The present paper describes the Spanish Ambiguous Words (SAW) database, which comprises 210 words (133 polysemous and 77 homographs). Three-hundred and fifteen Spanish university students took part in the study on which SAW is based. First, subjective word meanings and senses were collected by means of a meaning retrieval task. Two judges then assigned participants’ responses to different categ...

Shrub encroachment has become a problem inmany rangeland systems across the United States due to a reduction in the disturbances, primarily fire, which historically maintained them. The shrub saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) has become abundant in many habitats of the southeastern Coastal Plain, including Florida. When fire regimes are altered or fires are suppressed, this species can proliferate ...

The Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) method is one of the methods in determining decisions based on predetermined criteria, such as employee annual bonuses. However, there are no criteria and systems used to determine who employees eligible for yearly bonus their purpose this study create a system supporting by applying SAW method. waterfall model build through analysis, design, implementation, ...

Multiple layer nanoparticles offers a likelihood of success in drug delivery, as it provides a solution for a more controllable drug release, as with such structures, control over the capsule wall thickness, permeability, stability, and degradation characteristics can be achieved (Kumar, 2008). Using PDMS microfluidic devices to synthesize polymeric multilayer microparticles has become popular ...

A dual-axis, synchroscan streak camera was used to measure longitudinal bunch profiles in three storage rings at SLAC: the PEP-II lowand high-energy rings, and SPEAR3. At high currents, both PEP rings exhibit a transient synchronous-phase shift along the bunch train due to RF-cavity beam loading. Bunch length and profile asymmetry were measured along the train for a range of beam currents. To a...

Surface acoustic wave devices apart from being small, rugged and reliable can also be used as wirelessly interrogatable and completely passive devices in hostile environments. As complex signal processing functions can be performed with a simple structure through the variation of electrode patterns they can power wireless sensors and actuators in a secure manner. It is important to develop exac...

We have developed a microfluidic device operating at a planar surface instead of a closed channel network. The fluid is transported in single droplets using surface acoustic waves (SAW) on a piezoelectric LiNbO(3) substrate. The surface of the piezo is chemically structured to induce high contact angles of the droplets or enclose areas where the liquid can wet the substrate. Combining the SAW t...