On the geoid and orthometric height vs. quasigeoid and normal height

An Analysis on the Optimal Combination of Geoid, Orthometric and Ellipsoidal Height Data

Precise Determination of the Orthometric Height of Mt. Kilimanjaro

SUMMARY Mount Kilimanjaro, located in Tanzania, is the highest mountain in Africa. Furthermore, this dormant volcano is the highest " stand-alone " (it has an almost perfectly shaped volcano form) and " walkable " (it is not necessary to use special climbing equipment) mountain in the world. Located on the plate boundary between Somalia and Victoria tectonic blocks, Mount Kilimanjaro started to...

study the effects of low level laser diode on no production and healing of diabetic and cortisone acetate and normal wounded sd rats

nitric oxide (no) is a small molecule synthesized by most of mammalian cells with diverse biological activities including vasodilatation, host defense and wound healing. impaired wound healing is a common occurrence among diabetics and patients receiving glucocorticoid therapy. on the other hand the application of laser in biomedical area have been increased. thus, the current studies were desi...

On Height and Happiness

Predicate abstraction provides very simple formal machinery that represents some of the ideas connecting intension and extension. It has been investigated and applied for many years now. Here we do two things with it. First, we present some natural examples, and show how predicate abstraction can be applied to them. Second, we give a formal proof procedure for predicate abstraction, based on ne...

on the relationship between actual vs. perceived difficulties of a text and iranian efl learners reading anxiety

abstract this study examines the relationship between reading anxiety and difficulty of texts as well as the relationship between reading anxiety and students perceived difficulty of the texts. since difficulty is a relative concept, i limited its definition by sticking to the readability formula. we also took students perceived difficulty levels into account. therefore, in the present study, ...