gmelinoides fasciatus (stebbing, 1899) is a baikal endemic amphipod that has recently become widespread in eurasia. this species accidentally entered the cooling reservoir of the belovo power plant and became successfully naturalised there. this study describes the peculiarities of g. fasciatus distribution in reservoir sites with different thermal regimes and analyses the environmental factors...

The transmission of power using light instead electricity—the so called power-by-light (PBL)—has been around for some decades now. Despite this long history, it has only in recent years when PBL systems have experienced enormous effervescence situations where the direct use electrical energy to electronic equipment is either not possible or recommendable. are smarter solution monitoring and con...

We study the link between lobbying and industrial concentration. Using data for past 20 years in US, we show how increases when an industry becomes more concentrated, using mergers as shocks to This holds true both expenditures on federal well campaign contributions. Results are line with predictions of a model where is akin public good incumbents, thus typically underprovided, while merger sol...

sumption in active mode as a tradeoff to increased performance, but any power consumed when the system is idle is a complete waste and ideally should be avoided by turning the system off. A typical current system is so complex that parts of it will likely be inactive even during active periods, and they can be turned off to reduce power with no impact on performance. The introduction of finer-g...

purpose : to evaluate the accuracy of the two methods the clinical history method (chm), and the contact lens method (clm), in refractive corneal power determination and comparing the accuracy of srk ii, srk t and holladay ii (h ii) formulas for intraocular lens (iol) power calculation in patients who had laser in situ keratomileusis (lasik) surgery for myopia with or without astigmatism method...

following the september 11th events when the united states managed to forge an international coalition against terror within the framework of operation enduring freedom, attacking afghanistan, the general perception was that the united states would be able soon to destroy the taliban in afghanistan and remove the shades of war and insecurity from afghanistan. however what occurred was the colla...

political power is considered as one of the most fundamental public law vocabulary, as far as the separation of political power and public law seems impossible. meanwhile it seems that this concept as the fundamental concept of public law; varies in islamic and liberal thought and there is a serious conflict between them. analysis of this claim requires a proper understanding of the concept of ...