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Ancient Greek dramatists borrowed myths from the oral tradition and shared the belief systems they practiced as well as the theories of the origin of life. Any transformation was attributed to the gods who putatively manipulated and changed males into females and humans into animals. The theories of origin the Greeks embraced were the belief that three distinct sexes existed: male, female, and hermaphrodite. They evolved from spherical wholes,...

Digestion is the physiological process by which large molecules of food are broken down into smaller molecules to be absorbed and utilized by the body.Digestive system is formed of: Alimentary tract (GUT) or gastrointestinal tract (GIT), digestive glands. GIT MOTILITY includes: Peristaltic movement (peristalsis), Mixing (segmenting) movements andIndividual movements of GIT like Mastication (chewing), Swallowing (Deglutition). Secretory and dig...

Since last two decades the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) is progressing very well and has created international recognition in stock trading business. This progress is the result of reformations applied by the Security Commission of Pakistan, with the help of the Government of Pakistan. But still in comparison with developed stock exchanges of the world, KSE is far behind in terms of infrastructure and use of technology for trading. KSE needs a...

It is true that in the last 20 years fees to get TV rights for football events have risen to extraordinary peaks, and football programming is a major weapon in the war between competing TV companies. However, the "symbiotic" relationship that has developed between television and football in recent times is the result of a long period of tension. This book explores the relationship between English football authorities and the BBC Television ser...

This book has aimed to give in detail knowladge about numerical modeling technique to examine the residual stresses induced by orthogonal machining in the finished work piece. The finite element method is used to simulate and analyze the residual stresses induced by a orthogonal metal cutting process. A Dynamics explicit time integration technique with Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) adaptive meshing Finite Element Method (FEM) is employed...

The high surface tension and high conductivity makes water unsuitable for EHD atomisation. The high electric field required to atomise water destabilises the atomisation process. A novel low voltage EHD spray nozzle was developed that can atomise water and weak saline solutions in the stable cone jet mode in ambient air. A CFD model was developed to describe and simulate the liquid cone formation and atomisation. The approach was to simultaneo...

Cathode ray tubes were found to fail the Environmental Protection Agency''s (EPA's) toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) test and were classified as hazardous waste but in 2003 other components of computer systems had not been tested or classified. A hazard assessment of e-waste from desktop computers was done to determine which D- List component would cause them to be managed as hazardous waste. The quantitative trace analytical ...

New MOSFET architectures are presently being developed in which dielectrics with high permittivity are introduced to replace SiO2-based dielectrics, which are at the end of the scaling roadmap, and where also metal gates are used to replace poly-Si gate to avoid poly-depletion effects. Key in the success of this development is the electrical behavior of such high k/metal gate devices, and more specifically the Bias-Temperature- Instabilities, ...

Tax competition models show taxation as a key variable in investment location decisions. Countries reduce taxation to attract firms. Firms locate their investments where the net return on capital is higher due to a lower tax burden. But tax competition is not optimal because the lowering of the tax burden causes an inefficient allocation of capital and provision of public goods. Thus, tax policies in an economic area such as the European Union...

Migration, and the connected issue of feminization of the migration flows, is a phenomenon of ever increasing importance. Consumer research has dealt with consumer acculturation, as well as gender, but rarely with both, ignoring such development. Based on qualitative data on Romanian female immigrants to Italy and their food consumption practices, the author argues that these women make use of the symbolic resources originated in the marketpla...

This book presents the concept of code and data propagation from the perspective of a group of autonomous and active beings such as agents. After the idea of propagation is fully explained it is brought to the world of a multi-agent system. Combining agent features and propagation algorithms results in real system examples, which could handle problems, where efficient communication between parts of a big structure is essential. The second part...

Alcohol-related harm is not restricted to the dependent drinker. The Social, psychological and physical adverse effects of drinking have been demonstrated in risky drinkers, some 20% of the adult population. This represents a significant burden to the NHS, accounting for between 2 and 12% of NHS expenditure. Importantly, the evidence would suggest that much of the associated health care burden and ultimate mortality is preventable.The objectiv...

The research sets out to fill the gap in the study of African and Ethiopian Diaspora or migrant literature through a thematic analysis of Fasil's ''The Texture of Dreams'' (2005) and Dinaw's ''The Beautiful Things that HeavenBears'' (2007). The meaning and thematic preoccupations of migrant /Diaspora literature are also described in the background. The second chapter reviews studies on Ethiopian English novels and relevant theoretical issues r...

Gene expression programs are regulated by a complex network of various structural DNA elements, transcription factors, chromatin modifications and non-coding RNAs. A nearly infinite diversity of regulatory factors holds the key to the genome's functioning principles. This book makes further contribution to the field and presents several research studies that uncover certain aspects of gene regulation. The research chapters describe the discove...

White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) is the causative agent of white spot disease and is responsible for severe economic losses in shrimp culture industry worldwide. Outbreaks of this disease have wiped out entire populations of shrimp farm within 3-4 days. WSSV is at present the largest animal virus, which is a member of the genus Whispovirus within a new virus family called Nimaviridae. RNA interference has recently emerged as a powerful tool fo...

Arrears management is the process by which loan accounts that have defaulted on their contractual repayments are managed. Although computational intelligence approaches such as artificial neural networks have been applied to the related field of loan approval/credit-scoring, there is little evidence of their application to arrears management. This thesis investigates the feasibility of using artificial neural networks to predict the risk of pe...

Nature comprises dynamical systems that operate on all time and space scales. From morphogenesis to collective self-organization, the complex behavior of living systems can sometimes be captured by relatively simple dynamical models. The availability of quantitative mathematical and physical tools has led to numerous examples that reveal the essential physics of diverse biological processes. In clear analogy to living systems, reaction-difusio...

Ever since the discovery of the thin protective oxide films that naturally form on transition metals, the properties and protective nature of these films has been the subject of intense investigation. This work analyzes how Mott-Schottky theory can be adapted to measure the electronic properties of these thin and disordered films and how these semiconducting properties are related to the corrosion and electrochemical behavior of the metal oxid...

The measurement of the global balance of power focuses on the paradigm shift from the United States post-September 11th, 2001 preemptive doctrine of unilateralism to one of partnerships and corporations in a modern multilateral order.Although the challenge to the unilateral doctrine brought to light new actors on the global political and economical stage, American military myth remains to be superior and incontestable. The book begins with a l...

Google has been able to cross its competitors MSN and Yahoo due its strong usability. Of course there are some other reasons also like its strong algorithmic searching mechanism. But it is Google's usability which has made it a clear cut market leader despite of the fact that MSN and Yahoo have been in market for more time. This idea scratched me to do research on web usability. The book is targeted for students, teachers and people who want t...