This paper aims to examine the nature of width, depth and configuration distribution along Kuya River and their temporal directionality of changes. It also pays attention to prepare some simplified indices regarding basin asymmetry, channel asymmetry and river bank stability and to explain the nature of basin and channel asymmetry and river bank stability using those constructed indices. Irregu...

In this article, I review the recent results for inclusive and exclusive measurements for b → sγ and b → dγ decays from B factories Belle and Babar. I describe the measurement of branching fraction and direct CP violating asymmetry for inclusive B → Xsγ decay. For results of b→ dγ process, I introduce the measurement of branching fraction of exclusive b → dγ modes, the first measurement for CP ...

An unusually coloured, small baleen whale was documented off the southern coast of Sri Lanka in February 2017 during routine field surveys. Based on five distinct morphological characteristics including jaw asymmetry, presence of a prominent central rostral ridge, blaze on right side, asymmetrical chevron on left and right sides and a strongly falcate dorsal fin the individual was positively id...

The apical ectodermal ridge (AER) is a specialized epithelium located at the distal edge of the limb bud that directs outgrowth along the proximodistal axis. Although the molecular basis for its function is well known, the cellular mechanisms that lead to its maturation are not fully understood. Here, we show that Arid3b, a member of the ARID family of transcriptional regulators, is expressed i...

Ridge regression, being based on the minimization of a quadratic loss function, is sensitive to outliers. Current proposals for robust ridge regression estimators are sensitive to “bad leverage observations”, cannot be employed when the number of predictors p is larger than the number of observations n; and have a low robustness when the ratio p=n is large. In this paper a ridge regression esti...

Separation of ten sedative- hypnotic drugs was performed by RP-HPLC using mixed micellar mobile phase. Effect of temperature, type and amount of organic modifier in mobile phase on efficiency (N) and asymmetry factor (B/A) showed that, the appropriate conditions for a good separation were 35°C and 7% (V/V) butanol in mobile phase.  Variations of selectivity factor versus butanol concent...

Penguin effects in the CP asymmetries of B d → π π , B d → ρ π and B d → a 1 π are studied as function of the CKM unitarity triangle α. Despite a fairly small penguin amplitude, it leads to quite sizable uncertainties in the determination of sin(2α) from all but very large asymmetries. This effect is maximal for vanishing final state interaction phases, for which it can cause, for instance, an ...

background and aims. autogenous onlay bone grafting is a common procedure for alveolar ridge augmentation. it has been suggested that the amount of healed bone after this technique would be significantly less than the initial quantity. the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the various parameters influencing the outcome of ridge augmentation procedures. materials and me...