Abstract. The operational advantages of electrodynamic tethers of moderate length are becoming evident from studies of collision avoidance. Although long tethers (of order of 10 kilometers) provide high efficiency and good adaptability to varying plasma conditions, boosting tethers of moderate length (~ 1 kilometer) and suitable design might still operate at acceptable efficiencies and adequate...

September 15, 2010 Type Package Title Nearest Neighbour Contingency Table Analysis Version 0.0-2 Date 2010-09-14 Author Marcelino de la Cruz Rot and Philip M. Dixon Maintainer Marcelino de la Cruz Rot Depends splancs, spatstat Description Function to test spatial segregation and association based in contingency table analysis of nearest neighbour counts following Dix...

Existing models of quality evaluation in public sector are mainly derived from the approaches within private sector. These models which represented by the New Public Management (NPM) paradigm, don&rsquot reflect the fundamental values of public administration, which are the very essence of the discipline and contrasting it from private sector. These core values, such as democratic citizenship, ...

the berriasian-valanginian fahliyan formation forms one of the giant reservoirs in the subsurface of the abadan plain, onshore iran. a detailed petrographical analysis of the available cores and thin sections revealed that the different diagenetic parameters influenced the reservoir quality of the fahliyan formation in this field. the fahliyan formation has been influenced by three diagenetic e...

the aim of this study was to compare mental health, quality of life and emotional intelligence in physical education teachers and non-physical education teachers in kermanshah. this study was carried out by a causal-comparative and field method. the statistical population of this study comprised all the teachers of kermanshah (972 physical education teachers and 2854 non-physical education teac...

DOI: 10.5581/1516-8484.20130056 Despite the growing advancement of transfusion medicine, bacterial contamination of blood components still represents a serious risk to recipients and is currently the leading cause of adverse effects(1) and the second leading cause of death related to blood transfusions(2). It is estimated that the risk of sepsis related to platelet transfusions is 1:12.000, wit...

e13073 Background: This systematic review aims to provide an overview of previously published noninferiority (NI) trials in cancer with a special emphasis on methodological issues. METHODS We identified citations of randomized trials assessing NI of antineoplastic treatments by a computerized and manual search in October 2010 and reviewed for inclusion criteria. Data were extracted independen...

Drawing on the Cervero and Wilson theory of program planning as the negotiation of interests, the purpose of this study was to examine the utility of the distinction between meta-negotiation and substantive negotiation. A case study approach was used to examine a continuing education course in public health. Historically, the course had represented an attempt to implement federal immunization p...