erosion and synergy weight loss.
Abstract Many human operations have created a large population of small orbital debris in near Earth environment. The threat they represent for satellites is a major factor for the preparation of future space missions. Several experiments devoted to the study of this environment, as well as various materials exposed to space, have been retrieved in the past few years. The analysis of the results shows some differences with previous modeling. Comparison with data from LDEF and from EURECA give some insight in the long term evolution of particle size distribution. Chemical identification of particle remnants inside craters is difficult but provides valuable information on the origin of the impactors. Permanent monitoring of environment is obviously needed, especially for the type of orbits where data are presently scarce ie. heliosynchronous and geostationary orbits.
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Radial diffusion of relativistic electrons in Neptune's magnetosphere
Measurements of ≳1 MeV electrons in Neptune's magnetosphere from L ≈ 4 to 14 are well represented by solutions of a model radial diffusion equation that includes losses due to absorption by the satellite Proteus. The model provides estimates of the radial diffusion coefficient, which is 5 × 10^(−8)(L/5)^8 s^(−1), and the outer boundary energy spectrum, which is an exponential with an e-folding energy of 0.1 MeV. The diffusion coefficient is consistent with theoretical estimates based on the assumption that diffusion is driven by atmospheric neutral winds.
Abstract The distribution and abundance of the canopy-forming kelp Nereocystis luetkeana is of increasing concern for environmental management and conservation in coastal regions due to its importance as a foundation species. Mapping kelp forests aids in understanding their health, productivity, and response to environmental conditions. Remote sensing using satellites is an increasingly accessible tool for mapping nearshore habitats allowing for applications such as long-term monitoring and large- and small-scale surveys. This paper provides a review of passive optical remote sensing techniques for detection and mapping of floating macro-algae, and adapts these techniques for detecting Nereocystis luetkeana , demonstrating their application through a comprehensive case study, from imagery acquisition to map validation. This review with associated case study communicates to non-remote sensing experts a road map to use remote sensing technology for mapping kelp habitats.
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Climate politics and science in the media
But the media also inform the political debate. News reports can trigger parliamentarians to pose questions to the minister in charge or place topics on the political agenda. In a more indirect manner, media attention can put pressure on politicians to place topics on the agenda through grassroots support. The media reflects not only on the political and societal debate, but also influences it to a degree.
Summary The objective of this investigation is to verify the deficiencies that incorporate both modelled and measured suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) data in a tidal dominated area. For this purpose a tidal channel, in the North Sea, was considered as the case study. The profiles of SSC from a model were compared with those from the field, in which some dissimilarity was observed. Intensive investigations were carried out to detect that the most discrepancies occur in shallow parts of the area and also during the low velocities. The origin of the shortcomings in regard with the modelling and measuring technique are discussed.
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Distribution of natural radioactivity attached to atmospheric aerosol particles
Abstract In order to study the size distribution of a radioactivity due to radon daughters in the environmental atmosphere, an experimental procedure using filters, ion tubes, diffusion batteries and cascade impactors (CASELLA MK2 and ANDERSEN) is presented. A comparison between the experimental results and a theoretical curve, deduced of the attachment theory of the small radioactive ions on atmospheric particles, is carried out.
During the period 29 May to 23 October 1952, 90 sets of measurements were acquired using the searchlight probing technique. Treatment of the data yielded density, temperature, and pressure information to 67.6 km. These results are discussed relative to seasonal trends. An over-all average for the period is submitted for the three parameters. ::: ::: The temperature profile obtained for pre-dawn, 22 October 1952, is compared with rocket, anomalous sound, and radiosonde temperature measurements, all carried out within a 14-hour period and a 300-mile radius. Good agreement is evident among the four methods.
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$$\mathcal{O}(\alpha ^2 L^2 )$$ radiative corrections to deep inelasticep scattering for different kinematical variables
The QED radiative corrections are calculated in the leading log approximation up to ${\cal O}(\alpha^2)$ for different definitions of the kinematical variables using jet measurement, the 'mixed' variables, the double angle method, and a measurement based on $\theta_e$ and $y_{JB}$. Higher order contributions due to exponentiation of soft radiation are included.
This study aims to analyse the spatial characteristics and to draw the declining areas from the whole area of Chung-Cheong Province. For this purpose, the temporal and spatial conditions by the urban decline diagnosis indexes are utilized. Additionally, the spatial autocorrelation method was applied for extraction of those areas. The spatial autocorrelation method is one of the methods on exploring spatial characteristics and considering the spatial factors. We also adopted the concepts of economics and then discovered the characteristics of deprivation areas. In applying this method, the positively valued areas were classified as the complementary areas, and the negatively valued areas as the substitutional areas. The findings show the declining areas and the growing areas caused by the growth of periphery. This study supports the regeneration plan of Chung-Cheong Province in extracting depressed or activated areas and explaining the characteristics of those areas.
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A transcriptomic approach to identify new genes required for Germline Stem Cellmaintenance in Drosophila melanogaster
Resumen del poster presentado a la 58th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, celebrado en San Diego, California (US) del 29 de marzo al 2 de abril de 2017.
Some results of studying thermodynamics of the tropical tropopause and lower stratosphere performed with the help of the stratospheric M-55 Geofizika research aircraft during the international TROCCINOX experiment in 2005 in Brazil are considered. New data on a mesoscale structure of the wind, temperature, and humidity fields over the continental tropics are derived.
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Hot Dust and Moisture Fuel Asian Summer Rainy Season
Who would think that something like dust in the air could trigger rain? According to a new NASA study, this is just what's happening over South Asia's Tibetan Plateau.
The upside to visiting Mexico or the Caribbean in late summer: discounts. The downside? Hurricanes. Here's how to get one without the other.
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European Summer Time begins in March and ends in what month?
Start and end dates vary with location and year. Since 1996 European Summer Time has been observed from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October; previously the rules were not uniform across the European Union. Starting in 2007, most of the United States and Canada observe DST from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November, almost two-thirds of the year. The 2007 US change was part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; previously, from 1987 through 2006, the start and end dates were the first Sunday in April and the last Sunday in October, and Congress retains the right to go back to the previous dates now that an energy-consumption study has been done. Proponents for permanently retaining November as the month for ending DST point to Halloween as a reason to delay the change in order to allow extra daylight for the evening of October 31.
Weather and climate in the coastal area are dominated by the cold, north-flowing Benguela current of the Atlantic Ocean which accounts for very low precipitation (50 mm per year or less), frequent dense fog, and overall lower temperatures than in the rest of the country. In Winter, occasionally a condition known as Bergwind (German: Mountain breeze) or Oosweer (Afrikaans: East weather) occurs, a hot dry wind blowing from the inland to the coast. As the area behind the coast is a desert, these winds can develop into sand storms with sand deposits in the Atlantic Ocean visible on satellite images.
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Spectroscopic study of twilight intensity in the red region over Ahmedabad (23 °N) after the Mt. Pinatubo eruption
Abstract The behaviour of stratospheric aerosols formed after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo has been studied by a simple and inexpensive ground-based technique. The technique involves measurements of the scattered sky radiation intensity during twilight in the near IR region. Several interesting results have been obtained. Sometimes a single aerosol layer, and sometimes multiple aerosol layers, have been seen. The bottom height of the single layer has been found to vary from about 18 km to 25 km. The thickness of this layer also changes from about 6 km to 12 km. The magnitude of the aerosol feature became a maximum towards the end of December 1991 and at the beginning of January 1992, and decreased thereafter.
The database developed for the meteorological radar of Spino d'Adda in north Italy is presented as an example of automation in this field. The system has facilities for collection, retrieval, and modeling of radar images of rain as well as their components (individual patterns) and descriptors. The SPINO80-GRM software applies techniques of image analysis to radar rain data in order to identify and characterize the required data items (rain patterns) and then organizes them into a hierarchical, relational database. The component retrieval is based on a free combination of its attributes: some statistical investigations are also possible. >
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A laboratory study of the effects of acid rain on industrial waste and its impact on the physicochemical properties of groundwater
Column experiments were used to study the leaching of 4 samples of industrial waste and 5 soil samples by distilled water and by synthetic acid rain solutions /HNO3 and H2SO4 at pH 3/. The pH, the electrical conductivity, the total dissolved solids and the concentration of Al, Ca, Cl, Cr, Fe, K, Mg, Mn and Na have been measured in the resulting lixiviates. The pH of the water seems to have little effect on all these parameters but they are significantly influenced by the nature of the solid material.
Abstract Many human operations have created a large population of small orbital debris in near Earth environment. The threat they represent for satellites is a major factor for the preparation of future space missions. Several experiments devoted to the study of this environment, as well as various materials exposed to space, have been retrieved in the past few years. The analysis of the results shows some differences with previous modeling. Comparison with data from LDEF and from EURECA give some insight in the long term evolution of particle size distribution. Chemical identification of particle remnants inside craters is difficult but provides valuable information on the origin of the impactors. Permanent monitoring of environment is obviously needed, especially for the type of orbits where data are presently scarce ie. heliosynchronous and geostationary orbits.
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GWS for soil erosion simulation and its parameters identification method 1
Aiming at the problems of great demand of samples, applicability and simulation precision of the routine empirical statistical soil erosion models, based on the reasonable extension of the high-order grey dispersed array dynamic model )
Abstract Many human operations have created a large population of small orbital debris in near Earth environment. The threat they represent for satellites is a major factor for the preparation of future space missions. Several experiments devoted to the study of this environment, as well as various materials exposed to space, have been retrieved in the past few years. The analysis of the results shows some differences with previous modeling. Comparison with data from LDEF and from EURECA give some insight in the long term evolution of particle size distribution. Chemical identification of particle remnants inside craters is difficult but provides valuable information on the origin of the impactors. Permanent monitoring of environment is obviously needed, especially for the type of orbits where data are presently scarce ie. heliosynchronous and geostationary orbits.
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Soil crusting on sandy soils and its influence on wind erosion
Abstract Under rainfall, a crust forms at the surface of most soils. For soils rich enough in clay (clay content >5%), it is well known that a physical crust is responsible for a supply limitation of particles available for wind erosion. Sandy soils are very prone to crusting as well as to wind erosion. Indeed, structural ‘sieving’ crusts develop on sandy soils even after light rainfalls. This kind of crust shows a loose sand layer at the surface overlying a thin layer where fine particles are concentrated. The main objectives of this study were to determine whether such a crust formation limits the availability of (1) sand grains for entrainment into saltation and (2) fine particles for uptake into a vertical wind erosion flux (suspension in atmosphere of particles
Abstract Many human operations have created a large population of small orbital debris in near Earth environment. The threat they represent for satellites is a major factor for the preparation of future space missions. Several experiments devoted to the study of this environment, as well as various materials exposed to space, have been retrieved in the past few years. The analysis of the results shows some differences with previous modeling. Comparison with data from LDEF and from EURECA give some insight in the long term evolution of particle size distribution. Chemical identification of particle remnants inside craters is difficult but provides valuable information on the origin of the impactors. Permanent monitoring of environment is obviously needed, especially for the type of orbits where data are presently scarce ie. heliosynchronous and geostationary orbits.
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Time-clustering behavior and cycles in the time dynamics of car accident sequences in Lebanon
Abstract This manuscript analyzes the temporal properties of sequences of car accidents in Lebanon from 2015 to 2018, using data from the Lebanese Road Accident Platform (LRAP). The Allan Factor that is a well suited methodology for investigating the time-clustering in point processes, revealed that the car accidents occurred over the whole Lebanese territory are characterized by a significant scaling behavior for timescales larger than about 2 weeks, with a clear cyclic component at 1 day. The analysis performed on car accident sequences in some specific areas of Lebanon revealed the presence of cycles varying from 1 day to 2 weeks as a function of the distance from Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon.
Abstract Many human operations have created a large population of small orbital debris in near Earth environment. The threat they represent for satellites is a major factor for the preparation of future space missions. Several experiments devoted to the study of this environment, as well as various materials exposed to space, have been retrieved in the past few years. The analysis of the results shows some differences with previous modeling. Comparison with data from LDEF and from EURECA give some insight in the long term evolution of particle size distribution. Chemical identification of particle remnants inside craters is difficult but provides valuable information on the origin of the impactors. Permanent monitoring of environment is obviously needed, especially for the type of orbits where data are presently scarce ie. heliosynchronous and geostationary orbits.
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Elastic scattering of deuterons from carbon at 420 MeV
Abstract Employing Glauber's approximation and optical potential, the angular distribution and vector and tensor polarization for the scattering of 420 MeV deuterons from carbon are calculated and compared with the experimental data of Button and Mermod.
Abstract Many human operations have created a large population of small orbital debris in near Earth environment. The threat they represent for satellites is a major factor for the preparation of future space missions. Several experiments devoted to the study of this environment, as well as various materials exposed to space, have been retrieved in the past few years. The analysis of the results shows some differences with previous modeling. Comparison with data from LDEF and from EURECA give some insight in the long term evolution of particle size distribution. Chemical identification of particle remnants inside craters is difficult but provides valuable information on the origin of the impactors. Permanent monitoring of environment is obviously needed, especially for the type of orbits where data are presently scarce ie. heliosynchronous and geostationary orbits.
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Aperture synthesis imaging of colored GEO objects
Interferometry provides the only practicable way to image satellites in Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) with sub-meter resolution. The Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer (MROI) is being funded by the US Air Force Research Laboratory to deploy the central three unit telescopes in order to demonstrate the sensitivity and baseline-bootstrapping capability needed to observe GEO targets. In parallel, we are investigating the resolution and imaging fidelity that is achievable with larger numbers of telescopes. We present imaging simulations with 7- and 10- telescope deployments of the MROI, and characterize the impact of realistic spectral variations compared with a “gray” satellite.
Abstract Many human operations have created a large population of small orbital debris in near Earth environment. The threat they represent for satellites is a major factor for the preparation of future space missions. Several experiments devoted to the study of this environment, as well as various materials exposed to space, have been retrieved in the past few years. The analysis of the results shows some differences with previous modeling. Comparison with data from LDEF and from EURECA give some insight in the long term evolution of particle size distribution. Chemical identification of particle remnants inside craters is difficult but provides valuable information on the origin of the impactors. Permanent monitoring of environment is obviously needed, especially for the type of orbits where data are presently scarce ie. heliosynchronous and geostationary orbits.
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Effects of Ge Overlayers on the Formation of Nickel Disilicide
The effects of Ge overlayers on the reaction of one monolayer of Ni on Si(001) substrate were investigated. The samples were then ex situ annealed at 400 to 800°C. The reaction process began with dissolution of the Ni atoms into the amorphous Ge layer. Then, solid-phase epitaxy of the amorphous layer was observed. The Ni atoms were expelled from the crystallized region and redistributed in the amorphous region. Until the concentration of Ni in the amorphous Ge layer exceeded the solubility limit, the Ni atoms diffused through the crystallized Ge layer and reacted with the substrate to form NiSi 2 . The NiSi 3 phase formation was kinetically controlled by the rate of solid-phase epitaxy of the Ge overlayers for the reaction system.
Abstract Many human operations have created a large population of small orbital debris in near Earth environment. The threat they represent for satellites is a major factor for the preparation of future space missions. Several experiments devoted to the study of this environment, as well as various materials exposed to space, have been retrieved in the past few years. The analysis of the results shows some differences with previous modeling. Comparison with data from LDEF and from EURECA give some insight in the long term evolution of particle size distribution. Chemical identification of particle remnants inside craters is difficult but provides valuable information on the origin of the impactors. Permanent monitoring of environment is obviously needed, especially for the type of orbits where data are presently scarce ie. heliosynchronous and geostationary orbits.
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Neutrino astrophysics with IMB: past, present, and future
A burst of eight neutrino interactions occurring over a six second interval has been observed with the IMB detector. The closeness in time of the burst to the optical discovery of Supernova 1987a suggests that the neutrinos originated from stellar collapse. The characteristics of the burst are reviewed together with a recently completed reevaluation of many aspects of the detector's response. Efforts underway to discover past and future supernovae are also briefly discussed.
In estimating the state of thrusting/ballistic endoatmospheric projectiles for the end purpose of impact point ::: prediction (IPP), the total observation time, the wind effect and the sensor accuracy significantly affect the IPP ::: performance. First the tracker accounting for the wind effect is presented. Following this, based on the multiple ::: interacting multiple model (MIMM) estimator developed recently, a sensitivity study of the IPP performance with ::: respect to the total observation time, the wind (strength and direction) and the sensor accuracy is presented.
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Status of NEOShield and future perspectives
Modeling and computer simulations can give us some confidence, but there’s no substitute for proving we can move an asteroid by actually doing it. ::: NEOShield funding does not stretch to launching a space mission but we aim to provide detailed designs of feasible mitigation demonstration missions, at least of the kinetic impactor and/or gravity tractor methods. ::: Together with colleagues at ESA (SSA programme), the UN (COPUOS, Action Team 14 on NEOs), NASA, the European Commission, etc. we are working to establish a long-term program, including asteroid deflection demonstration missions.
Abstract Buoyancy-driven recirculating flows between two parallel plates, whose temperature varies sinusoidally, have been attentively investigated. In this study, we place our emphasis on joint effects rendered by both (a) the existence of two insulated side walls and (b) the phase of the bottom-surface sinusoidal temperature on the overall Nusselt number (Nu) of the system. Using the finite-element-based COMSOL and the finite-volume-based ANSYS Fluent packages, we have discovered that Nu is gradually affected by expansion and compression of vortices, as well as is abruptly affected by birth and death of vortices. Under the width-divided-by-height aspect ratio of ten, these gradual or abrupt variations for airflows remain conspicuous regardless of the wave number and the Rayleigh number.
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A multifrequency SAR study of the Haughton impact structure, Arctic Canada
This study investigates surface roughness properties of the Haughton impact structure in the Canadian Arctic using L-, C-, and X-band SAR. Meteorite impact structures are highly localized geological features, providing impact-exposed subsurfaces of a range of regional stratigraphic columns [1]. The Haughton impact structure exposes a wide range of geological features of central Devon Island including impact-generated products. Thus, geologic mapping of an impact structure can be an effective way to expand our remote predictive mapping throughout the Canadian Arctic.
This article constructs the aviation unit assessment model of flight safety system,proposes to determine the elements of the model in weight by using AHP analysis of the assessment model,and calculates the assessment results based on the corresponding software which developed by this model. Software running results show that the assessment model is scientific and effective.
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Stochastic p.d.e.'s arising from the long range contact and long range voter processes
A long range contact process and a long range voter process are scaled so that the distance between sites decreases and the number of neighbors of each site increases. The approximate densities of occupied sites, under suitable tine scaling, converge to continuous space time densities which solve stochastic p.d.e.'s. For the contact process the limiting equation is the Kolmogorov-Petrovskii-Piscuinov equation driven by branching white noise. For the voter process the limiting equation is the heat equation driven by Fisher-Wright white noise.
Abstract Many human operations have created a large population of small orbital debris in near Earth environment. The threat they represent for satellites is a major factor for the preparation of future space missions. Several experiments devoted to the study of this environment, as well as various materials exposed to space, have been retrieved in the past few years. The analysis of the results shows some differences with previous modeling. Comparison with data from LDEF and from EURECA give some insight in the long term evolution of particle size distribution. Chemical identification of particle remnants inside craters is difficult but provides valuable information on the origin of the impactors. Permanent monitoring of environment is obviously needed, especially for the type of orbits where data are presently scarce ie. heliosynchronous and geostationary orbits.
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Dynamic response of layered structures subject to blast effects of non-nuclear weaponry
Abstract Protective military structures are typically constructed of massive, monolithic reinforced concrete slabs. This practice is considered necessary in order to protect personnel and/or vital equipment within the structure from the harmful effects of conventional weaponry. Recent studies have indicated, however, that ‘layered structures’ may provide a viable alternative to conventionally hardened structures in certain environments. This paper presents the results of a preliminary numerical study to evaluate the effectiveness of layered structures to resist the blast effects of non-nuclear weaponry.
Abstract Many human operations have created a large population of small orbital debris in near Earth environment. The threat they represent for satellites is a major factor for the preparation of future space missions. Several experiments devoted to the study of this environment, as well as various materials exposed to space, have been retrieved in the past few years. The analysis of the results shows some differences with previous modeling. Comparison with data from LDEF and from EURECA give some insight in the long term evolution of particle size distribution. Chemical identification of particle remnants inside craters is difficult but provides valuable information on the origin of the impactors. Permanent monitoring of environment is obviously needed, especially for the type of orbits where data are presently scarce ie. heliosynchronous and geostationary orbits.
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Revisiting the scattering greenhouse effect of CO2 ice clouds
Carbon dioxide ice clouds are thought to play an important role for cold terrestrial planets with thick CO2 dominated atmospheres. Various previous studies showed that a scattering greenhouse effect by carbon dioxide ice clouds could result in a massive warming of the planetary surface. However, all of these studies only employed simplified two-stream radiative transfer schemes to describe the anisotropic scattering. Using accurate radiative transfer models with a general discrete ordinate method, this study revisits this important effect and shows that the positive climatic impact of carbon dioxide clouds was strongly overestimated in the past. The revised scattering greenhouse effect can have important implications for the early Mars, but also for planets like the early Earth or the position of the outer boundary of the habitable zone.
Abstract Many human operations have created a large population of small orbital debris in near Earth environment. The threat they represent for satellites is a major factor for the preparation of future space missions. Several experiments devoted to the study of this environment, as well as various materials exposed to space, have been retrieved in the past few years. The analysis of the results shows some differences with previous modeling. Comparison with data from LDEF and from EURECA give some insight in the long term evolution of particle size distribution. Chemical identification of particle remnants inside craters is difficult but provides valuable information on the origin of the impactors. Permanent monitoring of environment is obviously needed, especially for the type of orbits where data are presently scarce ie. heliosynchronous and geostationary orbits.
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Deformation and Defects in C36 Laves Phases
MgNi 2 and MgCu 0.4 Zn 1.6 , two C36 Laves phases, were plastically deformed at elevated temperatures, and, the deformation-induced defects were studied by TEM. Extensive faulting was observed, consistent with the low stacking-fault energy of the C36 structure. HREM revealed multi-layer faults with a variety of stacking sequences.
Abstract Many human operations have created a large population of small orbital debris in near Earth environment. The threat they represent for satellites is a major factor for the preparation of future space missions. Several experiments devoted to the study of this environment, as well as various materials exposed to space, have been retrieved in the past few years. The analysis of the results shows some differences with previous modeling. Comparison with data from LDEF and from EURECA give some insight in the long term evolution of particle size distribution. Chemical identification of particle remnants inside craters is difficult but provides valuable information on the origin of the impactors. Permanent monitoring of environment is obviously needed, especially for the type of orbits where data are presently scarce ie. heliosynchronous and geostationary orbits.
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A high resolution record of storm-induced erosion from lake sediments, New Zealand
The sustainable management of erodible pastoral hill country is a major focus of land use research in New Zealand. A multi-disciplinary study, using a high resolution lake sedimentation record, is being conducted to determine the role that cyclonic storms and natural and human-induced vegetation changes play in the erosion history of a landslide-prone hill country watershed.
Abstract Many human operations have created a large population of small orbital debris in near Earth environment. The threat they represent for satellites is a major factor for the preparation of future space missions. Several experiments devoted to the study of this environment, as well as various materials exposed to space, have been retrieved in the past few years. The analysis of the results shows some differences with previous modeling. Comparison with data from LDEF and from EURECA give some insight in the long term evolution of particle size distribution. Chemical identification of particle remnants inside craters is difficult but provides valuable information on the origin of the impactors. Permanent monitoring of environment is obviously needed, especially for the type of orbits where data are presently scarce ie. heliosynchronous and geostationary orbits.
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SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF SPARK-ERODED SURFACES
Forty commercially pure titanium implants were prepared with a spark-eroding process in order to create highly increased surface roughnesses. Two degrees of roughness were achieved by altering the applied current. Surface topographical characterization was performed with SEM and an optical profilometer. The surface composition and oxide layer were investigated using Auger scanning microscopy. In the present study, there was a large difference between the stipulated and measured surface roughness, indicating the need for a careful surface characterization in each new study. After 12 wk in rabbit bone, no statistically significant difference was found with respect to peak removal torque and histomorphometric analyses. The results from the present study provide no support for further increase of the surface roughness than that possible to achieve with a blasting technique.
This paper presents the methodology and the physical models implemented in our computational code to predict the flow field over a Mars Sample Return Orbiter entering a Mars-like atmosphere. Because no validation against flight data or experiments can be done at present, the results obtained here are compared to other computed results for verification purpose. The predicted flow fields show that the chemical species CO and CO2, that are highly radiative species, are present in a large amount and at high temperature in the shock layer and in the wake of the flow past the orbiter.
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Magnetocaloric effect in NiMnGa particles produced by spark erosion
The magnetic entropy change of tetragonal and orthorhombic NiMnGa fine particles made by spark erosion was investigated in this paper. It was found that the structure and crystalline phase transformation temperatures can be strongly affected by the compositions of the particles, while Curie temperature is less sensitive to the compositions. Due to the possible distribution of the particle size and compositions in these particles, the magnetic entropy changes observed are much broader and smaller than those of bulk NiMnGa alloys. The maximum absolute value of entropy change ΔS=2JKg−1K−1 was observed for tetragonal structure NiMnGa particles at 95°C in a field of 2T.
Abstract Many human operations have created a large population of small orbital debris in near Earth environment. The threat they represent for satellites is a major factor for the preparation of future space missions. Several experiments devoted to the study of this environment, as well as various materials exposed to space, have been retrieved in the past few years. The analysis of the results shows some differences with previous modeling. Comparison with data from LDEF and from EURECA give some insight in the long term evolution of particle size distribution. Chemical identification of particle remnants inside craters is difficult but provides valuable information on the origin of the impactors. Permanent monitoring of environment is obviously needed, especially for the type of orbits where data are presently scarce ie. heliosynchronous and geostationary orbits.
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The etching and structural studies of gamma irradiated induced effects in CR-39 plastic track recorder
Abstract In the application of some polymers as track detectors, the attention should be paid to the fact that the track recording properties of these polymers are changed under the influence of certain parameters, such as the electromagnetic radiations and environmental conditions. In this work the etching effects of 60Co gamma irradiated CR-39 polycarbonate have been studied. For deeper study of the structural changes in CR-39, the FTIR and UV–visible spectra have been analyzed. The FTIR spectra shows considerable changes due to the gamma exposure. The contribution of degradation mechanism is discussed.
Abstract Many human operations have created a large population of small orbital debris in near Earth environment. The threat they represent for satellites is a major factor for the preparation of future space missions. Several experiments devoted to the study of this environment, as well as various materials exposed to space, have been retrieved in the past few years. The analysis of the results shows some differences with previous modeling. Comparison with data from LDEF and from EURECA give some insight in the long term evolution of particle size distribution. Chemical identification of particle remnants inside craters is difficult but provides valuable information on the origin of the impactors. Permanent monitoring of environment is obviously needed, especially for the type of orbits where data are presently scarce ie. heliosynchronous and geostationary orbits.
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Exoelectron Emission from Pyroceramic
The nonstationary electron emission (exoelectron emission) and the emission of negative charges from the surface of finely-crystalline multicomponent dielectric materials subjected to light and thermal stimulation, electron injection, and x-irradiation are examined. It is demonstrated that the exoelectron emission of dielectric materials without preliminary irradiation is associated with adsorption layers located on the sample surface. After x-irradiation and electron injection, maxima appear in the temperature dependence of the intensity of exoelectron emission caused by various defects in subsurface regions of the examined pyroceramic samples.
Abstract Many human operations have created a large population of small orbital debris in near Earth environment. The threat they represent for satellites is a major factor for the preparation of future space missions. Several experiments devoted to the study of this environment, as well as various materials exposed to space, have been retrieved in the past few years. The analysis of the results shows some differences with previous modeling. Comparison with data from LDEF and from EURECA give some insight in the long term evolution of particle size distribution. Chemical identification of particle remnants inside craters is difficult but provides valuable information on the origin of the impactors. Permanent monitoring of environment is obviously needed, especially for the type of orbits where data are presently scarce ie. heliosynchronous and geostationary orbits.
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Granulated Coffe Grounds Effect on Selected Physico-chemical and Functional Properties of Soil
Abstract The study evaluates granulated coffee grounds use as an additive to soil. Specific physico-chemical and functional properties of soil that enable assessment of its fertility and that have a possible impact on plants growth and development were analysed. The research proved that granulated coffee grounds added to soil increase sorption properties and decrease pH of the soil solution. Moreover, the increase of the phenol compounds that decreased the germination ability and reduced the length of roots of a test plant, namely winter wheat, was reported.
Abstract Many human operations have created a large population of small orbital debris in near Earth environment. The threat they represent for satellites is a major factor for the preparation of future space missions. Several experiments devoted to the study of this environment, as well as various materials exposed to space, have been retrieved in the past few years. The analysis of the results shows some differences with previous modeling. Comparison with data from LDEF and from EURECA give some insight in the long term evolution of particle size distribution. Chemical identification of particle remnants inside craters is difficult but provides valuable information on the origin of the impactors. Permanent monitoring of environment is obviously needed, especially for the type of orbits where data are presently scarce ie. heliosynchronous and geostationary orbits.
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what is a state of the atmosphere atcacgiven time characterized by temperature and precipitation
Weather is the fluctuating state of the atmosphere around us, characterized by temperature, wind, precipitation, clouds and other weather el} DUPipeline_QISnippet_FirstGood_Snippet_v1: {},{-1|-1|1|Weather and Climate.
The scientific study of the atmosphere, atmospheric processes, and the life cycle of weather systems. Weather. The state of the atmosphere at some place and time described in terms of such variables as temperature, humidity, cloudiness, precipitation, and wind speed and direction. Climatology.
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what is the pacific decadal oscillation
PDO positive phase global pattern. The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) is a robust, recurring pattern of ocean-atmosphere climate variability centered over the mid-latitude Pacific basin.
The Pacific (inter-)decadal oscillation was named by Steven R. Hare, who noticed it while studying salmon production pattern results in 1997.he response time scale is set by the Rossby waves speed, the location of the wind forcing and the basin width, at the latitude of the Kuroshio Extension c is 2.5 cm s −1 and the dynamic gyre adjustment timescale is ~(5)10 years if the Rossby wave was initiated in the (central)eastern Pacific Ocean.
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Why does the streak of smoke from small airplanes stay in the sky for a long time?
They end up becoming the 'seeds' of clouds. That is, water in the air condenses around them, & once the process starts, those condensation trails sometimes form into clouds up to 500 miles long.\n\nI read about it in, I believe, Popular Science a couple years ago. There was also a fascinating article about a study that took place during the 3 days in 9/01 when all planes in the U.S. were grounded: due apparently to the reduced cloud cover, temps everywhere were a couple degrees higher those days!
check this you will find the right answer\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgkOxzlGWY6TlgCBqQoOOl.izaIX?qid=1006011902162\n\nPlz dont reapeat questions.\nThis question is also seen by me earlier.\n\nDon't feel bad. I just wanna to say If the peoples like you (who ask good questions generally) start repeating the questions than how it can be interesting to answer same question again and again.
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what are the features of the quiet sun
I have carried out detailed study on the quiet sun magnetic fields and super-granule velocity fields. This thesis consists of 6 themes. 1.I studied the statistical properties of quiet sun magnetic fields, including size distribution, evolution, flux budget of magnetic flux elements, and the magnetic diffusion constant.From the observations, I derived that the magnetic diffusion constant is ±150 km[superscript 2]/sec in the quiet region.I found that cancelling features and Ephemeral Regions are major sources of magnetic flux disappearance and replenishment. 2.rom the observations, I derived that the magnetic diffusion constant is ±150 km[superscript 2]/sec in the quiet region. I found that cancelling features and Ephemeral Regions are major sources of magnetic flux disappearance and replenishment. 2.
Experts agree that early morning is best; once the tourists descend, all hope for quiet is lost. One of the best places for silence is Marconi Beach; located along the Atlantic Seashore, it features a noise buffer in the form of a forty-foot sand cliff (known as a scarp).
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Shortly after , In June 1851 , when she was 40 , the first installment of her Uncle Tom 's Cabin was published in the National Era .
In June 1851 , the first installment of her book , Uncle Tom 's Cabin , was published in the National Era .
Between 1995 and 2000 she spent performing and studying chamber music at the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont , and in 1996 she served as an artist and a member of the chamber music mentoring program of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center .
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African Americans in Art
Great resource for those with an interest, or who would like to study African-American Art (or as I prefer, American Art from the perspective of an African-American artist).
What an easy, pleasurable way to spend some relaxing time -- coloring in this charming book. I loved the images which are full of humor and whimsy, offset with equally cute captions. Andrea Decof is a great author who sees the humor, both ironic and silly, in what it is to be a human, and captures it in her engaging coloring book. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to get away from their desktop and just pass some time a'colorin'!
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explorers unwilling to return
Looking for title of sci fi short story about attempts to colonise planet (Venus?). Scientist and his dog are main characters
Why there is much interest in the study of $\operatorname{Gal}\left(\overline{\mathbb Q}/\mathbb Q\right)$?
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Censoring Lady Chatterley’s Lover: a case study and bibliographic guide
D.H. Lawrence thought Lady Chatterley’s Lover was his best and most important novel. Yet he had to pay to have it privately printed. His publishers thought his sexual descriptions and language were obscene under the censorship laws of the UK and the USA, and they were right. From 1928 until 1959 no‐one could legally publish or sell the unexpurgated novel, and copies were subject to confiscation. All this changed in 1959 when Charles Rembar successfully defended Grove Press’s right to publish the novel. His defense, which rested on a unique interpretation of Justice Brennan’s opinion in Roth v. United States, introduced the redeeming‐social‐value test for obscenity. Within six years it revolutionized American obscenity laws, ensuring that sexual material with even a small measure of social value would enjoy First Amendment protection.
Publishers details for: Marriage, Gender, and Sex in a Contemporary Chinese Village, by Sun-pong Yuen, Pui-lam Law and Yuk-ying Ho, Translated by Fong-ying Yu, Armonk: M. E. Sharpe, 2004. xiv + 295 pp. US$69.96 (hardcover), US$26.95 (paperback).
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Dylan’s Routes to Literacy: the First Three Years with Picture Books
This case study of the process of sharing picture books with a child in the first three years of his life at home with parents and visiting grandparents attempts to capture something of the rich detail of the experience. The setting for the study is an English/American household in England and Dylan is the first-born child of professional parents. After locating the study in the context of some of the existing research literature about sharing books with babies, the article focuses on Dylan’s unique responses to picture books and has a developmental emphasis, reflected in the month-by-month observations. The possible significance of particular books for this child and the role of other print materials are discussed. Certain themes that recur in Dylan’s personal routes to literacy are analysed and the article concludes with some indicators of the wider implications of the study for the learning and teaching of literacy in the early years.
The libraries are in the era of together traditional,automatic and electrical in the 21th century.The librarians should improve knowlege structure and service skills to catch up with the era.This article studied how to improve the whole quality of liberarians to impel the development of enterprise of libraries based on the education of incumbency.
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Fussell 's 1975 literary study `` The Great War and Modern Memory '' won the National Book Award in category Arts and Letters . the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism , and the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award of Phi Beta Kappa .
Fussell 's 1975 book `` The Great War '' and `` Modern Memory '' won the National Book Award in category Arts and Letters , the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism , and the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award of Phi Beta Kappa .
The Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded every year by the UK Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals to an illustrator of children 's books .
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As a book, this is very disorganized. Concepts ...
As a book, this is very disorganized. Concepts do not flow in a logical manner, i.e. the way they build on one another isn't coherent, and if you have little to no experience with theory, you will get lost by the 4th chapter. It appears as though it was written by people who know so much that they cannot explain the concepts without referencing other, higher concepts. My teacher has no trouble understanding it, but suffers from the same detachment that the book revels in. If you plan to use this for personal study and have NO prior experience, spend twice as much time with it as you think you need. If your in the same position but using for a class, do this as well.
Kindle version is horrible quality. Looks like page where photocopied and saved when zooming in so u can see the small font all wording gets blurry and hard to read. Wish I had may 3 dollars back for the kindle version
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Not an especially easy read, but close study of the book will ...
Not an especially easy read, but close study of the book will definitely improve the card play of the vast majority of bridge players. Of course, the better your card play technique, the more fun bridge becomes. That's good because having a enjoyable time with fellow human beings is the reason we play bridge.
The text is not all that difficult to navigate if one is at all familiar with the Greek alphabet and the scroll bar on the bottem of the Kindle screen. I have found it extremely helpful, even though I do not have a Ph. D. in Greek. For several months I did not purchase this based on previous comments about it being of no use on the kindle. I finally broke down and purchased it during a sermon at church. I could not have been happier with it. I am assuming the phd commenter was somewhat new to his ebook.
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Questions were way to hard!
I thought this would be a fun book for a friend who likes to go to plays. But after getting the book, I didn't end up giving it to this friend if mine due to the difficult of the questions. This will be someone's white elephant gift one day!
Fake reviews! None of them actually have mentioned their score on the TEAS.. I bought & returned because not the best too to study. Too many sections missing or not explained well enough.
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I think it would be a better product if the publisher would take the time to ...
The print is not clear ("fuzzy") and rather small. Rather hard to read because of that. While this printing was simply a "reprint" (read "scan/photocopy") of the original, I think it would be a better product if the publisher would take the time to re-type it, keeping the format. But for this issue, I would give it a 5-Star review simply because of the historical truths it brings back.
This book is extremely thorough and well-written. It has greatly enriched my study of God's Word! Do yourself a favor and buy this book! I am very excited to begin sharing in my church community and small groups.
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I usually like the fool's gold book
Not worth the money. It could have been written by a sixth grader. I usually like the fool's gold book, even the "fillers" but this one was definitely not worth reading. No plot, characters boring, and they hardly know each other,but decide they love each other, and will wait 3 years till marriage?? Very stupid book.
We purchased The Real ACT (CD) 3rd Edition (Real Act Prep Guide), Barron's ACT Flash Cards, and Up Your Score: ACT, 2014-2015 Edition: The Underground Guide. For our students, Up Your Score: ACT, 2014-2015 Edition: The Underground Guide is their hand down favorite. When your students actually enjoy studying, guess what happens to their scores? That's right.
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Great condition and excellent study material!
I ordered these for the SAT's and they work brilliantly. They boosted my score up quite a bit. The book I recieved was new and untouched. Would definitely recommend it.
This copy is nice because it is spiral bound, makes it easier to flip through. Con to the spiral is that some of the map is slightly cut off..... you make the call.
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What are dogs often taught to bring in from outdoors?
Another study of dogs' roles in families showed many dogs have set tasks or routines undertaken as family members, the most common of which was helping with the washing-up by licking the plates in the dishwasher, and bringing in the newspaper from the lawn. Increasingly, human family members are engaging in activities centered on the perceived needs and interests of the dog, or in which the dog is an integral partner, such as dog dancing and dog yoga.
Digestive systems take many forms. There is a fundamental distinction between internal and external digestion. External digestion developed earlier in evolutionary history, and most fungi still rely on it. In this process, enzymes are secreted into the environment surrounding the organism, where they break down an organic material, and some of the products diffuse back to the organism. Animals have a tube (gastrointestinal tract) in which internal digestion occurs, which is more efficient because more of the broken down products can be captured, and the internal chemical environment can be more efficiently controlled.
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what genre of music is best for dogs
Study: Classical music de-stresses dogs. Classical music might be the best way to calm an anxious pooch, a new study finds. Lead author Lori Kogan of Colorado State University found that Mozart, Beethoven and the like may reduce stress in dogs, according to a study in the Journal of Veterinary Behavior.
Helping Your Puppy Sleep Quietly at Night. One of the best remedies that will help to calm a new dog in the household is to play soft music for the dog at night; the music will help to drown out new sounds that could be contributing to the barking, and the background noise will help the new dog to feel less alone.
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what is the fastest speed a human can run
That would mean both reached a speed of roughly 26.5 MPH. Considering that, even the reductions the WR has taken in the last 12 years, it would be okay to assume 27-28 MPH is the fastest speed ever attained by a person running. Though Bob Hayes, in 1964, ran his leg of the 4x100m relay in 8.50 seconds.
(Reuters/Dominic Ebenbichler) Humans could perhaps run as fast 40 mph, a new study suggests. Such a feat would leave in the dust the world's fastest runner, Usain Bolt, who has clocked nearly 28 mph in the 100-meter sprint. The new findings come after researchers took a new look at the factors that limit human speed. Their conclusions?
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what the fastest a man can run
(Reuters/Dominic Ebenbichler) Humans could perhaps run as fast 40 mph, a new study suggests. Such a feat would leave in the dust the world's fastest runner, Usain Bolt, who has clocked nearly 28 mph in the 100-meter sprint. The new findings come after researchers took a new look at the factors that limit human speed.
According to the Guiness Book of World Records, the fastest a human has run is 200 m in 19.32 seconds by Michael Johnson (US) Atlanta, Georgia, July 21, 1996. This about 10.35 m/sec. However human beings travel much faster than this using animals such as horses, or while falling off buildings, or using machines such as automobiles and aeroplanes.
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are alligators faster than humans
Two, it implies that alligators can run faster than humans -- at least when they're running in a straight line. The truth is, although alligators are frighteningly quick, they're not cheetah fast and they don't like to run long distances. It's very rare for an alligator to chase a human on dry land.
A fast alligator might go 8 or 9 miles per hour on land. According to a study in Australia, young crocodiles might be able to reach about 10.5 miles/hour over a few yards, but this species has the ability to run at a different gait, called a gallup, which alligators cannot (they can only belly run).t is not true that Alligators can run at speeds up to 25 mph. This old belief has been dispelled many times but still seems to be accepted even by folks who should know better. Some say alligators can jump 30ft out of the water, this is also, however, poppycock.
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Become a Financial Analyst
Financial analysts look at market trends and date to help people make smarter investments. For this job, you need a background in finance. More education, such as a master's degree or certification, would help advance your career.
How to find extra time in your day to study for the CPA exam.
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what is a knowledge broker
A new study describes the need for “knowledge brokers” – a new kind of communication professional that specializes in bridging the science and policy worlds. A knowledge broker’s job is to engage scientists in the regulatory process and to engage regulators in the scientific process. The ideal knowledge broker has PhD-level training in the scientific area plus extensive knowledge of the regulatory process.
Knowledge brokers provide a link between the producers and users of knowledge. To facilitate this knowledge exchange, knowledge brokers are required to build rapport with their target audiences and forge new connections across domains.n the field of public health, knowledge brokers facilitate the appropriate use of the best available research evidence in decision making processes, enhancing individual and organizational capacity to participate effectively in evidence-informed decision making. In this setting, knowledge brokers promote research use.
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what is job analysis used for
Let us summarise the concept of Job Analysis: A few definitions on job analysis are quoted below. 1. Job analysis is the process of studying and collecting information relating to the operations and responsibilities of a specific job. The immediate products of this analysis are job descriptions and job specifications. 2. Job analysis is a systematic exploration of the activities within a job.
Compensation. Job Analysis can be used in compensation to identify or determine: 1 skill levels. 2 compensable job factors. 3 work environment (e.g., hazards; attention; physical effort). 4 responsibilities (e.g., fiscal; supervisory).
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definition expertise
The definition of expertise is advanced knowledge or skill. An example of expertise is a master gardener's knowledge of gardening. the skill, knowledge, judgment, etc. of an expert.
An expert, more generally, is a person with extensive knowledge or ability based on research, experience, or occupation and in a particular area of study. Experts are called in for advice on their respective subject, but they do not always agree on the particulars of a field of study.
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what is an academician
definition : academician An academician is a full member of an artistic, literary, or scientific academy. In many countries, it is an honorific title used to denote a full member of an academy that has a strong influence on national scientific life.
Outline of academic disciplines. (Redirected from List of academic disciplines) Main article: Discipline (academia) An academic discipline or field of study is a branch of knowledge that is taught and researched as part of higher education.
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policy analyst define
Essential Information. Social policy analysts specialize in researching social issues and finding solutions to problems, such as hunger, crime, discrimination, poverty, disease, violence, and unemployment. Some social policy analysts work for government agencies, while others work for consulting firms or think tanks.ob Description. The primary function of a social policy analyst is to study social problems and develop policies to solve them. These professionals are involved in one or more of four general stages of policy analysis.
Policy analysis provides decision makers with important information on how policies work in practice and their effects on economic, environmental, social and other factors. Policy analysis is valuable and complex at the European level where common policies affect diverse actors and stakeholders across 28 Member States. Milieu brings a multi-disciplinary approach to policy analysis, thanks to its team of policy, legal and economic experts and network of associates across EU Member States.
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how to explain and analyse
Verb. 1. analyse-consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare; analyze the evidence in a criminal trial; analyze your real motives.analyze, examine, study, canvass, canvas.nalyse. vb (tr). 1. to examine in detail in order to discover meaning, essential features, etc. 2. to break down into components or essential features: to analyse a financial structure.
There are three main steps to conducting a quantitative analysis of qualitative data: organizing the data, reading and coding it, and presenting and interpreting it. First, the researcher should organize the data. The data can be organized in groups which relate to particular areas of interest.
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what is a doctoral
The Doctor of Business Administration (abbreviated DBA, D.B.A., DrBA, or Dr.B.A.) is a research doctorate awarded on the basis of advanced study and research in the field of business administration. Along with research skills the doctorate focuses on business inteligence and original theoretical study.
A PhD is a Doctorate of Philosophy, a prestigious qualification that demonstrates talent, academic excellence and a thirst for knowledge. Like all research degrees, a PhD can give you an advantage in the job market, and opens doors in the academic community.
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what is dra in psychology
DRA is a great technique (when part of a comprehensive behavior plan) to intervene on behaviors such as aggression, self-stimulatory behaviors, perseveration, or tantrumming. It is typical that a DRA is combined with Extinction.
The Doctor of Business Administration (abbreviated DBA, D.B.A., DrBA, or Dr.B.A.) is a research doctorate awarded on the basis of advanced study and research in the field of business administration. Along with research skills the doctorate focuses on business intelligence and original theoretical study.
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what are the responsibilities of an analytical chemist?
Analytical chemists determine the structure, composition, and nature of substances by examining and identifying their various elements or compounds. They also study the relationships and interactions among the parts of compounds.
Job Responsibilities of an Analytical Chemist. In our earlier blogs titled “Evolution and importance of analytical chemistry” and “125 Job profiles for an analytical chemist“ it was emphasized that there is virtually no area of human activity in the modern age which has remained untouched by analytical chemistry.
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what do data analyst do
Collecting and studying different sets of information are typical tasks of a data analyst. A data analyst may examine the hours worked by employees in a grocery store. Data analysts store, collect and interpret statistical information. Analysts typically collaborate with database programmers and administrators to write system modification recommendations or in-house instruction and training materials.
A data analyst's skills are useful in any field that has a need of collecting and maintaining information. Some of the more popular fields that have need for data analysis include health information management, business analysis and financial data or economics.
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