4.1 Introduction This chapter focuses on the design and fabrication of two symmetric CPC collectors without cover plate, E-W oriented (south facing), for converting incident solar radiation to thermal energy. It consist a description steps of manufacturing Compound Parabolic Concentrators (CPCs) and a detailed explanation of how the individual components of the systems work. The … Read more
Uganda is undoubtedly a nation with a colourful history. Following its independence from British Rule, Uganda has suffered a number of intra-state conflicts, including military coups, dictatorships and armed rebellions which, in the last 30 years, have claimed the lives of almost one million people as a direct result of the violence or its aftermath … Read more
INTRODUCTION According to Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961’dowry’ means any property or valuable security given or agreed to be given either directly or indirectly’by one party of a marriage to the other party of the marriage; or by the parent or any other person of the marriage to either party or to any other person. ‘A … Read more
This is a review of ‘Personalized Pharmacogenomics: Predicting Efficacy and Adverse Drug Reactions’ in the Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics. This discusses medicine on an individual level and the role of genetics in prescribing drugs. There are many factors that need to be taken into consideration, as everyone is different and will therefore … Read more
Introduction Ever since the beginning of European culture and the European way of life began its journey in ancient Greece throughout the Roman times, the medieval ages or in the modern times, it has never been this integrated and peaceful as now. The continent has been one of the most diverse of all continents, if … Read more
Introduction Change is inevitable and an integral part of life, beneficial to the people or an organisation. Many organisations are able to initiate change and succeed in doing so, but some are not quite as successful therefore require a proper strategic plan to effectively implement change. The change management plan has to be properly planned … Read more
The growth of modern civilization hinges on payments. Systems of payment have substantially metamorphosed over time, from the stone age barter system, through to coins and to virtual payment ( Ferguson, 2008) Ejisi Volume 15 According to (Kumaga, 2010, p. 22) Electronic payments in most African countries is very limited in use or virtually absent. … Read more
There are many long range air surveillance systems employed throughout the world for a variety of reasons on a variety of platforms all bringing different advantages to the scenario in which they are employed. As is true of all radar systems no one system is suitable for all purposes and key trade offs need to … Read more
Abstract’This Optoacoustic tomography (OAT) is a hybrid, non invasive method which is also known as photo acoustic tomography, is an emerging computed biomedical imaging modality. Reconstruction method is used to reconstruct the OAT images, among which iterative reconstruction algorithm is the one that is designed to minimize the error between measured signals and signals from … Read more
Abstract Objectives: To study the effect of ischemic preconditioning (Ipre) on the protective effect of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADMSCs) against renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in a rat model. Methods: 90 male Sprague Dawely rats divided into 5 equal groups; sham (right nephrectomy without ischemia), control (right nephrectomy with 45 min left renal ischemia), Ipre … Read more
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES This chapter reviews the literature that described the theories and concepts of career self-efficacy and career exploration. Since these literatures are important, the following concepts would give a further explanation about the study. RELATED LITERATURE Writing As cited by Salem and Dyiar (2014), Salem (2013) said that writing is … Read more
The normal, healthy heart has its own pacemaker that regulates the rate that the heart beats. However, some hearts don’t beat regularly. For such hearts pacemaker is the ultimate solution for their problem. A pacemaker is a small device that sends electrical impulses to the heart muscle to maintain a suitable heart rate and rhythm. … Read more
Introduction Over the past decades the international community has been rather reluctant in the prevention of mass atrocities and keeping its promise of ‘never again Auschwitz’. As illustrated by several cases in the 20th century the United Nations (UN) has been unable to function effectively in the prevention of mass atrocities. Cronin (2002) argues in … Read more
INTRODUCTION There are countless people in the world who are incapable of walking and moving just because of certain reasons they loses all parts or just an arm or leg due to some disabilities in them. Following are the causes which include: ‘ Cancer ‘ Improper circulation of blood due to diabetes and atherosclerosis. ‘ … Read more
Abstract -This paper presents a recent advance of vehicular technology (VANET) offers many opportunities for developing new navigation systems to overcome the problem of popular global positioning system (GPS)[1], based navigation systems. The main objective is to propose a navigation scheme that utilizes the online or real time road information collected by a VANET to … Read more
