To assess the contribution of carcinogenic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in ambient air, EU Directive 2004/107/EC indicates to monitor relevant PAHs PM10 fraction other than benzo(a)pyrene at a limited number measurement sites. This indication refers outdoor environments, and environmental air quality being taken as reference also for indoors, it can be extended indoor environments. I...

A short-term longitudinal study with 4and 5-month-old infants investigated whether infants’ prior experience with contingency or noncontingency in social interactions with specific others affects infants’ preference for these others in subsequent interactions. On Session 1 infants were simultaneously presented with social interaction from two strangers via video, one was interacting contingentl...

What is Russia and where is it going? As we approach the ninth year after the Fall, we are faced with Russia’s unprecedented economic decline, year in year out. The story is grim whether measured by gross domestic product, capital investment, industrial and agricultural output, inflation, budget deficits, international debt, educational levels, or health and mortality. Just when economists anti...

There are significant deviations in travel mode choice drivers between developed and developing countries. This study investigates the determinants of car ownership public transit ridership Iran. Using survey data from 800 respondents, behaviour Kerman residents were investigated, based on gender, age, household size, ownership, frequency transport ridership, number working days per week, shopp...

to achieve high seed yield of rapeseed varieties under semi cold rainfed conditions; twenty rapeseed varieties were compared in randomized complete block design with three replications in sararood agricultural research station for two years. combined analysis results indicated that there were significant differences at 5% probability level among years for number of days to start of flowering, n...

Mobility in the Urban Labor Market: A Panel Data Analysis for Mexico ∗ We analyze mobility in urban Mexico between three labor market states: working in the formal sector, working in the informal sector, and not working. We use a dynamic multinomial logit panel data model with random effects, explaining the labor market state of each individual during each time period. The data is drawn from Me...

Electronic Assessment systems usually provide an authoring tool for creating activities (mainly closed-type questions) and administering the flow of their presentation and are also complemented with a delivery environment for learners. In this paper, we discuss learner’s control over authored assessment. The prototype application, ReACTS (Re-Adaptable Computerized Testing System), enables learn...