in many real world assembly line systems which the work-piece is of large size more than one worker work on the same work-piece in each station. this type of assembly line is called multi-manned assembly line (mal). in the classical multi-manned assembly line balancing problem (malbp) the objective is to minimize the manpower needed to manufacture one product unit. apart from the manpower, othe...

Material resource plays an important role in the development of a country. The Sangam literature is testament to existence such material society ancient Tamil society. These texts show that plowing during period enriched country by augmenting water resources and conserving natural fertilizers. books also hand scale industry was boomed absence machinery. songs knew there salt equal paddy cultiva...

Possession by a spirit or demon or God is an age old phenomenon which is still being reported from many countries all over the world. Possession syndrome is defined as an episodic disruption of behavior dur ing which it is presumed tha t the subject 's personality has been replaced by that of a spirit or God (Wintrob, 1973 ; Wijesinghe et al., 1976). I ts manifestations, purpose and consequence...

This paper examines the morphological interaction of possessor agreement and number possessed noun in Turkish Sakha, two distantly related Turkic languages. Of particular focus are third-person posses- sors, where both languages can use regular nominal plural suffix -LAr to index 3PL possessors, (similar many languages) do not allow instances sequence, resulting a three-way ambiguity, e.g. Sakh...

BACKGROUND Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Africa with a total fertility rate (TFR) of 4.8 children per a woman and contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) of 29 %. The overall prevalence of modern family planning in a pastoralist community, like Afar region, is low (9.1 %). This study aimed to assess family planning utilization and associated factors among married women of Afar reg...

The gap created by the mismatch between high domestic demand and low supply of halal meat has been filled ruminant sourced from international markets. However, exporting countries are still limited due to stringent requirements. This study examined competitive advantage trading partners in exportation meat. Moreover, this also identified factors underlying import determined comparative local pr...

Epistemic logic analyzes reasoning governing localized knowledge, and is thus fundamental to multiagent systems. Linear logic treats hypotheses as consumable resources, allowing us to model evolution of state. Combining principles from these two separate traditions into a single coherent logic allows us to represent localized consumable resources and their flow in a distributed system. The slog...