This paper presents a simulation model, which was incorporated into a Geographic Information System (GIS), in order to calculate the maximum intensity of urban heat islands based on urban geometry data. The methodology of this study stands on a theoretical-numerical basis (Oke’s model), followed by the study and selection of existing GIS tools, the design of the calculation model, the incorpora...

Psychology is dealt with extensively by Kambar, in his literary work Kambaramayanam. Kambar while creating characters, weaves into each of them, an emotional profile, not only elegantly, but also fine detail. His poignant portrayals profoundly exhibit Kambar’s clear knowledge psychology and stopping it pragmatic relates to real life individuals. An exemplification psychological characterization...

X-ray computed tomography is more often applied in non-destructive testing the quality of construction elements significantly crucial for reliability and safety device elements, machines complex industrial systems. This article describes (CT) system used to inspect technical condition turbine blades aircraft engine. The impact experimental conditions on correctness obtained results was determin...

The article is a close reading of Wit Szostak’s „Haruspicy”. novel told from the first-person perspective, by an autistic narrator, whose alienation result psychotic crisis. protagonist, who did not speak for several years, slowly starts his movement towards world, mediated language. This return represented as “writing in whispers,” which narrative originates. story design may be understood exe...

Abstract The epistemic argument against epiphenomenalism aims to prove that even if is true, its adherents are not able justify their inferential beliefs. This would mean they cannot know right which a self-stultifying consequence. I elaborate on this problem and then present an updated version of based property dualism. argue position capable refuting the conclusion in spite accepting essentia...

Health messages can be either informative or descriptive, and can emphasize either potential losses or gains. This study, guided by message framing theory and exemplification theory, specifically investigated the combined effects of messages with loss-gain frames mixed with statistics or exemplar appeals. The findings revealed a series of main effects and interactions for loss-gain frames and s...

Debate continues about the ethics of sham surgery controls. The most powerful argument for sham surgery controls is that rigorous experiments are needed to demonstrate safety and efficacy of surgical procedures. Without such experiments, there is danger of adopting worthless procedures in clinical practice. Opponents of sham surgery controls argue that sham surgery constitutes unacceptable viol...

We study the phase behavior of ternary blends of Aand B-homopolymers and symmetric, or slightly asymmetric, AB-diblock copolymer as obtained from self-consistent field theory. We choose one value of the segregation in the weak to intermediate regime and determine the effects of varying the relative degrees of polymerization of the components. The diagrams we obtain, which contain the classical ...

As the Internet of Things evolves, attention has been paid to adding intelligence capabilities, some of them via semantic technologies. However, many of these developments are still too device-centric and more needs to be done to make the IoT more people-centric. One important aspect in this direction is supporting spatial constructs that are meaningful to humans. We present the OpenThings plat...

In this contribution we consider the idea that successful evolutionary design is best achieved in a networked system. We exemplify this thought by a discussion of artificial regulatory networks, a recently devised method to model natural genome-protein interactions. It is argued that emergent phenomena in nature require the existence of networks in order to become permanent.