T, .he Proctor Medal for 1962 is to be awarded to Dr. Kenneth N. Ogle. It is my privilege to join you in honoring him on this occasion and to introduce him to you. He does not need an introduction to most of you any more than he needs still another honor, yet, because he is a highly regarded friend, I am happy to participate. He was born in Colorado, attended the public school and college at Co...

This paper discusses the role of governments in broadband. It is divided into five sections. Following an introduction in section one, section two discusses the diffusion of broadband Internet. Section three deals with competition-based and public-goods views on regulation and the corresponding roles and issues for governments. To gain deeper insights into the role of government in broadband, s...

Background & aim: Sexual activity is one of the most important aspects of a marital life. Childbirth is also a major event in the life of women, and the period of postpartum is a time of emotional upheaval. Since women believe that vaginal delivery could negatively affect their sexual function after childbirth, they tend to give birth through caesarean section. Therefore, this study aimed to ev...

Evliya Çelebi is the most important Turkish traveler of 17th century. He traveled to many parts imperial geography period, and processed material he collected in his ten-volume Seyahatname. In Seyahatname, included historical, literary, cultural, economic, artistic, social political events places visited general characteristics these places. With similar features, Seyahatname an interdisciplina...

In this paper, a new lifting wavelet domain audio watermarking algorithm based on the statistical characteristics of sub-band coefficients is proposed. First of all, an original audio signal was segmented and each segment was divided into two sections. Then, the Barker code was used for synchronization, the LWT (lifting wavelet transform) was performed on each section, a synchronization code an...