We would like to welcome our readers to the twenty-eighth issue of 49 th Parallel and our second of 2012. In the last few months there have been some exciting developments at the journal and we hope that 49 th Parallel will continue to flourish in the future. We would like to welcome our new Articles Editor, Galateia Demetriou, to the 49 th Parallel team. Galateia is a second year doctoral rese...

c Journal of Maritime Research ▪ 24/1(2010) 27 Mr. sc. Edvard Tijan / M. Sc. Adrijana Agatić, univ. bacc. ing., student Sveučilište u Rijeci / University of Rijeka Pomorski fakultet u Rijeci / Faculty of Maritime Studies Rijeka Studentska 2 51000 Rijeka Hrvatska / Croatia Dr. sc. Bojan Hlača / Ph. D. Lučka uprava Rijeka / Rijeka Port Authority Riva 1 51000 Rijeka Hrvatska / Croatia Pregledni čl...

Ferdinand Freudenstein (1926-2006) is widely acknowledged to be the father of modern kinematics of mechanisms and machines. His Ph. D. thesis in 1954 and subsequent research papers by him and his students have influenced academic and industrial research, teaching and practice related to the analysis and design of mechanisms and machines throughout the world. In this article, we revisit Freudens...

iii To mankind and science iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am especially indebted to my academic advisor, Dr. Constantin F. Aliferis. Without his colossal commitment and contribution to this project, this work would probably never exist. I would also like to acknowledge members of my Ph. Statnikova, and my mother-in-law, Ludmila Morozyuk. Their encouragement and support were crucial for my Ph.D. studies ...

ii To my family. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank all those who helped me in completing this dissertation. Most and foremost, Karem Sakallah, who has been an outstanding academic advisor and a very good friend for the course of my graduate work at Michigan. His suggestions, thorough reviews, and encouragement at the various stages of my Ph.D research are gratefully acknowledged. Many ...

در بررسی­های فونستیک سال 2011 دامنه جنوبی رشته کوه­های زاگرس ایران، یک نمونه ماده از گونه Amphipyra kautti Hacker, 2002 متعلق به خانواده Noctuidae و زیرخانواده Amphipyrinae مناطق کوهستانی استان کهگیلویه بویراحمد جمع­ آوری شناسایی شد. این که برای اولین بار ایران گزارش می­شود، همراه با ویژگی­های افتراقی، تصویر الگوی بال اندام تناسلی شده ارائه است. اطلاعات مربوط دیگر همین جنس مطالعه نیز