The transposition of European Union directives involves the reconciliation of domestic and European interests. More often than not, domestic politics overrule European requirements to comply in a timely and correct manner. This domestication of the transposition process has often been observed in states belonging to the “world of domestic politics”, one of the least researched country clusters ...

The boundary layers of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss [0.231±0.016 m total body length (L) (mean±s.d.); N=6], swimming at 1.6±0.09 L s-1 (N=6) in an experimental flow channel (Reynolds number, Re=4×105) with medium turbulence (5.6% intensity) were examined using the particle image velocimetry technique. The tangential flow velocity distributions in the pectoral and pelvic surface regions (a...

The aim of this work is the study of the two dimensional laminar compressible boundary layer ̄ow, with an adverse pressure gradient in the presence of heat and mass transfer. The partial di€erential equations and their boundary conditions, describing the problem under consideration, are transformed using the compressible Falkner±Skan transformation and the numerical solution of the problem is o...

Introduction Broadband is a relatively new phenomenon that has attracted some attention in the last few years. According to Firth and Kelly (2001), the term broadband has no established definition and varies from country to country. The term usually covers varying high-speed access technologies including Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), cable modems, satellite and Wireless Fixed (Wi-F...

A theoretical flow solution is presented for predicting the pressure distribution along the vocal fold walls arising from asymmetric flow that forms during the closing phases of speech. The resultant wall jet was analyzed using boundary layer methods in a non-inertial reference frame attached to the moving wall. A solution for the near-wall velocity profiles on the flow wall was developed based...

The combined effect of magnetic field, thermal radiation and local suction on the steady turbulent compressible boundary layer flow with adverse pressure gradient is numerically studied. The magnetic field is constant and applied transversely to the direction of the flow. The fluid is subjected to a localized suction and is considered as a radiative optically thin gray fluid. The Reynolds Avera...

In this paper an efficient split-type Finite-Difference (FD) scheme with high modal resolution – most important for the streamwise convection terms that cause wave transport and interaction – is derived for a mixed Fourier-spectral/FD method that is designed for the spatial direct numerical simulation (DNS) of boundary-layer transition and turbulence. Using a relatively simple but thorough and ...

We present a computational study of the solution of the Falkner-Skan equation (a thirdorder boundary value problem arising in boundary-layer theory) using high-order and high-order-compact finite differences schemes. There are a number of previously reported solution approaches that adopt a reduced-order system of equations, and numerical methods such as: shooting, Taylor series, Runge-Kutta an...

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Contestations over the regulatory trajectory that developing countries should take to embrace the benefits of biotechnology1 have been debated widely. Predominant debates in the global arena have focussed on two competing regulatory approaches namely; the more permissive approach of the United States (US) that presents biotechnology as posing no risk to the environment or human health unless pr...