Good rainfall data can be obtained from recordings that are maintained and monitored continuously. Thus, the more rain stations there are, detailed will be. The station network density is expressed as area of watershed represented by one station. Meanwhile, pattern distribution states location placement in watershed. Ternate Island with an 76 km2 has located Akehuda Village, Gamayou Tabona Sasa...

We analyze a panel of 230 Canadian manufacturing industries to investigate whether trade liberalization promotes e ciency through increased scale. During the six years following the Free Trade Agreement with the United States, Canadian manufacturing exhibited substantial rationalization|a decline in the number of plants accompanied by increases in output per plant. We nd that the bilateral tari...

We offer a way to test to what extent double-entry book-keeping is the vector of rationalization of merchant activity that was described by Weber, and explore alternative possible motivations. We move the focus away from the structure and theory of accounts into the daily practice of the agents themselves. We use the new, unique database of eighteenth-century merchant accounts developed in Fran...

The systems and networking community lays great store by“simple” system designs. Yet, our rationalization about whether a system meets this goal often relies more on intuition and qualitative discussion than rigorous quantitative metrics. In this paper, we develop a prototype metric that seeks to quantify this notion of complexity with regard to the algorithmic component of a networked system d...

Noble metal-coated core-shell nanoparticles have been applied to a suite of catalytic applications, with the aim of decreasing the noble metal loading while ideally improving their performance. The chemistry and therefore activity at the surface of these materials are intimately related to the accurate description of the core-shell interface. Using density functional theory, we developed a proc...

In 3 experimental studies, the authors explored how ambiguity about the source of a successful joint performance outcome promotes attributional rationalization, negatively affecting evaluations of women. Participants read descriptions of a mixed-sex dyad's work and were asked to evaluate its male and female members. Results indicated that unless the ambiguity about individual contribution to th...

Water offers a large temperature domain of stable liquid, and the characteristic hydrophobic effects are first a consequence of the temperature insensitivity of equation-of-state features of the aqueous medium, compared to other liquids. On this basis, the known aqueous media and conditions offer low risk compared to alternatives as a matrix to which familiar molecular biological structures and...

We present calculations at the relativistic coupled cluster theory that predict the (1)Sigma(0) (+) ground state of CUO to lie 58.2 kJ/mol below the first excited state, (3)Phi(2). This can be contrasted with the outcome of earlier density functional theory and complete active space second order perturbation theory (CASPT2) calculations that both predicted a (3)Phi(2) ground state upon inclusio...

Concepts of biocompatibility have changed radically in recent years. This paper describes these new concepts and the present knowledge of the components and mediators of biocompatibility and leads to the development of a model for the explanation and rationalization of these phenomena. Of particular importance is the question of the assessment or evaluation of biocompatibility. The paper conclu...