This paper reports results from an investigation into the suction caissons failure mechanisms under vertical pull-out loads. An insight to the failure mechanisms of suction caissons paves the path for developing analytical solutions to their pull-out capacity. The numerical models of suction caissons have first been calibrated by and verified against several experimental data from other researc...

This article is devoted to the analysis of eigenfunctions (modes) and approximate eigenfunctions (quasi-modes) of the Laplacian on a compact manifold (M, g) with completely integrable geodesic flow. We give a new proof of the main result of [TZ] that (M, g) with integrable Laplacians and with uniformly bounded eigenfunctions must be flat. The proof is based on the use of Birkhoff normal forms a...

In this paper, we investigated the corrected plasmon dispersion relation for graphene in presence of a constant magnetic field which it includes a quantum term arising from the collective electron density wave interference effects. By using quantum hydrodynamic plasma model which incorporates the important quantum statistical pressure and electron diffraction force, the longitudinal plasmons ar...

A trial was conducted to evaluate the performance of broiler birds which supplemented with a commercial inactivated probiotic. Four hundred and fifty day old broiler chickens were allocated into 3 treatments with 6 replicates each. Each replicate was placed on clean wood shavings in floor pens receiving feed and water ad libitum. In treatment 1, feed was supplemented with 500 g/ton of a heat-in...

ICTs are changing all the spheres of human lives. Hence, it is a popular belief that, agricultural extension also no exception to this. It is also expected that the ICT led extension systems are going to act as a key agent for changing agrarian situation and farmers’ lives by improving access to information and sharing knowledge. Hence, renewed enthusiasm to use new ICTs for agricultural adviso...

We draw a distinction between the social integration and economic assimilation of migrants, and study an interaction between the two. We define social integration as blending into the host country’s society, and economic assimilation as acquisition of human capital that is specific to the host country’s labor market. We show that a non-integrated migrant finds it optimal to acquire a relatively...

This particular software is an innovative idea and application which has a decisive contribution to the swift representation and recording of all the procedures and information relating to the products certification and, at the same time, offering important information and effective services to the producers, agriculturalists, producers groups and generally to those involved in the Certificatio...

Executive summary Task 3.2 is concerned with the development of computational methods for concept blending and their implementation in a Concept Generator prototype. In this deliverable, we present a review of existing computational approaches to conceptual blending used in the development of creative systems. Besides providing an overview of state-of-the-art methods, this study aims (a) to emp...

Social media statistics during recent disasters (e.g. the 20 million tweets relating to ‘Sandy’ storm and the sharing of related photos in Instagram at a rate of 10/sec) suggest that the understanding and management of real-world events by civil protection and law enforcement agencies could benefit from the effective blending of social media information into their resilience processes. In this ...