the present study deals with exploring the concept of syntactic devices and surveys its development by the traditional and modern syntacticians. syntax expert have related this concept to other notions such as rhetorical devices and some other recent grammarians have included it in parts of speech, a point which old grammarians neglected. however, the results of scholarly research have helped t...

Dynamic comparators are popular structures used in analog circuits such as RFID tags, ADC, memory modules, etc. Compared with traditional open-loop amplifiers that can be used as a comparator, well-designed dynamic comparators are usually faster and more powerefficient, but dynamic CMPs also have some problems. Device mismatch-induced offset voltages is a major challenge when designing dynamic ...

These shortcomings can be overcome if we have some way to estimate residual statics before velocity analysis. F-X filtered common offset gathers are used by Chan (1996) as the model for residual statics analysis before velocity is available, because the common offset domain is the only dimension in seismic surface geometry which is theoretically independent to the velocity information. Chan (19...

File system traces have been used for years to analyze user behavior and system software behavior, leading to advances in file system and storage technologies. Existing traces, however, are difficult to use because they were captured for a specific use and cannot be changed, they often miss vital information for others to use, they become stale as time goes by, and they cannot be easily distrib...

Reflection amplitude as a function of offset is effective in characterizing lithology in oil producing basins. Experience shows that AVO inversion methods based on amplitude-preserved prestack migration typically provides a more accurate lithology estimation than NMO-based AVO analysis. However, some artifacts may be introduced into the migration section, which can obscure the estimate of reser...

―The two systems of traditional and Western medicine need not clash. Within the context of primary health care they can blend together in a beneficial harmony, using the best features of each system and compensating for certain weaknesses in each. This is not something that will happen all by itself. Deliberate policy decisions have to be made....The time has never been better, and the reasons ...

Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi1, Katherine E. Smith2, David Stuckler3, Martin McKee4 Public Health, MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G2 3QB, UK Global Public Health Unit, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9LD, UK Political Economy and Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3UQ...