L a n g u a g e i n t e r a c t i o n (L I ) a s a p a r t o f i n t e r p e r s o n a l c o m m u n i c a t i o n i s c o n s i d e r a b l y i n f l u e n c e d by p s y c h o l o g i c a l a n d s o c i a l r o l e s n f t h e p a r t n e r s a n d t h e i r p r a g m a t i c g o a l s . T h e s e a s p e c t s o f c o m m u n i c a t i o n s h o u l d be a c c o u n t e d f o r w h i l e e ...

I n o r d e r t o speed u p t h e s e g m e n t a t i o n o f image s e q u e n c e s c o n t a i n i n g m o v i n g o b j e c t s , a n a p p r o a c h i s p r o p o s e d w h i c h e m p l o y s k n o w l e d g e f r o m d i f f e r e n t s o u r c e s t o c o n t r o l t h e e x t r a c t i o n o f r e g i o n s . H e r e , r e g i o n s a r e c o n n e c t e d image c o m p o n e n t s w h...

e x u a l h a r a s s m e n t o f e i t h e r e m p l o y e e s o r s t u d e n t s i s a v i o l a t i o n o f f e d e r a l a n d s t a t e l a w s . I t i s t h e p o l i c y o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f M a i n e S y s t e m t h a t n o m e m b e r o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y S y s t e m c o m m u n i t y m a y s e x u a l l y h a r a s s a n o t h e r...

in recent decades, foreign direct investment (fdi) has played a vital role in economic growth of developed and developing countries. fdi brings new capital and technology to the host country beside a possibility of spillover to local firms. hence, fdi is considered as an important channel of technology transfer. however, in empirical studies, the size and direction of effects of fdi on producti...

d e v e l o p m e n t p r o c e s s . A n u n d e r l y i n g a s p e c t i s t h e e f f e c t i v e n e s s o f f i x e s : i f a f a i r n u m b e r o f f i x e d b u g s a r e r e o p e n e d , i t c o u l d i n d i c a t e i n s t a b i l i t y i n t h e s o f t w a r e s y s t e m . T o t h e b e s t o f o u r k n o w l e d g e t h e r e h a s b e e n o n l i t t l e p r i o r w o r k o n...

application of various composts has been intensified in agriculture, due to manifestation of negative effects of chemical fertilizers on environment and soil fertility. however, their usage should be accompanied by environmental and nutritional studies. to study the effects of sulfur granular compost on yield and yield components of two wheat cultivars, a pot experiment was conducted in a compl...

drought tolerances of 55 indigenous strains of pseudomonas fluorescens were evaluated. to assess the tolerance rate of the strains to various levels of water deficit, their growth rate in nb medium containing concentrations of 40.587, 438.838 and 548.838 g of polyethylene glycol 6000 per liter of medium were utilized. water potentials of aforesaid levels were estimated as 0, - 10, - 20 and -30 ...

A l t h o u g h m e t h a n o l i s t h o u g h t t o b e a n e x c e l l e n t a u t o m o t i v e f u e l , i t h a s a smaller v o l u m e t r i c f u e l v a l u e t h a n g a s o l i n e . T h e c a t a l y t i c d e c o m p o s i t i o n o f m e t h a n o l i n t o s y n g a s , p r i o r t o i t s c o m b u s t i o n i n t h e e n g i n e , i m p r o v e s i t s f u e l v a l u e by a p ...

e x u a l h a r a s s m e n t o f e i t h e r e m p l o y e e s o r s t u d e n t s i s a v i o l a t i o n o f f e d e r a l a n d s t a t e l a w s . I t i s t h e p o l i c y o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f M a i n e S y s t e m t h a t n o m e m b e r o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y S y s t e m c o m m u n i t y m a y s e x u a l l y h a r a s s a n o t h e r...

beta-2 adrenoceptors in blood vessels are one of the active factors that play a role in regulation of tissue blood flow. in diabetic angiopathy, responsiveness of these receptors is decreased, while that is increased in inflammation. according to these opposite effects, the aim of this study was to investigate the vasodilatory response of knee joint blood vessels to salbutamol (beta-2 adrenocep...