Organization of technology park and its structure at high educational school of Azerbaijan

On the base of international experience of creation of technology park and also an analyze of the stages of its realization in Sumgayit region the common scheme of technology park on the base of the Sumgayit State University is offered. The problems of the scheme of realization of the projects of the scientific-investigation places in the industrial park are considered

Even President Obama Makes Mistakes: Why Expansion of the Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument was Improper

In 2000, President Clinton created the Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument to protect the Klamath and Siskiyou ecoregions that are home to a variety of rare and endemic plant and animal species. Later, on January 12, 2017, President Obama expanded the Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument, but timber industry representatives and Oregon counties have challenged this expansion because approximately forty thousand of the additional acres were previously reserved for permanent forest production under the Oregon and California Lands Act of 1937. This Note discusses the creation and expansion of this Monument, elaborating on its history and the purposes behind it, and sets forth the arguments in opposition to the expansion of the Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument through case law and historical evidence

Modeling of the fluid-induced vibrations in sliding gate dams

Prevention of damage to an elastic structure, such as the vibration of floodgate, requires serious consideration in the design. Hydrodynamic load characteristics and structural response under flow-induced vibration are mainly influenced by inertia, damping and elastic, geometric characteristics and hydraulic parameters. The purpose of this study is to investigate the dynamic behavior of sliding dam gates in the response to stimulation caused by fluid flow. The main drawback of the analytical models presented in the vibration dam gates is that, they supposed it as a linear system and non-linear behavior of the gates feedback are not considered in the in force calculations. Physical model of the gate in reality, is a self-excited model. So, expression of the force applied to the fluid by adding a harmonic excitation system is incompatible with the physical reality. If the non-linear behavior of the fluid pressure variation considered, vibration dam gate analytical models should be considered as a periodic models to analysis of the vibrational behavior. The qualitative analysis of the problem can be well approximated by the force, which should be able to establish the gate oscillatory behavior. In this paper, at first a nonlinear self-excited mathematical model for the fluid flow induced vibration, in sliding gate dam is presented. This model is based on assumptions that obtained by qualitative analysis of vibration dam gates experimental results. Results show that proposed model can produce permanent and self-stimulated vibration behavior. Then in the next stage the dynamic behavior of sliding dam valves, in response to flow excitation studies in ANSYS. Finally, to achieve the optimal valve geometry, numerical results for various shapes of valves are compared with experimental data

Effects of season and altitude on copper and zinc concentrations in benthos (Chironomids and Gammarids) and sediment

Concentration of heavy metals in aquatic ecosystems is considered as an important environmantal issue. In this study, the Namrood River located in Firoozkooh (Tehran province, Iran) was assessed for the existence of heavy metals. The Namrood river is situated by the main road being by pollutants from tourism and recreational centers, gas stations, sewage of villages, agricultural wastewater and fish culture effluent. The water is extremely contaminated in some parts and possibly contains heavy metals. In the present study, two stations up- and downstream were determined to sample the sediments and Chironomidae and Gammarus pluex in both cold and warm seasons of the year (middle of March and middle of August). The copper and zinc were measured in sediment and benthos. The results showed that copper and zinc concentrations ranged 0.170-0.966 and 0.187-3.846 ppm, respectively. Sediments of the upstream station had the highest copper concentration among the samples in both cold and warm seasons of the year

The GDPR: It Came, We Saw, but Did It Conquer?

On February 1, 2019, the Seattle University Law Review held its annual symposium at the Seattle University School of Law. Each year, the Law Review hosts its symposium on a topic that is timely and meaningful. This year, privacy and data security professionals from around the globe gathered to discuss the current and future effects of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that was implemented on May 25, 2018. The articles and essays that follow this Foreword are the product of this year’s symposium

Sobolev-Morrey Type Inequality for Riesz Potentials, Associated with the Laplace-Bessel Differential Operator

2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 42B20, 42B25, 42B35We consider the generalized shift operator, generated by the Laplace- Bessel differential operator [...] The Bn -maximal functions and the Bn - Riesz potentials, generated by the Laplace-Bessel differential operator ∆Bn are investigated. We study the Bn - Riesz potentials in the Bn - Morrey spaces and Bn - BMO spaces. An inequality of Sobolev - Morrey type is established for the Bn - Riesz potentials.* This paper has been partially supported by Grant of Azerbaijan-U.S. Bilateral Grants Program (Project ANSF Award / 3102)

The impacts of seasonal water discharge fluctuations on benthic communities on the productivity and the consumption of Tajan Estuary, southern coast of the Caspian Sea

In the present study, changes in benthic communities due to seasonal changes in the water of the southern Caspian Basin were investigated. Sampling was conducted monthly, from March 2006 to March 2007, at six selected stations in Tajan River mouth located on south eastern Caspian Sea. Also secondary benthic production consumable for fish and other biota inhabiting the mouth and adjacent areas were estimated. Forcing and limiting factors were also discussed. Benthic communities comprised 9 taxa, of which Balanus sp., Chironomus plumosus and Cerastoderma lamarki were the main contributors to both overall biomass and secondary production. Annual secondary production varied from 3.8g AFDWm-2 y-1, in the upper part of the mouth, to 78.06g AFDWm-2 y-1 in the center of the estuary area. Multivariate correlations between environmental variables and the macro benthic biomass highlighted the role of the water level, temperature, organic carbon content and dissolved oxygen which resulted in separation of communities in the estuary. Composition, biomass and secondary annual production of macro benthic communities were dramatically affected by changes in water residence time and summer drought crises. The isolation of this habitat limits the recovery of other benthic fauna during drought periods. Only populations of two taxa, Balanus sp. (Cirripeda) and C. plumosus (Diptera) seemed to be able to recover quickly after the drought crises, which, in turn, could compromise the overall secondary production, which may have negative effects on fish and other superior organism’s survival. During summer water renewal, when agricultural activities are intense, nutrient inputs should be regulated in this estuary to reduce the risk of benthic mass mortality and to ensure a sustainable ecosystem