Many studies use community detection algorithms in order to understand complex networks. Most papers study node communities, i.e. groups of nodes, which may or may not overlap. A widely used measure to evaluate the quality of a community structure is the modularity. However, sometimes it is also relevant to study link partitions rather than node partitions. In order to evaluate a link partition...

Vanadium dioxide (VO 2 ) undergoes semiconductor-metal phase transition (SMPT) at the ambient temperature. Due to this fact, it becomes perspective material for thermo sensors, thermo switchers, optical switchers and shutters, IR sensors, thermochromic coatings, smart coatings for glasses, holographic elements, and elements of energy-independent memory. By now, there is no doubt that the charac...

We previously derived a general criterion for optimally accurate numerical operators for the calculation of synthetic seismograms in the frequency domain (Geller & Takeuchi 1995). We then derived modi¢ed operators for the Direct Solution Method (DSM) (Geller & Ohminato 1994) which satisfy this general criterion, thereby yielding signi¢cantly more accurate synthetics (for any given numerical gri...

Synthetic and botanical insecticides can have a profound effect on the developmental period, growth, adult emergence, fecundity, fertility, and egg hatch, resulting in effective control at sub-lethal concentrations. This paper investigated sub-lethal concentrations of fenitrothion, lambda-cyhalothrin, and Callitris glaucophylla Joy Thomps. & L.P. Johnson (Cupressaceae) extract to characterize t...

The aim of this paper was to confirm the efficacy of adrenocorticotropin depot (ACTH-depot) therapy in pregnancies with threatened miscarriage and preterm delivery through the desired stimulation of the adrenal glands controlled by the rest of organism. The activity of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis plays a key role in pregnancy. Such naturally stimulated endogenous corticosteroid hormones...

There are concerns about using synthetic phenolic antioxidants such as butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) as food additives because of the reported negative effects on human health. Thus, a replacement of these synthetics by antioxidant extractions from various foods has been proposed. More than 8000 different phenolic compounds have been characterized; fruits and...

Geo-synthetic materials are being used with acceptable performance in soil and water projects worldwide. Geotextiles are one of the categories of geo-synthetics being used in drainage systems. First generation of geotextiles used in the late 1950’s as an alternative for gravel envelopes. In this research two methods (multiple regression and fuzzy interference system) evaluate to predict synthet...