EPOCH “SMART”. PROBLEMS, FEATURES, PROSPECTS

Spectral Features from the Reionization Epoch

Emission lines in hydrogen can be used to measure the approximate redshift of the reionization of the universe. This is an important measurement given the lack of a convincing theoretical prediction of this epoch. There is a rapid change in absorption at the reionization event, which can leave sharp features in the spectrum of recombining hydrogen. These features in the near infrared background...

Problems and Prospects of Introducing Islamic Microfinance in Azerbaijan Republic

Biosafety: Problems and Prospects *

Advances in modern biotechnology arc being increasingly applied to product development for improved hcalthcarc. agricultural outputs and environment. The biotechnology industry has become a multi-bi lli on dollar industry. The extensive usc of recombinant DNA (rONA ) technology in industry, oft en entail s release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into the environment. There is a global ...

Dengue vaccines: Problems & prospects

639 Dengue virus (DV) infect ion is most ly asymptotic or produces a mild self-limiting acute febrile illness, dengue fever (DF), and a lifethreatening severe illness, dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) with minor or major bleeding from different sites. DHF has emerged as the most important arbovirus disease in man in the last three decades. It has been estimated that about 50 to 100 million cases...

Smart Silver Towns: Prospects and Challenges

Abstr act. An increasingly aging population, information technology developments and shift to high-rise residential neighborhoods combined with lack of aged facilities have led recently to a specific type of residential development in Korea. They appear in the form of silver towns integrated with smart technologies and targeted specifically at the aging population. The silver towns are increasi...