One of the most important sources of noise pollution in urban areas is traffic noise. The aim of the present study was to determine noise pollution in the different parts of Yazd city in 2010 and to compare them with current standard levels. In total, 135 samples were obtained from both residential and commercial areas according to the ISO 1996-2002 method in order to measure noise pressure lev...

Non-linear evolution of density fluctuations yields secondary anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background (CMB), which are correlated with the same density fluctuations that can be measured by weak lensing (WL) surveys. We study the CMB-WL correlation using analytical models as well as N -body simulations. We show that an analytical model based upon the time derivative of nonlinear matter p...

The effects of insulin (In) on contractile activity of isolated cardiac muscle were studied in right ventricular moderator band (MB) of piglets and papillary muscle (PM) of cats and kittens. The muscles were bathed in modified Krebs solution containing 5.6 mM glucose at 30 degrees C and gassed with 95% O2 and 5% CO2. They were paced at 24 contractions per minute isometrically at Lmax. Addition ...

Introduction Phosphorus (P) deficiency hinders cotton ( Gossypium hirustum L.) growth and development, seriously affecting lint yield fiber quality. However, it is still unclear how P fertilizer affects length. Methods Therefore, a two-year (2019-2020) pool-culture experiment was conducted using the split-plot design, with two cultivars (CCRI-79; low-P tolerant SCRC-28; sensitive) as main plot....

Pulse radiolysis in chlorinated hydrocarbon liquids such as 1,2-dichloroethane is a versatile and effective method for the generation of solute radical cations. The addition of a large concentration of toluene or benzene to solutions of 1,2dichloroethane is found to increase the yield of solute radical cations (G=0.68molecules 100 eV 1 in 1,2-dichloroethane (J. Phys. Chem. 83(15) (1979) 1944) b...

Habituation of Sleep to Road Traffic Noise Assessed by Polygraphy and Rating Scale: Peng XIN, et al. Department of Public Health, Gunma University School of Medicine—The effects of road traffic noise on sleep and habituation of sleep to road traffic noise were assessed by polygraphic sleep parameters and self-rated sleep scores. Seven male students aged 19 to 21 were tested each for a total of ...

Pakistan, like other developing countries, is facing the growing problem of traffic noise pollution of the modern world. It is a notable problem of urban areas of the country including Quetta city. The basic cause of this problem is the tremendous increase in traffic volume and lack of proper town planning. This study is the first proper attempt to evaluate the traffic noise level in Quetta cit...

Measurement of the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background requires a spherical harmonic analysis of the observed temperature anisotropies. Even if all-sky maps are obtained, the region around the Galactic plane must be removed due to its strong microwave emissions, and the spherical harmonics are no longer orthonormal on the cut sky. An orthonormal basis set can be constructe...

We introduce optimal algorithms for the problems of data placement (DP) and page placement (PP) in networks with a constant number of clients each of which has limited storage availability and issues requests for data objects. The objective for both problems is to efficiently utilize each client’s storage (deciding where to place replicas of objects) so that the total incurred access and instal...

The World Health Organisation has recently acknowledged that contrary to the trend for other environmental stressors, noise exposure is increasing in Europe. However, little research has been conducted on environmental noise exposure to handling activity at shipping ports. This paper reports on research examining the extent of noise exposure for residents within the vicinity of Dublin Port, Ire...