in some conditions, to avoid deterioration and field losses of soybean seeds (glycine max merr.) from weathering at end of the season, farmers start to harvest seeds with a high moisture content and so, careful post-harvest drying would be required to maintain the physiological quality of seeds. response surface methodology (rsm) was used to optimize the operating conditions of soybean seed dry...

Title: Association of NOS3 gene polymorphisms with Essential Hypertension in Sudanese patients: a case control study Authors: Sahar Gamil ([email protected]) Jeanette Erdmann ([email protected]) Ihab Abdalrahman ([email protected]) Abdelrahim Mohamed ([email protected]) Version: 1 Date: 25 May 2017 Author’s response to reviews: Reviewer no.1 Tirunilai Padma...

Sahar, Madiha M.S.E.C.E., Purdue University, May 2014. A Framework for Synthesizing Agent-Based Heterogeneous Population Model for Epidemic Simulation. Major Professor: Arif Ghafoor. Social interactions play an important role in spread of a disease. In this thesis we propose a probabilistic approach to synthesize an agent-based heterogeneous population interaction model to study the spatio-temp...

Title: Surgical Strategies Protecting against Right Ventricular Dilatation following Tetralogy of Fallot Repair Authors: Amr Arafat ([email protected]) Elatafy Elatafy ([email protected]) Sahar Elshedoudy ([email protected]) Mahmoud Zalat ([email protected]) Neamat Abdallah ([email protected]) AHMED ELMAHROUK ([email protected]; [email protected]; ael...

For estimation of grain yield in wheat, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is considered as a potential screening tool. Field experiments were conducted to scrutinize the response of NDVI to yield behavior of different wheat cultivars and nitrogen fertilization at agronomic research area, University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) during the two years 2008-09 and 2009-10. For recordi...

In this paper, we present the first reported Bluetooth technology solution so–called 'BlueThunder'. The proposed solution represents an excellent blossom in the Bluetooth wireless field. It solves the incompatibility problems between devices, and, simultaneously, assures the reliability of the data streaming and enhances the quality of the transformed data via wireless technology. It can be use...

CONTEXT Insomnia is one of the most prevalent sleep disorders characterized by sleep difficulty that impairs daily functioning and reduces quality of life. The burden of medical, psychiatric, interpersonal, and societal consequences of insomnia expresses the importance of diagnosing and treatment of insomnia. The aim of study was to investigate causes of insomnia from the viewpoint of Iranian t...

Alphabetical name order is the norm for joint publications in economics. However, alphabetical order confers greater benefits on the first author. In a two-author model, we introduce and study certified random order: the uniform randomization of names made universally known by a commonly understood symbol. Certified random order (a) distributes the gain from first authorship evenly over the alp...