In this paper, the flow characteristics due to asymmetric sudden contraction is discussed based on experimental investigation when the flow through the contracted section passed from subcritical to critical flow. The experiments are conducted on a 30 cm wide, 45 cm deep and 10.5 m long laboratory flume. Different contraction ratios are considered. Different lengths of the contracted section are...

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect profitability and firm size on stock returns with dividend policy as a moderating variable. This uses sample food beverage companies listed Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) for 2018-2019 period. sampling method in used purposive sampling. number samples were 12 companies. Hypothesis testing multiple linear regression methods moderated analysis. ...

This paper is devoted to investigate the problem of controlling chaos in a 3D ratio-dependent food chain system. Time-delayed feedback control method is applied to suppress chaos to unstable equilibria or unstable periodic orbits. By local stability analysis, we theoretically prove the occurrences of Hopf bifurcation. Some numerical simulations are presented to support theoretical predictions. ...

In this paper we study a food chain model with three trophic levels and Michaelis-Menten type ratio-dependent functional response. Distinctive feature of this model is the sensitive dependence of the dynamical behavior on the initial populations and parameters of the real world. The stability of the equilibrium points are also investigated. Keywords—Food chain, Ratio dependent models, Three lev...

The linear approximate version of the almost ideal demand system (LA-AIDS) model is estimated using data from the Lithuanian household budget survey (HBS) covering the period from July 1992 to December 1994. Price and real expenditure elasticities for 12 food groups were estimated based on the estimated coefficients of the model. Very little or nothing is known about the demand parameters of Li...

With the help of differential equations with piecewise constant arguments, we first derive a discrete analogy of continuous three level food-chain model of Holling type II, which is governed by difference equations with periodic coefficients. A set of sufficient conditions is derived for the existence of positive periodic solutions with strictly positive components by using the continuation the...

INTRODUCTION Traditional grains such as sorghum, finger millet, and cowpeas are some of the major grain foods grown and consumed in Uganda. The respective output/input ratios of sorghum, finger millet and cowpeas are higher than those of maize and beans that are produced in higher quantities (Table 1), which makes the production of traditional grains more profitable. The high profitability can ...

Previous studies have attempted to assess the relation between different dietary patterns and the risk of endometrial cancer (EC); however, a consistent perspective has not been established to date. Therefore, we carried out this meta-analysis to evaluate the associations between dietary patterns and the risk of EC. The most common dietary patterns with high loadings of foods and/or nutrients w...

Western bean cutworm, Striacosta albicosta (Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is a native, univoltine pest of corn and dry beans in North America. The current degree-day model for predicting a specified percentage of yearly moth flight involves heat unit accumulation above 10°C after 1 May. However, because the moth's observed range has expanded into the northern and eastern United States, there...