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The world is getting modernized and industrialized day by day. As a result vehicles and engines are increasing. But energy sources used in these engines are limited and decreasing gradually. This situation leads to seek Jatropha biodiesel as an alternative fuel for diesel engine. This paper investigates ...
This paper describes the performance characteristics of a stepped-slope floating breakwater used for wave protection in small ports and harbours. The test models have been subjected to regular waves in a wave flume to determine their hydraulic performance under various wave conditions. The typical performance ...
Mercury (Hg) is a pollutant of concern and dangerous to aquatic and human life. Therefore, mercury emissions from coal-fired power plant, cement manufacture, municipal waste incinerator and others industrial sources are controlled under environmental regulation. Coal-fired power plants are the largest ...
The way in which word senses are produced and identified is of great interest to cognitive sciences as well as to various applications in natural language processing. In this paper, we present a cognitively inspired algorithm of word sense induction. The algorithm fuses the distributional and perceptual ...
We report here a micro fluidic device with a controlled opening, which is used for accessing the fluid inside the micro channel from outside. The control of the reduced diameter of the opening pore is achieved by depositing a controlled Parylene layer on a starting lager opening hole. By changing the ...
Actinomycetes are interesting as a main producer of secondary metabolites and industrial antibiotics from marine environments. A total of 44 strains of actinomycetes were isolated from Caspian Sea sediments at a depth of 5-10 m. Preliminary screening was done using cross-streak method against 2 gram-positive ...
The Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum is one of the most important commercial bivalve species consumed in China. Evaluated metal burden in bivalve molluscs can pose potential risks to public health as a result of their frequent consumption. In this study, concentrations of 10 trace elements (Cu, Zn, ...
Background Amur ide (Leuciscus waleckii) is an economically and ecologically important species in Northern Asia. The Dali Nor population inhabiting Dali Nor Lake, a typical saline-alkaline lake in Inner Mongolia, is well-known for its adaptation to extremely high alkalinity. Genome information is needed ...
The SEVIRI (Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager) sensor on the MSG-2 satellite provides an image every 15 minutes, so the development of a system that can exploit the temporal behavior of the observations of terrestrial half-disc, is crucial for these near-real-time applications. To validate ...
Langkawi is a resort island in the northwestern part of Malaysia where the island's economy is reliant on agro-based activities and tourism for sustainable development. With the Digital Era, it is important that the indigenous islanders adjust their income generating ways by using information and communication ...
Various local innovative armor units for coastal protection structure have been developed to mitigate and control serious coastal erosion problems. The armor units designed by researchers from several institutions in Malaysia include SAUH, SINE SLAB, L-Block and Labuan Block armor. These armor units ...
This paper presents a novel ultraviolet (UV) irradiation assisted nanostructured ZnO film for high performance oxygen sensing under a low working temperature. The UV irradiation greatly increases the number of the excited electrons to attract the high electron negativity molecule of oxygen. The response ...
Shellfish farms need to be closed from harvesting when the water body is contaminated to avoid a serious health hazard. We have designed a sensor network framework to monitor a number of water quality variables to check the health of shellfish farms and predict closure if hazardous. Because of the uncertainty ...
The first Chinese coastal acoustic tomography (CAT) experiment for mapping the tidal currents in Zhitouyang Bay near Zhoushan Island was successfully performed with seven acoustic stations from July 12 to 13, 2009. Using CAT, the horizontal distributions of the tidal currents in the tomography domain ...
The accumulation of cadmium, copper and zinc and the induction of metallothioneins (MT) in liver of three freshwater fish species was studied. Gudgeon (Gobio gobio), roach (Rutilus rutilus) and perch (Perca fluviatilis) were captured at 6 sampling sites along a cadmium and zinc gradient and one reference ...
Today’s agriculture provides an ever increasing population with sufficient quantities of food. During food production, processing, handling and transportation, an amount of energy is invested into the various products. An energy analysis of a typical American diet provides policy makers, farmers and ...
Increasing fish consumption is recommended for intake of omega-3 (n-3) fatty acids and to confer benefits for the risk reduction of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Most Americans are not achieving intake levels that comply with current recommendations. It is the goal of this review to provide an overview ...
Marine neurotoxins are natural products produced by phytoplankton and select species of invertebrates and fish. These compounds interact with voltage-gated sodium, potassium and calcium channels and modulate the flux of these ions into various cell types. This review provides a summary of marine neurotoxins, ...
A comparative study of the lipid status (i.e., the total lipid and phospholipid concentrations and the percentage of fatty acids of the total lipids) of adult specimens of daubed shanny (Leptoclinus maculatus) from Svalbard waters (Isfjord) and slender eel blenny (Lumpenus fabricii) from the White Sea ...