There is concern that cotton gins may serve as loci for reintroduction of boll weevils, Anthonomus grandis grandis Boheman, to eradicated or suppressed zones when processing weevil-infested cotton from neighboring zones. Previous work has shown that virtually all weevils entering the gin in the seed cotton will be removed before they reach the gin stand. Those not killed by the seed cotton clea...

Acoustics measurements of a Pratt & Whitney full-scale ADP (Advanced Ducted Propulsor), an ultrahigh by-pass ratio engine, were conducted in the NASA Ames 40by 80-Foot Wind Tunnel. This paper presents data from measurements taken from sensors on a fan exit guide vane in the ADP. Data from two sensors, one at mid-span and the other at the tip of the fan exit guide vane, are presented. At the bla...

In order to solve the existing deficiencies of unmanned WIG ship, a new type ship with optimized propulsion unit was designed, where lift-type water-air amphibious double-ducted-fan increased drainage and navigation speed by large margin, load at junction between body reduced great extent. Through simulation theoretical analysis, it is verified that mode can further accelerate reduce during in ...

In this paper, we discuss a part of participatory culture that so far has not received much attention in the academic world; it is the writing and reading of game fan fiction. The focus in this paper is on fan fiction, based on three different games that represent three different game genres: Tetris, StarCraft and Dreamfall: The Longest Journey. The aim is to advance our understanding of how pl...

but also improves the uniformity of the spray pattern. Turbulence chamber nozzles are available in a turbo flood tip and now in the turbo flat-fan design. The turbo flatfan design shows great improvements in pattern uniformity when compared to the extended range flat-fan and other drift reduction flat-fan designs. In addition, the turbo flat-fan has significantly reduced the percentage of drift...

We define the Z2 Hodge spaces Hpq(Σ) of a fan Σ. If Σ is the normal fan of a reflexive polytope ∆ then we use polyhedral duality to compute the Z2 Hodge Spaces of Σ. In particular, if the cones of dimension at most e in the face fan Σ of ∆ are smooth then we compute Hpq(Σ) for p < e− 1. If Σ is a smooth fan then we completely determine the spaces Hpq(Σ) and we show XΣ is maximal, meaning that t...

marketers apply a variety of approaches to attract customers and gain more profits. one method is the utilization of nostalgia marketing. the use of nostalgic sport characters has not been sufficiently studied. this research determined the reliability and validity of the questionnaires presented in the studies evoked nostalgia by pascal et al. (2002), familiarity with nostalgic character by mey...