Authors: Aggelos Kotios, George Galanos, Thomas Poufinas ABSTRACT Despite the seven-year implementation of three adjustment programs to address the sovereign debt crisis, the Greek economy is still in a prolonged recession and faces problems of competitiveness, political stability and social … Continue reading
Authors: Charity Uren Zang, Alexander Asanja Jock, Hassan Ibrahim Garba, Yarkasuwa Istifanus Chindo ABSTRACT Balanites aegyptiaca has multiplicity of uses and almost every part of the plant is useful including its flowers, leaves, bark, root and fruit. In this study, … Continue reading
Author: Toyoki Matsue ABSTRACT The effect of labor market institutions on the unemployment rate has been widely studied in macroeconomic dynamics. Union influence is one of the most important issues in the labor market institutions. Thus, this study investigates the … Continue reading
Authors: Adriano Orefice, Raffaele Giovanelli, Domenico Ditto ABSTRACT Both classical and wave-mechanical monochromatic waves may be treated in terms of exact ray-trajectories (encoded in the structure itself of Helmholtz-like equations) whose mutual coupling is the one and only cause of … Continue reading
Authors: Reem Hamad, Ahmed S. Abd Elrahman, Ayat Ismail ABSTRACT With the drastic rise in divorce rates in Egypt in the last few decades, targeting female-headed households as new housing segment is becoming increasingly crucial. Female-headed households are categorized as … Continue reading
Authors: Richi Niida1, Akihiko Uechi, Akira Niida, Hiroshi Matsuda, Bun Yamagata, Masaru Mimura ABSTRACT Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a method for noninvasively measuring and imaging the diffusion of water molecules using MRI. Diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) can be used … Continue reading
Authors: Iqbal Hossan, Venkata Sai Vamsi Botlaguduru, Hongbo Du, Raghava Rao Kommalapati, Ziaul Huque ABSTRACT The Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (HGB) area of Texas is a moderate nonattainment region for ozone, and has a history of severe summer ozone episodes. W. A. Parish … Continue reading
Authors: Thomas A. McKeon, Jenny Brichta ABSTRACT While large quantities of latex can be handled either by standard extraction techniques such as Soxhlet extraction or accelerated solvent extraction (ASE), smaller samples on the order of 0.3 – 0.5 g require … Continue reading
Authors: Ichio Asanuma, Daisuke Hasegawa, Takashi Yamaguchi, Jong Geol Park, Kenneth James Mackin ABSTRACT A possibility to monitor the reclamation activities by remote sensing was discussed. The lights observed in the night time by Day Night Band (DNB) of Visible … Continue reading
Author: Millicent Musyoka ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to provide a narrative review of the literature of studies on deaf children play. Electronic searches of databases including EBSCOhost, ERIC, Deaf Education related journals, and Google Scholar were undertaken … Continue reading