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Leisure and tourism industries in regional areas are dominated by both small- and medium-sized businesses, collectively referred to as small-to-medium tourism enterprises. This paper presents a case study that describes a research initiative that was developed to engage with the wine tourism and related leisure industr... |
A 25.05 T magnetic field was generated by a 5.11 T superconducting Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox insert magnet within a 19.94 T resistive magnet. The Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox magnet is constructed using fully reacted powder-in-tube conductor and insulated stainless steel reinforcement. Three concentric sections are used to minimize the total str... |
Electronic payment systems (EPS) provide an alternative for traditional payment systems. Even though EPS provide a more convenient method for performing transactions, customers have not switched to EPS as expected. Researchers have investigated this issue over the past and they have identified that there are a variety ... |
This paper presents an over-sampling adaptive pre-emphasis technique for multi-drop bus communication between electronic control unit (ECU) and automotive actuators. Each actuator transmits the training pattern separately and decision feedback equalizer (DFE) in ECU analyzes the transmission characteristic of each path... |
Background. In recent years we have seen an increasing number of children in Israel with tinea pedis. Objective. To determine the prevalence of tinea pedis in 5- to 14-year-old schoolchildren in a comprehensive epidemiologic population-based study. Methods. A total of 1148 children, ages 5 to 14 years, from 7 schools w... |
The significance of Werner in Byron's life has not been sufficiently examined. Byron never knew his father, but must have gathered, from Mrs Byron, enough about his father's extravagance, moral incontinence and unreliability, to have grown up in fear of following the paternal example. He did not succeed, and followed i... |
Internet of Things is the key pillar of the Industry 4.0 in which the IoT-enabled automation is the most important issue. This automation is in need for distributed procession and intelligence. Unfortunately, the IoT driven cloud computing experiences the so-called Resource Crisis, i.e., intolerable processing delays f... |
Ubiquitination is a novel post‐translational modification, which regulates the stability, activity, localization, and interaction of target substrates. The discovery of a new ubiquitinated proteins as well as its new function seems to be everlasting, which graced ubiquitin (Ub) with Darwin’s phosphate. Proteomics tools... |
Previously we have demonstrated detectors and optical switches consisting of a n-i-p photodiode whose n-layer is depleted at sufficiently large reverse bias. Under illumination a photo-voltage is induced by the photogenerated electrons and holes, accumulated in the n- and p-layer, respectively. We have shown that each ... |
One of the kongan (koan in Japanese) that sŏnsa (Zen masters) frequently assign their students is “What is your original face?” Would it be farfetched to think that poets too should question the ground of their poetry? Because the ground will determine the essence of their poetry. As there are countless ways to enter t... |
Abstract— During High Speed Machining (HSM), unstable self-excited vibrations (known as regenerative chatter) can occur, leading to poor surface finish, excessive tool wear, and damage to the machine. Consequently there has been a great deal of research to understand the mechanisms of regenerative chatter so that pro... |
Traditionally, typographers and designers have relied on variations in the shape and form of letters and text to enhance textual meaning. It is hypothesized that animated text may be used to recreate a broader range of paralinguistic meaning and emotion than is possible with the use of static text alone. This pilot stu... |
Recent astronomical observations of distant supernovae lightcurves, [1]-[4], suggest that the expansion of the universe has recently begun to accelerate. Acceleration is created by an antigravitational repulsive stress, like that produced by a positive cosmological constant, or universal vacuum energy. It creates a rat... |
The enrolment of middle-class children in extra-curricular activities is a recent trend in many affluent countries. It is part of what Annette Lareau refers to as a classed parenting style – ‘concerted cultivation’ which sees the child as a project with skills and talents to be fostered and developed. Controversially, ... |
We propose the theory of image neighborhood processing which includes algorithm, storage and processing for parallel image data. Its core idea lies in the identity and parallelism of data structures used by software algorithm, memory and processing unit. This theory solves the problem of frame data flow which is the bo... |
Assessments consisting of only a few extended constructed response items (essays) are not typically equated using anchor test designs as there are typically too few essay prompts in each form to allow for meaningful equating. This article explores the idea that output from an automated scoring program designed to measu... |
Objective To evaluate the effects of present-day physical activity on selected coronary artery disease (CAD) risk factors of older former athletes and to compare these selected risk factors with age-matched older non-athletes. Methods The selected CAD risk factors were compared among the active older athletes (n = 52; ... |
Reactions of 1-alkynylimidazoles involving the formation of their 2-lithio derivatives followed by addition of aldehydes or ketones are presented. The method gives access to 1-alkynyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)imidazoles which undergo 6-endo-dig or 5-exo-dig cyclization under AuCl(3)- or base-catalyzed conditions to yield imida... |
The main issues of ensuring the electromagnetic compatibility in local electric networks under distributed generation development are considered, in particular, in the micro-grids with embedded renewable energy sources, that use solar and wind energy, as well as energy storage systems with bidirectional energy converte... |
This review focuses on the research that has occurred over the past decade which has solidified a postsynaptic expression mechanism for long-term potentiation (LTP). However, experiments that have suggested a presynaptic component are also summarized. It is argued that the pairing of glutamate uncaging onto single spin... |
The addition of second trimester serum markers to maternal age increases the efficacy of screening for Down syndrome by maternal age alone. Among women aged 35 years or older, serum screening makes a large proportion of amniocentesis unnecessary. However, there are ethical and medicolegal concerns about serum screening... |
of the triple fission of 252Cf . Further on, investigations on hypernuclei and the possible production of antimatter-clusters in heavy ion collisions are reported. Various versions of the meson field theory serve as effective field theories as the basis of modern nuclear structure and suggest structure in the vacuum wh... |
At present, cloud computing is used widely. Cloud services through the cloud platform provide various services to users. And cloud services will play an increasingly important role in the economy and society. Service level agreement (SLA) is an indispensable part of information service in the cloud environment. It is n... |
Quasi-millimeter-wave-band FWA systems are better suited to broadband communications than 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz band FWA systems; however, they are unsuited to long-span communications because the affect of rain attenuation is severe. In this paper, we propose a link adaptation method that varies the symbol rate according ... |
We report saturation magnetization, Ms, saturation remanence, Mrs, coercive force, Hc, and remanence coercivity, Hcr, as a function of grain size, d, and temperature, T, for 0.6–135 μm magnetites. Five annealed and four unannealed samples were measured at 5–10 K intervals from 300 to 20 K. Mrs and Hc increase by factor... |
Several theories claim that dreaming is a random by-product of REM sleep physiology and that it does not serve any natural function. Phenomenal dream content, however, is not as disorganized as such views imply. The form and content of dreams is not random but organized and selective: during dreaming, the brain constru... |
The relation between type 1 diabetes mellitus and autoimmune thyroid diseases is well known. In the pathogenesis of both diseases, chronic autoimmunization plays an essential role. Specific autoantibodies are also responsible for the onset of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. In the paper we present a case of an 11-... |
While Object Oriented (OO) methodologies have some advantages over structured methods, OO is not as mature as structured analysis and design and does not contain all of the tools/ techniques needed to support a large system design. By using both OO models and Structured models (e.g., data flow diagrams, control flow di... |
What is known on this subject. Domestic and family violence contributes to mental distress and the development of mental illness and can reverberate throughout a person's life. What this paper adds to existing knowledge. Therapeutic work with people who experience domestic and family violence needs to take considerable... |
The utilization of metabolic reserves of mature southwestern corn borers held in two regimes (23° 12L:12D and 30° 24L:0D) which permitted different rates of diapause development was studied. Diapause larvae which had been reared on a meridic diet or host‐plant tissue were compared. Data were obtained on the fate of lip... |
Recently, there has been a dramatic change in the way we think about the role of vascular smooth muscle cells in atherosclerosis, and it is now generally accepted that a dearth of vascular smooth muscle cells in an atherosclerotic plaque is a detrimental feature of the disease. Indeed, it is now recognized that the phe... |
The integration of artificial intelligence with home energy management systems (HEMS) due to the development of advanced metering infrastructure is a promising scheme to improve the usage of renewable energy in a residential application. In the paper, energy management among multiple co-operative households with PV-Sto... |
Vegetation structure and soil properties were measured on a sandbar, a three year old sandbar emergent marsh (SEM), and five mature Spartina alterniflora Loisel marshes located near the mouth of the Altamaha River (Georgia, USA) to determine how quickly tidal marsh vegetation and soils develop during primary succession... |
Our species plays a unique role in the past, present, and future of life on Earth. As primates, we need to eat, drink, sleep, be protected from predators and the elements, socialize, and procreate. As humans, we have the potential to overcome cultural, geographic, social, technical, and political barriers to solve prob... |
Objective: To determine whether the quantitative myasthenia gravis score (QMGS) accurately represents disease severity in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). Methods: One hundred thirty-five patients with MG from 2 previous randomized studies were included. QMGS correlation with the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of Am... |
Abstract The purpose of this study was to validate peak acceleration data from an accelerometer contained within a wearable tracking device while walking, jogging and running. Thirty-nine participants walked, jogged and ran on a treadmill while 10 peak accelerations per movement were obtained (n = 390). A single triaxi... |
The article considers the generalized k-Bessel functions and represents it as Wright functions. Then we study the monotonicity properties of the ratio of two different orders k- Bessel functions, and the ratio of the k-Bessel and the k-Bessel functions. The log-convexity with respect to the order of the k-Bessel also g... |
On 12 November 2012 the then Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced she was recommending to the Governor General the establishment of a Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Following inquiries in Australia and elsewhere much is already known about institutional and inter-insti... |
Background and Aim: Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease which has become endemic in Iran. Contaminated milk with Brucella bacteria is the main way of transmission of this disease in humans. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of Brucella spp. and B. abortus in raw milk samples collected fro... |
Pulse solutions of the wave equation can be expressed as superpositions of scalar monochromatic beam wavefunctions (solutions of the Helmholtz equation). This formulation leads to causal (unidirectional) propagation, in contrast to all currently known closed-form solutions of the wave equation. Application is made to t... |
Our age of Information Society (IS), and represented in the Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs), offers immense opportunity for sustainable economic development and the reduction of poverty. It does so by increasing access to market information and reducing transaction cost to poor farmers and traders; b... |
The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of using Massachusetts workers' compensation data for passive surveillance of occupational carpal tunnel syndrome (OCTS). Workers' compensation claims for OCTS (n = 358) and for possible cases of OCTS (n = 1,121) active during the first 6 months of 1989 were id... |
Introduction of mesopore is critical for applications where mass-transport limitations within microporous networks, especially for zeolite with one-dimensional microporous network, hinder their performance. Generally, the creation of mesopore in zeolite through a direct synthesis route is strongly dependent on complex ... |
The monitoring of the energy fluxes over vineyard applying the one source energy balance model METRIC (Allen et al., 2007b) are shown in this work. This model is considered operaive because it uses an internalized calibration method derived from the selection of two extreme pixels in the scene, from the minimum ET valu... |
This paper describes a mechanical monolithic tunable sensor prototype with elliptical hinges, shaped with electric-discharge-machining, that can be used both as seismometer and, in a force-feedback configuration, as accelerometer in the control of mechanical suspensions of interferometric gravitational waves detectors.... |
"LONG-ACTING" nitrates are widely regarded as a mainstay of medical therapy for angina pectoris, but their efficacy and duration of action remain controversial. Moreover, a confusing variety of nitrate preparations is currently available (Table). Now that other effective modes of angina prophylaxis exist (for example, ... |
The mechanism of fatigue of single skeletal muscle fibers appears to involve failure or inactivation of excitation-contraction (EC) coupling. The communication between transverse tubule (TT) and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) membranes, whereby plasmalemma voltage controls SR Ca2+ release, may involve inositol trisphospha... |
Medical profession has been recognized as a health risk population due to inherent work characteristics as well as relatively recent changes in medical practice. However few studies refer to Physicians' Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL). Present study analyzes HRQL of 145 medical doctors participating in Continuous... |
Ischaemic muscle pain is a commonly used experimental stimulus in the evaluation of therapeutic analgesic measures. However, some doubts have recently been cast on the reliability of the results obtained with these methods. In this study, the reproducibility of Pain Threshold and Pain Tolerance time was investigated in... |
Children receiving chemotherapy for malignant diseases show different patterns of infection depending on their underlying disease and its therapy. Granulocytopenia carries the risk of bacterial infection, and also, if prolonged, of fungal infection. Impairment of cell-mediated immunity predisposes to infections with Pn... |
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