Problem statement: Nowadays, the use of waste tyre in concrete has become technically feasible and the tyre mixed concrete is light weight and called as rubberized concrete. Still the research is going on to explore basic engineering properties such as transport properties viz, acid absorption test, water absorption tests, impact resistance, modulus of elasticity, dynamic modulus and so on. In ...

PURPOSE Because of the emergence of multi-antibiotic resistant bacteria, a number of infectious diseases have become a major concern to treat in health care services worldwide. This situation is worsened by the fact that very limited progress has been made in developing new and potent antibiotics in recent years. In this context antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) represent new potential therapeutic ...

When firms form an alliance, it often involves one firm acquiring an equity stake in its alliance partner. Such an alliance lessens the competition, but induces knowledge transfer within the alliance. This paper explores oligopoly models that capture this important link between partial equity ownership (PEO) and knowledge transfer. We consider an industry consisting of three firms, where firm 1...

The shorthead drum Larimus breviceps is one of the main bycatch species shrimp fisheries in Brazil. However, studies addressing biology and impacts on this are still scarce. Here we describe aspects reproductive female gonadal development L. Paraíba, northeast tract was described by macroscopic microscopic analysis. ovaries were composed oogonia, pre-vitellogenic, vitellogenic, mature, atretic ...

Aim/purpose – Internal whistleblowing is the most desirable form of reporting about wrongdoings for all kinds organizations. The aim this paper to identify factors influencing occurrence internal and provide recommendations practitioners on how encourage employees report an organiza- tion. Design/methodology/approach fundamental article database has been construct- ed with use ProQuest, EBSCO T...

Background and PurposeRadiation-induced brainstem necrosis after proton therapy is a severe toxicity with potential association to uncertainties in the relative biological effectiveness (RBE). A constant RBE of 1.1 assumed clinically, but known vary linear energy transfer (LET). LET-inclusive predictive models may therefore be beneficial during treatment planning. Hence, we aimed construct desc...

Noise pollution is a growing problem across the world and one which many people may not be aware of impacts on their health. The environmental noise, in particular road traffic remains major affecting health well-being millions people. With this background, comprehensive ‘noise assessment study’ was undertaken for busy corridor Ahmedabad city India. spans around 22.25 km passes through mix diff...

Abstract Background Digitaria exilis, white fonio, is a minor but vital crop of West Africa that valued for its resilience in hot, dry, and low-fertility environments the exceptional quality grain human nutrition. Its success hindered, however, by low degree plant breeding improvement. Findings We sequenced fonio genome with long-read SMRT-cell technology, yielding ∼761 Mb assembly 3,329 contig...

The Mediterranean brown trout (Salmo trutta complex) is native to basins draining the Western Sea, and natural populations are currently declining in abundance distribution due habitat degradation introgression with stocked of Atlantic lineage. Data on its life history traits limited, although an essential first step developing effective conservation management strategies. We studied age, growt...