the aims of the study were to investigate the effect of poly(ε -caprolactone) (pcl) and nano- sio2 within the thermoplastic starch (tps) blends on the rate and extent of starch enzymatic hydrolysis using enzymes α-amylase and amyloglucosidase. the results of this study have revealed that blends with nano-sio2 content at 6 wt% exhibited a significantly reduced rate and extent of starch hydrolysi...

System identification techniques are used to represent the dynamic behavior of the space shuttle main engine. The transfer function matrices of the linearized models of both the closed loop and the open loop system are obtained by using the recursive maximum likelihood method.

D uring development, how can you determine with confi dence whether your system will exceed its allowable downtime when delivered? When customers change their minds about functionality, how can you be confi dent that you’ve made the right trade­offs to deliver the system within your original fi xed budget? During the early weeks of a sprint, how can you be confi dent that you can deliver all th...

For the first tzme since benefits under the Social Security Act were lestablished in 1965 for certain young persons aged 1841, the role of these benefits in relation to family resources ad to scholarship and loan assistance ~8 bezng studied. These monthly child’s benefits are pnyable to young men and young women-the children of disabled, retired, and deceased workers-who are unmarried and attmd...