Jojoba plant (Simmondsia Chinensis (link) Schneider), or Ho-Ho-ba or goat nut is a shrub belonging to the Simmondsiaceae family.It is well known as a useful medicinal plant and as a new crop of interest for many industrial purposes.The present study was carried out duringhe two successive seasons of 2012/ 2013 and 2013/ 2014 in private jojoba farms
Perceived threat and fear responses to e-cigarette warning label messages: Results from 16 focus groups with U.S. youth and adults.
AimsA warning on e-cigarette packaging is one way the U.S.government can inform the public of known harms of e-cigarette use.Currently, the only required warning on these products is: "WARNING: This product contains nicotine.Nicotine is an addictive chemical." This exploratory study aims to inform potential future investigations and FDA decisions r
Expanding The INSPIRED COPD Outreach ProgramTM to the emergency department: a feasibility assessment
Darcy Gillis,1 Jillian Mousepads Demmons,1 Graeme Rocker1,2 1Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS, Canada; 2Division of Respirology, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada Background: The Halifax-based INSPIRED COPD Outr
Robust Adaptive Beamforming for Uniform Linear Arrays With Sensor Gain and Phase Uncertainties
A robust adaptive beamforming method is proposed in this paper for uniform linear arrays with respect to sensor gain and phase uncertainties.The sensor gain and phase parameters are obtained by solving a series of linear equations that describe the specific structure of the Face Exfoliant array covariance matrix for a uniform linear array.Partly ca
Simulation and Visualization of Thermal Metaphors in a Virtual Environment for Thermal Building Assessment
The current application of the design process through energy efficiency Clothing Accessory in virtual reality (VR) systems is limited mostly to building performance predictions, as the issue of the data formats and the workflow used for 3D modeling, thermal calculation and VR visualization.The importance of energy efficiency and integration of adva