Acid rain still poses a global problem today, exerting many adverse effects on man, animal, and materials. As its research question, the present study tries to find out whether or not acid rains exist in Akure, Nigeria. For so doing, it determines physico-chemical properties of rain water samples, namely pH, temp, Electrical Conductivity (EC), TDS, acidity, SO4-, NO2-, Cl-, and Free CO2. Accord...

The paper describes the performance analysis and of design piezoresistive pressure sensorusing simulation technique. The piequ resistors are arranged in the wheat stone bridge configuration to achieve higher voltage sensitivity and low temp sensitivity The MFMS has been designed and simulated using MATLAB.This paper also discuses the simulations and the response from the MEMS.

1 Joint Instit. High Temp., Russian Acad. Sci., Izhorskaya st. 13, 2 building, 125412 Moscow, Russia Oranjewoud-HMVT, P.O. Box 8590, 3009 AN Rotterdam, The Netherlands Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O.Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands Centrum Wiskunde and Informatica (CWI), P.O.Box 94079, 1090 GB Amsterdam, The Netherlands e-mails: [email protected], [email protected], ebert@c...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare online labor platforms (OLPs) such as Upwork, Fiverr, YoungOnes and Temper with traditional temp agencies. At a first glance, OLPs agencies strongly resemble each other while they aim meet the need for short-term organizations. authors ask question how these market intermediaries differ on issues information technology usage, ways supply demand ar...

[1] The ∼2500 km long Himalayan arc has experienced three large to great earthquakes of Mw 7.8 to 8.4 during the past century, but none produced surface rupture. Paleoseismic studies have been conducted during the last decade to begin understanding the timing, size, rupture extent, return period, and mechanics of the faulting associated with the occurrence of large surface rupturing earthquakes...

Background: The notion that weather conditions may influence the symptoms and course of rheumatic musculoskeletal diseases goes back to ancient times. However, despite seemingly obvious relationship, previous studies assessing how meteorological variables affect pain disease activity have yielded contradictory results. Objectives: To evaluate whether in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). ...

BACKGROUND This study was designed to evaluate the retentive strength of 7 different luting agents on cement-retained implant abutment/analog assemblies. METHODS Fifty-six Steri-Oss implant abutment/analog assemblies and cast superstructures were randomly divided into 7 groups: definitive cements included zinc phosphate cement, Advance, All-Bond 2, Panavia F, and Durelon, while provisional ce...

In this study, the growth of Arcobacter butzleri in poultry was evaluated as a function of storage temperature (5, 22.5, and 40°C), pH (5, 7, and 9), and NaCl concentration (0, 4, and 8%). A predictive model was developed using the absorbance-based response surface methodology to describe the growth rate. The primary model was obtained to predict a growth rate with a good fit (R2≥0.95), and the...