GEOGRAPHICAL SCALE OF TOLERANCE IN THE URBAN AREA

The paper examines attitudes of mutual tolerance as expressed by the Jewish majority and the Arab minority in Jaffa, a mixed residential area in the city of Tel Aviv. More specifically, it focuses on the willingness of members of each group to share residential locations at different geographical scales (such as: the same housing unit, street, neighborhood, or the city as a whole). The survey's findings indicate, as expected, that Arabs and Jews alike tend to be more tolerant in this respect as the geographical scale increases and when actually residing in mixed neighborhoods, in comparison to those living in ethnically homogeneous residential areas. At the same time, it became evident that residents expressing intolerance are more sensitive to geographical scale when compared to residents expressing greater tolerance. Furthermore, sensitivity to scale was found to be more intense among the Jewish majority population, particularly among residents of homogeneous neighborhoods. We interpret those patterns of tolerance across geographical scale as expressing people's desire to control their daily encounters with the Other through practices of avoidance while simultaneously tending to preserve intergroup contacts for their functional benefits and social rewards.     

KINETICS FOR FAST PYROLYSIS OF HAZEL NUT SHELL

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In this article, the potential utilization of hazel nut shell as a combustible residue was studied. To obtain liquid and gaseous products, the hazel nut shell was subjected to pyrolysis and it was converted to 49.3 % (w) gaseous and 20.0 % (w) liquid products at 475 °C for 7.5 minutes in a simple pyrolysis device The kinetic model used in the present study was based on fractional weight loss for each pyrolysis step. The simple fast pyrolysis was compared with TGA technique.     

Boldine provides protective effect against nephrotoxicity induced by cisplatin in Wistar rats: Role of oxidative stress,inflammation and caspase-3

Side effects of cisplatin, especially dose-dependent nephrotoxicity, are major factors limiting its use in cancer. Boldine ((S)-2, 9-dihydroxy-1, 10-dimethoxy-aporphine) is a natural alkaloid known for its strong antioxidant activity present in leaves/bark of boldo tree (Peumus boldus Molina), a native tree in Chile. Here, we aimed to investigate the nephroprotective effect of boldine and its underlying mechanisms on cisplatin-induced rat renal injury. Thirty Wistar albino rats divided into 5 groups (Control, Cis, Bold.40, Cis + Bold.20, Cis + Bold.40 groups) were used. Rats received boldine (20 or 40 mg/kg/day), or vehicle (saline) intraperitoneal for 14 days and a single dose cisplatin (7 mg/kg, ip) was applied on the 10th day to induce nephrotoxicity. Rats and kidney tissue were weighed to determine kidney index. Blood urea nitrojen (BUN) and creatinine levels, the amount of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS, an index of lipid peroxidation), superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx) enzyme activities and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) levels were measured and histopathologic examination was performed. Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and caspase-3 expressions were detected immunohistochemically. Nephrotoxicity induced by cisplatin was apparent by elevated levels of BUN, creatinine, kidney index, TBARS and TNF-α, and decreased body weight, SOD and GPx enzyme levels. Pretreatment with boldine protected the renal function at both boldine doses by fixing the renal damage markers, oxidative stress, caspase-3 and iNOS expression. Histopathological findings supported biochemical findings. Taken together these findings indicate that boldine has promising protective effect against cisplatin nephrotoxicity by improving oxidative stress, inflammation, histopathological alterations and by alleviating caspase 3 expression.     

DYNAMIC ADSORPTION OF S02 ON ZEOLITE MOLECULAR SIEVES†

Sulfur dioxide is one of the major pollutants resulting from fuel combustion. Numerous dry, semi-dry and wet processes have been developed for pollution control of sulfur dioxide. Solid carbonates, natural and synthetic zeolites, ion exchange resins and carbon based sorbents are the most commonly used dry sorbents for sulfur dioxide removal

In this study, measurements of the adsorption properties of sulfur dioxide on zeolites were investigated. The adsorbents used in this work are 5A, 4A and AW300 type molecular sieve zeolites. Adsorption equilibrium parameters were determined from the pulse chromatographic response to injections of low concentrations of sulfur dioxide. The method of moments were used to evaluate the adsorption equilibrium parameters from pulse chromatographic experiments. Data, such as adsorption equilibrium constants or reaction rate parameters are essential in the design of adsorption systems or reactors in which sulfur dioxide is removed

The experiments were conducted in a temperature range of 523-718 K. The relatively strong adsorption properties of sulfur dioxide on zeolites necessitated the use of high carrier gas flow rates and subsequently non-isobaric operation. Non-isobaric pulse chromatography theory was found to describe accurately the adsorption trends." printpubdate="Adsorption equilibrium constants of S0₂ were found to decrease considerably with increasing temperature. It was also found out that adsorption of SO₂ on the adsorbents investigated were found to decrease in the order of AW300 ≤ 4A ≤ 5A. The adsorption equilibrium parameter of S0₂ on 5A was found as 11.78 at 673 K, whereas it has a value of 157.11 at 523 K. The adsorption equilibrium parameter of S0₂ on 4A zeolite was determined to be 8.63 at 718 K and 213.78 at 523 K.     

An Installable Version Control File System for Unix

We present a file system named VCFS, a Version Control File System that provides transparent version control of files. VCFS is implemented as an installable file system in the Unix operating system. The facility is transparent to users in the sense that VCFS automatically stores changes between incremental versions of a file without user intervention. Access to the latest version of the file retains traditional Unix semantics, enabling all existing Unix applications to be run modified under VCFS if so desired. VCFS provides system call enhancements and supports application level utilities for version number retrieval, displaying changes between two versions of a file, upgrading to a new release number, and related version control functions. Performance measurements show that VCFS provides a significant increase in version control operations compared to application level change management systems such as SCCS, and that the space utilization is significantly better than of the existing version control systems. The primitives and facilities provided by VCFS can be exploited for use in a wide range of applications, ranging from immutable files, transaction processing and file replication support in a distributed file system, to the development of enhanced change management control systems for software project management. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Three dimensional fracture analysis of FGM coatings under thermomechanical loading

The main objective of this study is to examine the three dimensional surface crack problems in functionally graded coatings subjected to mode I mechanical or transient thermal loading. The surface cracks are assumed to have a semi-elliptical crack front profile of arbitrary aspect ratio. The cracks are embedded in the functionally graded material (FGM) coating which is perfectly bonded to a homogeneous substrate. A three dimensional finite element method is used to solve the thermal and structural problems. Collapsed 20-node isoparametric elements are utilized to simulate the strain singularity around the crack front. The stress intensity factors are computed by using the displacement correlation technique. Four different coating types are considered in the analyses which have homogeneous, ceramic-rich (CR), metal-rich (MR) and linear variation (LN) material composition profiles. In the mechanical loading problems, the composite medium is assumed to be subjected to fixed-grip tension or three point bending. In the thermal analysis, a transient residual stress problem is considered. The stress intensity factors calculated for FGM plates are in good agreement with the previously published results on three dimensional surface cracks. The new results provided show that maximum stress intensity factors computed during transient thermal loading period for the FGM coatings are lower than those of the homogeneous ceramic ones.     

KINETICS FOR FAST PYROLYSIS OF HAZEL NUT SHELL

In this article, the potential utilization of hazel nut shell as a combustible residue was studied. To obtain liquid and gaseous products, the hazel nut shell was subjected to pyrolysis and it was converted to 49.3 % (w) gaseous and 20.0 % (w) liquid products at 475 °C for 7.5 minutes in a simple pyrolysis device The kinetic model used in the present study was based on fractional weight loss for each pyrolysis step. The simple fast pyrolysis was compared with TGA technique.     

Corrosion of a Silica-Bearing Ceramic in Sulfur-Oxygen Atmospheres

Experimental observations and thermodynamic calculations are described which show that formation of SiS vapor from SiO₂ in a high-sulfur, low-oxygen atmosphere is a viable corrosion mechanism. This mechanism will become more important than the well-known decomposition of SiO₂ to SiO in those sulfur-bearing atmospheres where the oxygen activity is close to the Si/SiO₂ phase boundary on a volatility diagram.