Steven Levy used the shuffle feature of the Apple iPod as a metaphor for the digital age. Newspapers used to be the medium for getting news in one physical bundle, but today people can “shuffle” between news sites. Similarly, thanks to the Internet, shoppers can shuffle between stores, no longer constrained by what is in a mall. Levy postulated that even Apple did not realize the transformative...

In early days the main emphases were on the cognitive aspects of learning and traditional instructions of teaching in the classroom using outdated and conventional techniques. But today in this world of constant innovations and discoveries, scientists and gadget-experts are continuously searching for one or the two technological devices a day. Nodoubt technology has made our life much easier an...

The goals of this exploratory study were to determine students' assessment of portable digital video instruction (using the Apple iPod) and to compare examination performance among groups of predoctoral dental students who did and did not utilize portable digital video instruction as a supplement to a conventional pediatric behavior management lecture. Dental students received a one-hour lectur...

Outlier detection in mixed attribute datasets has proved to be a challenging task required in real world applications. Most existing algorithms for outlier detection do not consider the interactions between categorical and numerical attributes. The Pattern based Outlier Detection (POD) algorithm (Zhang & Jin, 2011), has had considerable success in the detecting outliers by analysing such intera...

Non-catalytic direct electron transfer (DET) signal of Compound I of horseradish peroxidase (POD) was first detected at 0.7 V on POD/carbon nanotube mixture-modified electrodes. Excellent performance of DET-type bioelectrocatalysis was achieved with POD immobilized with glutaraldehyde on Ketjen Black (KB)-modified electrodes for H2O2 reduction with an onset potential of 0.65 V (vs. Ag | AgCl | ...

detopping in some plants reduces vegetative growth and increases transporting of photosynthate materials to specific sinks such as seeds. to study the effects of detopping removal and plant density on yield and yield components of faba bean (vicia faba l.), an experiment was carried out as a factorial arrangement based on a randomized complete block design with three replications at farm resear...

Changes in peroxidase (POD), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) activities were studied during Chimonanthus praecox seed maturation. According to our findings the protein content increased steadily from 8 to 12 weeks after flowering, and thereafter decreased significantly. Similarly, SOD and POD activities increased gradually up to 12 weeks after fl...

The robust power oscillation damper (POD) design for doubly fed inducting generator (DFIG) based on a mixed H2/H∞ control method is proposed in this paper. A practical 2-order lead/lag compensator with local input signal is chosen as the POD structure. The POD is additionally installed with the voltage control loop of DFIG so that the modulation of reactive power output can be performed to damp...

Aim: To assess which modality (POD – 2 removal Vs POD -4 removal of catheter) has overall benefits for the patient undergoing TURP. Methodology: we performed this prospective study on 68 patients From January 2011 to January 2014, The patients were divided into two groups. Group I included patients in whom the catheter was removed on POD – 2 and Group – II included patients in whom catheters we...

For the enhancement of cultural control, the agricultural practices such as intercropping can profoundly affect the insect pest populations. Studies were undertaken to examine the effects of intercropping wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) with canola (Brassica napus L.) on the incidence of aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) population and related crop yield. Study observed ...