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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=8#.VNMsTizQrzE Author(s)    RUDI C. VAN STADEN , HONG GUAN , YEW-CHAYE LOO , NEWELL W. JOHNSON Affiliation(s) Griffith School of Engineering/Dentistry and Oral Health Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus Queensland 4222, Australia . Griffith School of Engineering/Dentistry and Oral Health Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus Queensland 4222, Australia . Griffith School of Engineering/Dentistry and Oral Health Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus Queensland 4222, Australia . Griffith School of Engineering/Dentistry and Oral Health Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus Queensland 4222, Australia . ABSTRACT The abutment connection with the crown is fundamental to the structural stability of the implant system and to the prevention of mechanical exertion that can compromise the success of the implant treatment. The aim of this study is to clarify th...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53452#.VMWzDSzQrzE Author(s)    Ryan Blake Williams 1 , Rashid Al-Hmoud 2   Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA . 2 Department of Economics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA . ABSTRACT This paper utilizes the virtual water concept to evaluate water usage of agricultural production in West Texas. This work evaluates the measure of virtual water, as it relates to informing water policy in a semi-arid, agriculture-intensive region, which relies upon a minimally renewable groundwater resource. The results suggest that production in the region reflects a collective effort to capture the highest value from the water resource, consistent with the virtual water philosophy, even in the absence of specific water policy toward that goal. Additionally, this work takes advantage of high reso...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=45301#.VL37tCzQrzE Author(s)   Virginia Mann Affiliation(s) Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine, USA . ABSTRACT This study reports five years of a school readiness intervention called “HABLA” (Home Based Activities Building Language Acquisition), designed to increase and enrich speech and literacy activities in the homes of economically and educationally disadvantaged Latino families with children between the age of 2 and 4. A team of trained home visitors provided two years of a 23-week program of visitation in which they met with parent(s) and child twice weekly. Both years presented a Spanish language adaptation of the parent-child home program model; home visitors provide intensive modeling and coaching of non-directive Spanish language use, conversation, and literacy activities. Administration of the PLS-3 in Spanish at...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53017#.VLR7J8nQrzE Author(s)   Seyyed Mohammad Nima Shojaee 1 , Mohammad Adel Moradian 2 , Mashhood Mashhoodi 3*   Affiliation(s) 1 Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran . 2 School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia . 3 Young Researchers and Elites Club, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran . ABSTRACT The goal of this study is to model the effects of wind on Cylindrical Trough Collectors (CTCs). Two major areas are discussed in this paper: 1) heat losses due to wind flow over receiver pipe and 2) average forces applied on the collector’s body. To accomplish these goals a 2D modeling of CTC was carried out using commercial codes with various wind velocities and collector orientations. Ambient...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=48728#.VKNvE8nQrzE Author(s)   Tomofumi Matsuzawa , Keisuke Shimazu Affiliation(s) Department of Information Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan . Service Operation Division, Internet Initiative Japan Inc., Tokyo, Japan . ABSTRACT Technologies for retransmission control and error correction are available for communications over the Internet to improve reliability of data. For communications that require the data reliability be ensured, TCP, which performs retransmission control, is often employed. However, for environments and services where response confirmation and retransmission are difficult, error correction ...