Some Introductory Notes on the Development and Characteristics of Sabah Malay

This is a preliminary description of the Malay variety used as a lingua franca in the Malaysian state of Sabah at the northernmost top of Borneo. The paper discusses a number of common linguistic features that distinguish Sabah Malay from other Malay varieties and analyses these features from a historical linguistic perspective. While it is argued that Sabah Malay has a close historical relation with other Malay dialects spoken in Borneo, especially Brunei Malay, the vernacular is also influenced phonologically and lexically by Sabah\u27s indigenous and immigrant speech communities. Words and sentences recorded or elicited during fieldwork in various parts of Sabah illustrate these points

Kinematics of rigid bodies in spaceflight

Rigid rotating body kinematic equations for use in space flight mechanic

Comparison of storm-time changes of geomagnetic field at ground and at MAGSAT altitudes

Computations concerning variations of the geomagnetic field at MAGSAT altitudes were investigated. Using MAGSAT data for the X, Y, and Z components of the geomagnetic field, a computer conversion to yield the H component was performed. Two methods of determining delta H normalized to a constant geocentric distance R sub 0 = 6800 were investigated, and the utility of elta H at times of magnetic storms was considered. Delta H at a geographical latitude of 0 at dawn and dusk, the standard Dst, and K sub p histograms were plotted and compared. Magnetic anomalies are considered. Examination of data from the majority of the 400 passes of MAGSAT considered show a reasonable delta H versus latitude variation. Discrepancies in values are discussed

Pitch and yaw motions of a human being in free fall

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Alteration of the state of motion of a human being in free fall

Orientation and attitude alteration of human body motion state in free fall studied with mathematical model

Evolution of geomagnetic <i>aa</i> index near sunspot minimum

International audienceThe smoothed values of the minima of sunspot number Rz and the geomagnetic index aa were compared for sunspot cycles 12?23. In one cycle, aa(min) occurred earlier than Rz(min), but remained at that low from a few months before Rz(min) to a few months after Rz(min). In two cycles, Rz(min) and aa(min) coincided within a month or two. In nine cycles, aa(min) occurred more than three months later than Rz(min). The aa(min) coincided with the minima of some solar radio emission indices originating in the solar corona. For sunspot cycles 21, 22, 23, the minimum of solar wind velocity V occurred 0?9 months later than the aa(min). The minimum of solar wind total magnetic field B occurred near Rz(min). The solar wind ion density N had maxima (instead of minima) near Rz(min), and again near Rz(max), indicating a ~5-year periodicity, instead of an 11-year periodicity. The maxima of aa, V and B occurred near Rz(max) and/or later in the declining phase of Rz. The aa index was very well correlated with the functions BV and BV 2