This study addressed the issue of whether functional impairments can be identified or confirmed using tonal acoustic reflex thresholds (ARTs). Tonal ARTs from 74 ears with functional impairments were compared to 10th percentiles of the ARTs for normal and cochlear-impaired ears at 500 to 2000 Hz (Gelfand, Schwander, and Silman, 1990). Only one ear (5.3%) was correctly identified among the 19 ea...

background and objectives: the most important determining factor in sugar beet root yield is seed quality. seeds with germination percentage are lower; the germination is slow and non-uniform, will produce plants that initial growth is slow. according to various studies indicate that harvest time is an important factor influencing the quality of sugar beet seed. in the early harvest of sugar be...

in order to evaluate the effect of cover crops and mulch management on yield and yield components of safflower (carthamus tinctorius l.), a study was conducted as split-plot based on a complete randomized block design with four replications during 2008-2009. the mulch managements as main factor were consisted of three levels including incorporation of cover crops with soil, harvesting + removin...

I ran Insurance Company intends to raise its financial credit and render enhanced services to the insured and the public. The need to meet financial obligations arising from the claims requires determination of the optimum deposited claims reserve with banks. Therefore, the present research study aimed at finding the loss ratio (incurred losses to premiu...

This paper presents the design of a novel low power electrostatic energy harvesting integrated circuit in AMI 0.7たm high voltage CMOS process. To increase the output power extracted from a variable capacitor acting as a mechanical to electrical energy converter, a novel controller unit is proposed to synchronize the operation of the energy harvesting circuit (EHC) with the motion of the capacit...

Post-harvest oil palm that does not comply with the Factory standart can cause losses in reducing production of fresh fruit bunches. The objectives this study are 1) To analyze he stages harvest and sources result risk harvesting FFB each post-harvest chain is traversed to TPH at Koperasi Petani Sawit Mandiri (KOPSA-M), Pangkalan Baru Village, Kampar Regency. 2) amount yield loss possible That ...

The plasmonic interaction between overlapping nanowires with and without structure singularities is studied analytically and numerically. A conformal transformation approach is adopted to predict analytically the optical response of overlapping nanowires in the quasi-static limit. Surface plasmon excitations are shown to exhibit a lower bound cutoff frequency, which blue-shifts when the overlap...

Interest in vibration energy harvesting technologies has increased significantly in the last decade, primarily due to the possibility of realizing ultra-low power sensor and communication circuits. In such low-power applications, it is paramount to maximize the efficiency of the harvesting system. Here, we propose the use of a simple MEMS cantilever as a power regulating hysteretic switch that ...

in order to determine of the proper sowing date of steckling (rootlet) and harvesting date of seed, an experiment was conducted in ardabil agricultural research station (alarough) in 2004- 05 growing season in split-plot in randomized complete block design arrangement with four replications. four different planting dates viz. 5th march, 20th march, 4th april and 19th april– were allocated to th...