Children exposed to moderate levels of alcohol during pregnancy show growth deficits and intellectual and behavioral problems similar to, although less severe than, those found in children with fetal alcohol syndrome. Research has begun to examine the extent to which these problems affect the child’s ability to function on a day-to-day basis at school and with peers. Findings indicate that “mod...

A duty-cycled PLL operating in burst mode is presented. It is an essential building block of a moderately accurate low-power frequency synthesizer suitable for use in nodes for Wireless Sensor Networks. Once in lock, the PLL’s frequency error is less than 0.1% (rms). Fabricated in a baseline 65 nm CMOS process, the PLL occupies 0.19X0.15 mm and draws 200 μA from a 1.3-V supply when generating a...

Given a rational lattice and suitable set of linear transformations, we construct a cousin lattice. Sufficient conditions are given for integrality, evenness and unimodularity. When the input is a Barnes-Wall lattice, we get multi-parameter series of cousins. There is a subseries consisting of unimodular lattices which have ranks 2d−1 ± 2d−k−1, for odd integers d ≥ 3 and integers k = 1, 2, · · ...

Rainfed agriculture in Ethiopia has failed to produce enough food, achieve the increasing demand for food. Pinpointing appropriate site rainwater harvesting (RWH) have a substantial contribution available water and enhancing agricultural productivity. The current study related identification of potential RWH sites was conducted at Chacha watershed central highlands which is endowed with rugged ...

the main objective of this research was the measurement of soil characteristics, land evaluation and determination of potential yield of sugar beet in yekanat plain of marand. for doing this, firstly, yield potential of sugar beet was estimated by fao method and secondly land evaluation of different soil units for sugar beet cultivation was determined by parametric method. results showed that m...

The present paper discusses different approaches to metaphysics and defends a specific, non-deflationary approach that nevertheless qualifies as scientifically-grounded and, consequently, as acceptable from the naturalistic viewpoint. By critically assessing some recent work on science and metaphysics, we argue that such a sophisticated form of naturalism, which preserves the autonomy of metaph...

Abstract Before planning the use of existing land resources for irrigation, it is necessary to determine their availability. The primary goal this research was examine Guder watershed's resource potential irrigation development and create a geo-referenced map these using geographic information system coupled with fuzzy logic. Irrigation suitability criteria such as slope, use, proximity water b...

The authors studied the pattern of functional abilities and decline of skills in adults with cerebral palsy. The data source was the California Developmental Disabilities data base, which included 904 subjects of age 60. For those individuals who are mobile when they become adults, there is a marked decline in ambulation, especially in late adulthood, and few of the 60 year-olds who walked well...

INTRODUCTION Continuation/maintenance electroconvulsive therapy has been shown to be effective for prevention of relapse in affective and psychotic disorders. However, there is a limited nubber of studies that investigate clinical management, associated costs, and perceived quality variables. MATERIAL AND METHODS A series of 8 cases included during the first 18 months of the Continuation/Main...