Abstract: It is difficult to weigh the light objects by weighing balance accurately when measured individually. If several light objects are weighed in groups rather than individually then the precision of the estimates increases quite considerably. There are two types of balances one is chemical balance and other is spring balance. Spring balance is similar when only one pan of chemical balanc...

We would like to welcome our readers to the twenty-eighth issue of 49 th Parallel and our second of 2012. In the last few months there have been some exciting developments at the journal and we hope that 49 th Parallel will continue to flourish in the future. We would like to welcome our new Articles Editor, Galateia Demetriou, to the 49 th Parallel team. Galateia is a second year doctoral rese...

THE RESPONSE of hitherto known practical forms of seismographs depends upon the relative motion of a pendulum and the moving ground to which ~ts supporting structure is fastened. The various kinds of seismographs differ in the type of pendulum used, such as gravity, spring, torsion, and/or they differ in the type of magnifying and recording elements which they employ. They all measure or indica...

Objective: The present experimental study was designed to investigate the elucidative effect of 50 days of noise stress on fertilization capacity of rat and subsequent offspring quality. Material and Methods: Two groups of 10 male rats were placed in two control and experimental groups for 50 days. In the experimental group, 90-120 dB sound intensity and frequency of 300-350 Hz of the device (...

Beijing’s mountainous areas have an important ecological significance because they are ecological conservation and water source protection areas of Beijing. The impact of precipitation on the vegetation coverage of Beijing’s mountainous areas is qualitatively analyzed using multi-temporal Landsat images obtained during the last 20 years. Firstly, the influence of external factors, such as pheno...

Pronograde trunk orientation in small birds causes prominent intra-limb asymmetries in the leg function. As yet, it is not clear whether these asymmetries induced by the trunk reflect general constraints on the leg function regardless of the specific leg architecture or size of the species. To address this, we instructed 12 human volunteers to walk at a self-selected velocity with four postures...