802 research outputs found
Air Pollution and Mortality for 60 US Cities in 1960
No full textData includes measurements on mortality rate and explanatory variables(air-pollution, socio-economic and meteorological) for 60 US cities in 1960. This data was originally published in McDonald, G.C. and Schwing,R.C. (1973) 'Instabilities of regression estimates relating air pollution to mortality', Technometrics, vol.15, 463-482. It was redistributed through Carnegie Mellon University's StatLib (lib.stat.cmu.edu
Credit Card Security
No full textAuthor: Anup G.C.
Year: 2013
Subject of thesis: Credit Card Security
Number of pages: 36+2
Credit Card is a widely used electronic chip for easy transactions. The main purpose of the report was to show the security measures of transaction by credit cards. The purpose was to give information about credit cards and how they were introduced. The thesis reportcontained the types of card theft with examples and sited the various protocols used for online transactions. The aim of the thesis project was to conclude whether the card security provided by the banks is safe enough.
The thesis report contained information about many online resources as well as liable books. Many news articles were also considered while writing the report for the card theft records.
The thesis report described both the positive and negative aspects of the protocols used for card securities. Result showed that misuse and complicated processes of protocols has led the identity theft to transactions. To conclude, although many security measures are implemented for the secure transactions, credit card fraud activities are happening in a weekly basis
Genesis of renal tubular atrophy in experimental hydronephrosis in the rat. Role of apoptosis
No full textA morphological study was undertaken to assess the role of cell deletion by apoptosis in experimental hydronephrosis. Male Sprague-Dawley rats (200 ± 20 gm) were used. The left ureter was ligated or a sham operation was carried out. Animals were killed from 4 days to 12 weeks after operation. Two parallel studies were undertaken: one to demonstrate and quantitate specific morphological changes in the affected kidney using light and electron microscopy, and the other to measure changes in dry kidney weights. Renal tubular atrophy is an inevitable consequence of chronic occlusion of the ureter. As expected, the present study showed a progressive loss of tissue mass in the hydronephrotic kidney. This occurred from 1 week after permanent ureteric ligation, and was most rapid between 2 and 4 weeks. The tubular epithelium contained cells undergoing a distinct form of cell death termed apoptosis, characterized ultrastructurally in its early stage by the presence of rounded cells with condensed cytoplasm and condensed and marginated nuclear chromatin, and later by the presence of discrete membrane-bounded intact cellular fragments (apoptotic bodies), which were phagocytosed and digested by adjacent viable cells, or were shed into the tubular lumens. Numbers of apoptotic cells or clusters of apoptotic bodies were increased significantly in all animals with ureter obstruction in comparison with controls. The greatest increases occurred at 2 and 4 weeks, when loss of renal mass was occurring rapidly. Diminished blood flow in hydronephrosis has been well-documented by others, and therefore our results are consistent with studies which have shown mild ischemia to be the cause of tissue atrophy involving apoptosis. We conclude that cell deletion by apoptosis plays an important role in the pathogenesis of renal tubular atrophy associated with hydronephrosis
Obesity and hypertension have differing oxidant handling molecular pathways in age-related chronic kidney disease
No full textChronic kidney disease (CKD) in ageing is a burden on health systems worldwide. Rat models of age-related CKD linked with obesity and hypertension were used to investigate alterations in oxidant handling and energy metabolism to identify gene targets or markers for age-related CKD. Young adult (3 months) and old (21-24 months) spontaneously-hypertensive (SHR), normotensive Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) and Wistar rats (normotensive, obese in ageing) were compared for renal functional and physiological parameters, renal fibrosis and inflammation, oxidative stress (herneoxygenase-1/HO-1), apoptosis and cell injury (including Bax:Bcl-2), phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated forms of oxidant and energy sensing proteins (p66Shc, AMPK), signal transduction proteins (ERK1/2, PKB), and transcription factors (NF-kappa B, FoxO1). All old rats were normoglycemnic. Renal fibrosis, tubular epithelial apoptosis, interstitial macrophages and myofibroblasts (all p < 0.05), p66Shc/phospho-p66 (p < 0.05), Bax/Bcl-2 ratio (p < 0.05) and NF-kappa B expression (p < 0.01) were highest in old obese Wistars. Expression of phospho-FoxO/FoxO was elevated in old Wistars (p < 0.001) and WKYs (p < 0.01). SHRs had high levels in young and old rats. Expression of PKB, phospho-PKB, ERK1/2 and phospho-ERK1/2 were significantly elevated in all aged animals. These results suggest that obesity and hypertension have differing oxidant handling and signalling pathways that act in the pathogenesis of age-related CKD. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved
Electromagnetisch en vermoeiingsonderzoek aan gesloten ophaalkabels in mijnschachten
No full textMechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineerin
Pressure losses in pneumatic transport
No full textA model is derived to calculate the pressure losses originating from the dilute phase pneumatic transport of coarse particles in the horizontal stationary flow regime. The model is based on the balance of drag forces and frictional forces acting on the particles during pneumatic transport. The particles are characterized by the particle terminal velocity, the particle âwall sliding friction coefficient and the coefficient of restitution between particles and wall. The influence of the inhomogeneous particle distribution in the pipe is taken into account using a particle density distribution resembling the barometric height formula. The model is verified experimentally by the use of particle velocity measurements and particle-wall collision measurements during pneumatic transport. For this purpose measuring techniques and tools have been developed. A Froude number, based on the mean square value of the radial particle-velocity component, appears in the model as an empirical parameter. This Froude number increases with increasing average air velocity but may also depend on the pipe diameter and the solids-mass flow to some extent. However this dependency could not be quantified and may restrict the accuracy of pressure loss predictions with the model. The assumption of a linear relationship between the Froude number and the average air velocity provides scaling and prediction possibilities for pressure losses.Mechanical Maritime and Materials Engineerin
Removal of scattered surface waves from seismic data
No full textElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
Imaging and Suppressing Near-Receiver Scattered Seismic Waves
No full textCivil Engineering and Geoscience
- …
