Prepared remarks In his prepared remarks , Mubarak said al though the world is at a different place than it was just a few years ago and s tands at a crossroad, there is still reason for hope. "September 11, the war in Iraq and the near collapse of the Middle East peace process are witness to this great turmoil," Mubarak said. "Nevertheless, I am h e r e to talk to you about a hopeful vision th...

This work presents a proposal for the identification of non-technical losses in rural consumers directed to irrigated rice cultivation. The methodology employs structure its algorithm, k- Means and Random Forest methods, clustering classification data, using as inputs, monthly records billed energy from group irrigating county Uruguaiana/RS. In addition, algorithm proposed by this study perform...

Hummingbirds are nature's masters of aerobatic manoeuvres. Previous research shows that hummingbirds and insects converged evolutionarily upon similar aerodynamic mechanisms and kinematics in hovering. Herein, we use three-dimensional kinematic data to begin to test for similar convergence of kinematics used for escape flight and to explore the effects of body size upon manoeuvring. We studied ...

In the Amazonian basin, the human populations that traditionally inhabit the forest use its natural resources in various ways. One example is the local fauna which, among several other uses, is an important source of protein. The general aim of our study was to investigate the importance of hunting to the lives of the Amazonian riverine communities and to identify the multiple uses and knowledg...

Populations of oriental white-backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis), long-billed vulture (Gyps indicus) and slender-billed vulture (Gyps tenuirostris) crashed during the mid-1990s throughout the Indian subcontinent. Surveys in India, initially conducted in 1991-1993 and repeated in 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2007, revealed that the population of Gyps bengalensis had fallen by 2007 to 0.1% of its numbers ...

BACKGROUND Our laboratory implemented a major automation system in November 1998. A related report describes a 4-year process of evaluation and planning leading to system installation. This report describes the implementation and performance results over 3 years since the system was placed into use. METHODS Project management software was used to track the project. Turnaround times of our top...