We propose a method for visualizing a set of related metabolic pathways across organisms using 2 1/2 dimensional graph visualization. Interdependent, twodimensional layouts of each pathway are stacked on top of each other so that biologists get a full picture of subtle and significant differences among the pathways. The (dis)similarities between pathways are expressed by the Hamming distances o...

introduction lead-based shields are the most widely used attenuators in x-ray and gamma ray fields. the heavy weight, toxicity and corrosion of lead have led researchers towards the development of non-lead shields. materials and methods the purpose of this study was to design multi-layered shields for protection against x-rays and gamma rays in diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine. in this...

In this paper, theoretical properties of deinterlacer banks are analyzed. Deinterlacer banks are novel filter banks in the sense that a progressive video sequence is separated into two progressive video sequences of a half frame rate and, furthermore, interlaced sequences are produced as intermediate data. Unlike the conventional filter banks, our deinterlacer banks are constructed in a way uni...

In this study, fuzzy logic was implemented to formulate the fuzziness of layer boundaries for a two-layered clay soil. A field of two-layered clay with fuzzy boundaries between layers was generated, and then the bearing capacity of strip footing on this field was calculated by the assumption of plane-strain conditions. The Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion was used and bearing capacity calculation...

To keep the head high in globalized economy one has to follow the path of growth, which contains various challenges and issues; one has to overpower these challenges and issues to become a success story. We consider a case of ICICI Bank Ltd., the largest private sector bank in India, which has acquired nine financial firms to make the steps of the ladder of success. Therefore, the aim of this a...

New records of genera and species of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from Colombia are provided. Agenioideus, Cryptocheilus, Evagetes, Mystacagenia, and Xerochares are newly recorded genera from Colombia. Nineteen species are first recorded from Colombia: Aimatocarevitrea (Fox); Ageniellaazteca (Cameron); Ageniellacurtipinus (Cameron); Ageniellafallax (Arlé); Ageniellahirsuta Banks; Agen...

In the Western world, consumers complain about the soaring of non-interest bank fees during the recent years, the post global financial crisis in particular. Commercial banks charge a variety of non-interest fees for their transactions. This paper empirically tests whether the free charges are significantly different between conventional commercial banks and interest free Islamic banks. The ave...

This paper examines the foreign financial institutions‟ spillover effects in China‟s banking sector through three channels, foreign strategic investment, employee turnover, and competition using qualitative analyses and quantitative analyses. Through comparing Chinese banks performance between preand postforeign strategic investment, and the OLS regression analyses, we found that the foreign st...

The present paper exhibits the growth of information technology in various bank groups. In our country in 2009, 79 percent branches are under core banking. The maximum technology is taking place in new generation private sector banks as well as foreign banks. 43.5 percent are off site ATMs in our country. Public sector banks have more on site ATMs whereas new private sector banks and foreign ba...

In contexts where banks have strong control over firms, banking crisis may be associated with merger activity. This is because banks’ risk is reduced when their clients merge, and financial trouble creates strong incentive for banks to facilitate mergers of clients to improve banks’ risk standing. During Japan’s banking crisis in the 1990s, corporate merger activity was correlated with banks’ f...