Sun protection fabrics are designed to absorb or reflect the sun’s UV radiation as a means of protecting the skin from damage. The rating system for fabrics specifies an Ultraviolet Protection Factor (UPF) value, which can be thought of as a time factor for the protection of Caucasian skin compared to exposure without any protection. For example, if a person would show visible erythema (sunburn...

In this paper, a new approach to the sliding-mode control of single-phase inverters under linear and non-linear loads is introduced. The main idea behind this approach is to utilize a nonlinear, flexible and multi-slope function in controller structure. This non-linear function makes the controller possible to control the inverter by a non-linear multi-slope sliding surface. In general, this sl...

Many Arabic character recognition systems have been proposed since the early eighties. Most systems reported high recognition rates, however, they overlooked a very i m portant factor in the process; the speed factor. I n this paper, a parallel Arabic character recognition sys tem is introduced. T h e goal of the sys tem is t o achieve both full accuracy and high speed. Th i s has been accompli...

Cell cycles in early amphibian embryos are characterized by the absence of G1 and G2 phases. The simple cycle of S phase and mitosis does show similarities with other systems, particularly in the presence of cytoplasmic components advancing nuclei into DNA synthesis and mitosis. Maturation-promoting factor induces nuclear envelope breakdown and subsequent chromosome condensation. Cytoplasmic fa...

Confirmatory factor analysis of data (from 5 samples, n = 484 full-time employed management students; n = 550 public administrators; n = 214 university administrators; n = 250 bank managers and employees in Bangladesh; and n = 578 managers and employees) on the 28 items of the Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory-II were performed with LISREL 7. The results provided support for the convergen...

Integrating the analysis of the cistrome of a transcription factor by ChIP-Seq with the study of its transcriptional output by microarray or RNA-Seq analysis is a powerful approach to elucidate the genomic functions of a transcription factor. Recently, we employed this approach to determine the mechanism of action by which the nuclear receptor PPARγ elicits its antitumorigenic effects in lung c...

Bullying is the systematic abuse of power and is defined as aggressive behaviour or intentional harm-doing by peers that is carried out repeatedly and involves an imbalance of power. Being bullied is still often wrongly considered as a 'normal rite of passage'. This review considers the importance of bullying as a major risk factor for poor physical and mental health and reduced adaptation to a...

Recent studies have shown that the nonlinear jump-diffusion models give results which are in agreement with financial data. Here we provide linearization criteria together transformations linearize compound Poisson processes. Furthermore, introduce stochastic integrating factor to solve linear equations. Extended Cox–Ingersoll–Ross, Brennan–Schwartz and Epstein be linearizable their explicit so...

We proposed a new strategy to increase the photoresponsivity of silicon NW field-effect transistors (FETs) by integrating CdSe quantum dots (QDs) using protein shells (PSs). CdSe QDs were synthesized using ClpP, a bacterial protease, as protein shells to control the size and stability of QD and to facilitate the mounting of QDs on SiNWs. The photocurrent of SiNW-FETs in response to light at a w...