Pseudo-Galois extensions are shown to be depth two extensions. Studying its left bialgebroid, we construct an enveloping Hopf algebroid for the semi-direct product of groups or involutive Hopf algebras and their module algebras. It is a type of cofibered sum of two inclusions of the Hopf algebra into the semi-direct product and its derived right crossed product. Van Oystaeyen and Panaite observ...

Ammonia-oxidising archaea (AOA) and bacteria (AOB) are responsible for the rate limiting step in nitrification; a key nitrogen (N) loss pathway in agricultural systems. Dominance of AOA relative to AOB in the amoA gene pool has been reported in many ecosystems, although their relative contributions to nitrification activity are less clear. Here we examined the distribution of AOA and AOB with d...

Effects of six tillage practices on some soil microbiological properties and crop yields were evaluated for a clay soil (Typic Haploxererts) under semi-arid Mediterranean conditions in a three year study (2006-2009). The experiment was designed as a completely randomized-block with three replications. Treatments were: conventional tillage with residue incorporated (CT1), conventional tillage wi...

This paper is a survey of semi-blind source separation approaches. Since Gaussian iid signals are not separable, simplest priors suggest to assume non Gaussian iid signals, or Gaussian non iid signals. Other priors can also been used, for instance discrete or bounded sources, positivity, etc. Although providing a generic framework for semi-blind source separation, Sparse Component Analysis and ...

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) using the whole image data is an appealing framework to address shortcoming of sparse feature-based methods – in particular frequent failures in textureless environments. Hence, direct methods bypassing the need of feature extraction and matching became recently popular. Many of these methods operate by alternating between pose estimation and computi...

an experiment was carried out to develop and evaluate a semi-purified diet suitable for fiber related studies without negative impacts on performance, serum biochemistry and intestinal morphology of growing japanese quails. total of 144 japanese quail chicks were used in a factorial arrangement using completely randomized design with 6 treatments, 4 replicates of 6 quails in each replicate. the...

the purpose of this study was to evaluate the species-environment relationships in arid and semi-arid rangelandsof nodushan, yazd. the plant species cover and the environmental variables were measured at 9 sites. soil sampleswere taken for measurement of 12 attributes in 0-10 cm and 10-80 cm layers. vegetation was classified using twowayindicator species analysis (twinspan). data was analyzed u...

the major difference between iranian traditional medicine and allopathic medicine is in the application  of  evidence  and  documents.  in  this  study,  criteria  for  evidence-based  practice  in  iranian traditional medicine and its rules of practice were studied. the experts’ views were investigated through in- depth, semi-structured interviews and the results were categorized into four mai...

This report deals with the use of points as surface rendering and modeling primitives. The main components of point-based rendering and modeling algorithms are identified, different approaches are discussed and compared. The weaknesses of current point-based techniques are pointed out and for some of them a possible solution is suggested. A new algorithm for depth-of-field rendering based on su...