... Diachronic view of changes in the length ofthe second phalanx (GL) of goats from the Middle Paleolithic to the present day Diachronic view of changes in the depth ofthe distal humerus (Dd) of gazelle ... for the distinguishing of soft and hard glume varieties of corn (Chapter 7) In all of these case study examples, then, there are clear causal links between the process of domestication ofthe ... 15 in the genetic profile of those populations ofthe target species that are drawn into this new pattern of interaction with humans The new genetic profile ofthe domesticate subset ofthe target...
... within the more damaging northern sector ofthe cyclone The effects of Hurricane Iris varied with exposure to storm waves, which came from the east-northeast over the barrier reef crest and into the ... each ofthe pixels used in the spatial average, the SST represents the daily analyzed field, which is the average of all valid satellite SST observations within the 9-km pixel, weighted toward the ... array of 9-km pixels (an area of 729 km2) centered on the southeastern edge ofthe Channel Cay reef complex (station in Fig 1) Gaps in the time series are due primarily to contamination of the...
... treatment of metonymic expressions is determined by the acceptability ofthe pattern to which the expression belongs Another important point is that the analysis and generation components of a machine ... both of them A SURVEY OF METONYMY A comparative survey on acceptability of metonymic expressions in English, Chinese and Japanese has been conducted All ofthe 25 sentences which are used in the ... from the intuition ofthe analysts However, we think that the patterns which are based on the analysts' intuition to begin with should be supported and determined more precisely by the result of...
... we mean the length of a shortest oriented cycle in G We call a subset D ⊆ E ofthe set of arcs E a transversal ofthe family of oriented cycles of G if D intersects all oriented cycles of G From ... cardinality of a family of pairwise disjoint transversals In other words, this version ofthe conjecture states that if is the oriented girth of G then is the largest k ∈ Æ for which there exists ... arcs from each ofthe induced subgraphs T [X], T [Y ] and T [Z] to get rid of all the oriented cycles in these subgraphs For example, we may take the arcs on X to be the union ofthe following...
... the joint ofthe anterior epiphyses ofthe first metatarsal (mt.m), the most prominent part ofthe inner side ofthe ball ofthe foot, and the joint ofthe anterior epiphyses ofthe fifth metatarsal ... (mt.l), the most prominent part ofthe outer side ofthe ball ofthe foot Foot breadth at heel (cc.m – ctu.l): Distance taken from the lateral side ofthe heel (ctu.l) to the medial side (cc.m) ofthe ... features ofthe foot and footprints [13-18], and the use of radiographic comparisons ofthe foot [19-23] confirms the importance ofthe foot in identification Kanchan et al [24] have reported the...
... and for the cooperation ofthe school’s psychologists At the preliminary stage ofthe study, the research team hosted the psychologists ofthe selected schools at meetings facilitated by the Ministry ... model The domain scores ofthe WHOQOL-Bref can be computed in three ways The first is a summation ofthe raw scores ofthe constituent items The second and third ways consist of transforming the ... associations of QOL in multivariate contexts (Table 4) Summary of predictors of QOL from the perspective ofthe conceptual framework Using the model of Jirojanakul et al [13], the results ofthe regression...
... this study as part of Core funding to the Observational Studies Programme ofthe MRC Unit, The staff ofthe Observational Studies Programme who undertook the data collection and the study participants ... References Ministry of Health of Uganda: National Health Policy Minister of Health; 1999 Ministry of Health, Government of Southern Sudan: Health Policy for the Government of Southern Sudan 2006-2011 ... distress (SMD) none ofthe males and only three ofthe females (5.7% of those with SMD) reported that they were receiving formal medical treatment for the SMD, so majority of people who report...
... the Inc phase of arthritis instead ofthe Pk phase ofthe disease In fact, most ofthe genes showed significantly reduced expression at the Pk and the Rec phase compared to the Inc phase As the ... the target organ, the joint Bhsp65-induced gene expression profile of LEW rats in the preclinical phase of AA The analysis of Bhsp65-induced gene expression profile of rats in the Inc phase of ... during the whole disease course (Inc through Rec phase) The major functional groups of DEG at the Inc phase of AA are given in Tables and To monitor the progression ofthe disease after the onset of...
... the effect of increasing eccentricity These pictures are the negatives ofthe original pictures captured using food dye released from the apex ofthe cone The rotating endwall is located at the ... theory combined with axisymmetric numerical simulations They indicated that the observation of streaks downstream ofthe vortex breakdown was due to the oscillation ofthe flow, rather than the ... shifting the location ofthe breakdown Following the experimental study of Escudier (1984), the vortex breakdown ofthe swirling flow in the axis region of an enclosed cylinder driven by the rotation...
... attached on the surface ofthe stationary end plate with water-proof glue (see Fig 2.2) The nominal thickness ofthe sensor is less 0.1 mm, and therefore its effect on the flow is negligible These ... sensors were located at 2/3 ofthe radius ofthe cylinder and 180º apart The hot-film was not calibrated 31 CHAPTER DESCRIPTION OF EXPERIMENT primarily due to the design ofthe glue-on hot film which ... located at the bottom ofthe cylinder to the accuracy of 0.05ºC The thermocouple was connected to a digital indicating controller to display the measured temperature with the sampling period about...
... Tf are the frequency and period of modulation, respectively In the present study, the system is non-dimensionalized using R as the length scale, and the dynamic time 1/Ω as the time scale The flow ... be the vectors of V NM , ei the eigenvalues of ANN , h the columns of H MN , then (BMM + ei I MM )vi = hi for i =1,…N (13.4) Once initial vorticity values are determined, h can be calculated Then, ... by Prof J.M Lopez using a different numerical scheme as part ofthe collaborative project, all the numerical results reported here are performed by the author using the axisymmetric scheme The...
... ofthe captured video images shows that the spiral tails were the manifestation ofthe dye filaments or sheets spiraling around the periphery ofthe bubble-type vortex breakdown The absence of ... differences in the Reynolds number (less than 0.6%) can be attributed to the sensitivity ofthe function generator used to control the speed ofthe stepper motor and the accuracy ofthe measured ... operation ofthe stepper motor, as the Reynolds number was not the issue here Part (i) ofthe figure shows the broadband view ofthe vortex structure using food dye and part (ii) shows the corresponding...
... numerically computed, and the lines are best fits to the computed data 5.4.3.5 Fixed Re, variable Λ The purpose of this part ofthe investigation is to further verify the coexistence ofthe two limit cycles ... techniques To further verify the symmetry ofthe flow, we present in Fig 5.11 time-series from the two hot-films placed 180º apart on the stationary endplate Part (a) ofthe figure is the output for ... These were determined numerically by extrapolating in Re the amplitude ofthe oscillations ofthe limit cycles LC1 and LC2 to zero at various fixed values of Λ as shown in Fig 5.12 For the other...
... synchronous with the forcing Figure 6.11 shows the variation ofthe power at the natural and forced frequencies for a pair of states in the neighborhood ofthe 2:1 resonance Outside the horn, the power ... Rheometer, and the temperature ofthe mixture was monitored regularly using a thermocouple located at the bottom ofthe cylinder to the accuracy of 0.05ºC, giving a maximum uncertainty in the Reynolds ... 6.4 illustrates that the amplitude ofthe oscillations near the axis (Wa) and near the wall (Ww) are ofthe same order of magnitude for the unforced flow LCN (A=0), and the forced flow LCF (at...
... One of them is the alteration in the structure ofthe disk and sidewall boundary layers, particularly near the corner where the disk meets the sidewall These alterations can be interpreted as the ... close to the Hopf frequencies ofthe basic state By comparing the spatio-temporal structure ofthe sequence of junction vortices produced by the modulations in this range of frequencies with the vorticity ... Hopf modes In the experiment, there are only quantitative measurements ofthe oscillation amplitudes at the location ofthe hot-film probes, which could give a skewed picture ofthe response To...
... for the quenching ofthe oscillations The third regime is characterized by modulation frequencies close to the Hopf frequencies ofthe basic state By comparing the spatio-temporal structure ofthe ... initiated The result is a sequence of junction vortices of alternating sign propagating up the sidewall Their short wavelength and high frequency tends to inhibit the natural (Hopf) instability ofthe ... quasistatic adjustment, where the swirling flow adjusts to the steady unmodulated solution at the instantaneous value ofthe rotation rate In this regime, the boundary layers on the cylinder sidewall...
... junction with the Rio Chinchipe Located near the Rio Marañon, to the West ofthe river Located near the Rio Marañon, to the West ofthe river Located near the Rio Marañon, to the West ofthe river ... near the Rio Marañon on both sides ofthe river Located near the Rio Marañon, to the East ofthe river Located to the East ofthe Rio Marañon close to the junction with Rio Parcoy BIODIVERSITY OF ... to the junction with the Rio Tabaconas Located on both sides ofthe Rio Chamaya at about km ofthe junction with the Rio Huancabamba Located about km left ofthe Rio Marañon and about km of the...
... investigates the background ofthe teachers, their attitudes towards different varieties of English, and their awareness ofthe research regarding Euro-English Part two tests the acceptability of ten ... USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent on the quality ofthe copy submitted In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these ... ABSTRACT This thesis investigates the acceptability of a new variety of English among the English teaching community in Germany A number of linguists claim there is a new variety of English developing...
... described in the setting of Carney complex We did not test for a germline mutation ofthe PRKAR1A gene, which is detectable in 50-65% of cases The field of genomics has provided new insight on the role ... discoveries could pave the way for targeting anti-apoptotic SVs to lower the apoptotic threshold of a tumor cell, thereby increasing the efficacy of chemotherapy drugs Despite the emerging evidence ... hamartomatous polyps and the presence of a sebaceous carcinoma cannot be readily explained in the framework of this syndrome Furthermore, there have been no reports of sebaceous carcinoma in...