Detection of bacterial biofilm in uterine of repeat breeder dairy cows Mohammad Rahim Ahmadi, Abdollah Derakhshandeh, Sadegh Shirian, Yahya Daneshbod, Maryam AnsariLari, Saeid Nazifi Departments of Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran Departments of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran Department of Pathology, ...

Aaqib Patel§, Fernando Reátegui del Águila†, Md. Zafar Ali Khan‡, Muhammad Ali Imran†, S. N. Merchant§, U. B. Desai‡ and Rahim Tafazolli† §Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076 Email: aaqib,[email protected] †Center for Communication Systems Research,University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK Email: f.reategui,m.imran,r.tafazoll...

Can Yao,1 Francisco J. Rodriguez,1 Jorge Bravo-Abad,2 and Jordi Martorell1,3 1ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Mediterranean Technology Park, 08860 Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain 2Departamento de Fı́sica Teórica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain 3Departament de Fı́sica i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Terrassa, Spain (...

Biology of a nocturnal bee, Megalopta atra (Hymenoptera: Halictidae; Augochlorini), from the Panamanian highlands Simon M. Tierney a; Therany Gonzales-Ojeda b; William T. Wcislo a a Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancón, Panama b Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Medio Ambiente, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco Sede Puerto Maldonado Jr. San Martín 451, Madre de Dios, ...

This paper presents the results of research carried out to improve emergency response activities in earthquake-prone areas of Iran. The research concentrated on emergency response operations, emergency medical care, emergency transportation, and evacuation-the most important issues after an earthquake with regard to saving the lives of victims. For each topic, some guidelines and criteria are p...

By Christopher Abad, Research Scientist ABSTRACT Phishing has been defined as the fraudulent acquisition of personal information by tricking an individual into believing the attacker is a trustworthy entity1. Phishing attacks are becoming more sophisticated and are on the rise. In order to develop effective strategies and solutions to combat the phishing problem, one needs to understand the inf...

Kiarash Emami, Robert V. Cadman, John M. Woodburn, Martin C. Fischer, Stephen J. Kadlecek, Jianliang Zhu, Stephen Pickup, Richard A. Guyer, Michelle Law, Vahid Vahdat, Michael E. Friscia, Masaru Ishii, Jiangsheng Yu, Warren B. Gefter, Joseph B. Shrager, and Rahim R. Rizi Department of Radiology and Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department ...

Ayodele Odutayo, David Cherney,* Judith Miller, Sofia B. Ahmed, Vesta Lai, Sheila Dunn, Nicole Pun, Rahim Moineddin, and Michelle A. Hladunewich* Division of Nephrology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Fami...

This paper proposes an approach which simultaneously considers the properties of cost and quality based on the Burr distribution to determine three parameters (including sample size, sampling interval between successive samples, and the control limits) when an x-bar chart monitors a manufacturing process with Weibull failure characteristic and non-normal data. Also, the cost model of Banerjee a...