The gauge coupling constant unification at the low (O(TeV)) scale can be obtained just in four dimensions, without help of the power like renormalization group evolution in extra dimensions, due to the presence of some extra particle states at intermediate scales. We show explicit examples of such extra states in the range of 100 GeV – 1 TeV which can be easily observed on future colliders and ...

This study examined constraints and adoption in poultry production in the Northern Agricultural Zone of Delta State, Nigeria. A sample size of 80 respondents comprising of Supervisors of selected farms was used for the study. Data were collected through the use of a structured and validated questionnaire. Data were collected in March 2017. Descriptive statistics such as frequency count, mean sc...

Improper designs of the demand response programs can lead to numerous problems such as customer dissatisfaction and lower participation in these programs. In this paper, a home energy management system is designed which schedules appliances of smart homes based on the user’s specific behavior to address these issues. Two types of demand response programs are proposed for each house which are sh...

It is well recognized that community safety which affects people’s right to live without fear of crime has considerable impacts on housing investments. Housing investors can make more informed decisions if they are fully aware of safety related factors. To this end, we develop a safety-aware house ranking method by incorporating community safety into house assessment. Specifically, we first pro...

introduction: to recognize the predisposing factors in tuberculosis as an endemic infection in northeast province of iran, this study was aimed to evaluate whether humant-lymphocyte type 1 (htlv-i) as an immunosuppressive factor increases the risk of tuberculosis. materials and methods: a case-control study was conducted in 278 tuberculosis patients from 2007 to 2010, in mashhad, iran. tubercul...

We extend the random permutation model to obtain the best linear unbiased estimator of a finite population mean accounting for auxiliary variables under simple random sampling without replacement (SRS) or stratified SRS. The proposed method provides a systematic design-based justification for well-known results involving common estimators derived under minimal assumptions that do not require sp...

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