Capital Fixity and Mobility in Response to the 2008-09 Crisis: Variegated Neoliberalism in Mexico and Turkey

The article examines the 2008-9 crisis responses in Mexico and Turkey as examples of variegated neoliberalism. The simultaneous interests of corporations and banks relative to the national fixing of capital and their mobility in the form of global investment heavily influenced each state authority’s policy responses to the crisis at the expense of the interests of the poor, workers, and peasantry. Rather than pitching this as either evidence of persistent national differentiation or some Keynesian state resurgence, we argue from a historical materialist geographical framework that the responses of capital and state authorities in Mexico and Turkey actively constitute and reconstitute the global parameters of market regulatory design and neoliberal class rule through each state’s distinct domestic policy formation and crisis management processes. While differing in specific content the form of Mexico and Turkey’s state responses to the crisis ensured continuity in their foregoing neoliberal strategies of development and capital accumulation, most notably in the continued oppression of workers. That is, the prevailing strategy of accumulation continues to be variegated neoliberalism

Adsorptive properties of As(III) from aqueous solution using magnetic nickel ferrite (NiFe2O4) nanoparticles: Isotherm and kinetic studies

As(III) adsorption on NiFe2O4 nanoparticles were systematically investigated by controlling parameters such as stirring rate, pH, initial arsenic concentration, contact duration, temperature, and adsorbent dose. It was observed that the amount of adsorbed arsenic concentration is strongly depended on pH and temperature. The temperature and pH give rise to significant changes in the amount of adsorbed arsenic. As compared with Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms models, the latter is found to be well suited. Pseudo-first order, pseudo-second order, and intraparticle diffusion models were applied to adsorption equilibrium data obtained from the analysis of arsenic with diverse amount of initial concentration. © 2017 Taylor & Francis

Antimony removal from aqueous solutions using magnetic nickel ferrite (NiFe 2 O 4 ) nanoparticles

In this study, magnetic nickel ferrite (NiFe 2 O 4 ) nanoparticles were synthesized via microwave assisted combustion method and these particles were used as adsorbent for antimony removal. The most effective parameters for the removal efficiency are adsorbent dosage and temperature, while the impact of pH is insignificant. In order to determine the most suitable kinetic model, the compatibility of pseudo-first order, pseudo-second order and the intraparticle diffusion model was compared and the most suitable kinetic model was determined to be pseudo-second-order. Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms were assessed and the most suitable isotherm was observed to be Freundlich model. © 2018, © 2018 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India

The effects of heat treatment on the synthesis of nickel ferrite (NiFe2O4) nanoparticles using the microwave assisted combustion method

NiFe2O4nanoparticles were synthesized using the microwave assisted combustion method based on metal nitrate salts and urea. To remain of organic matters and to stabilize the particles, samples were thermally treated at various temperatures from 300-800 °C. The prepared samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM). The heat treated samples show the reflection planes of (111), (220), (222), (311), (400), (422), (511), and (440) which perfectly confirm to a cubic spinel phase of NiFe2O4and no secondary phases were detected in the XRD patterns of the samples. The crystallite sizes calculated using the Debye-Scherrer formula were found to increase with the heat treatment temperature, from about 4 nm at 300 °C-85 nm at 800 °C. EDX results verify that the compositional mass rations were relevant, as expected from the synthesis. The micrographs of SEM and TEM showed that all of the samples have nano-crystalline behavior and particles indication cubic shape. Magnetization measurements were obtained at room temperature by using a VSM, which demonstrated that the all of the samples synthesized with heat treatment exhibited ferromagnetic behaviors. © 2014 Published by Elsevier B.V

Fatigue strength estimation of butt welded joints in magnesium AZ31 alloy using the genetic algorithm

Genetic Algorithm is applied to calculate the substitute structural length (SSL) and obtain the fatigue strength of welded joints in magnesium. Fatigue tests with unnotched and notched specimens of the base material metal (BM), the weld metal (WM) and the heat-affected zone (HAZ) of magnesium AZ31 (MgA13) were carried out in order to derive the unknown substitute structural length. Results of fatigue tests with geometrically similar welded joints with full and partial penetration were available. The comparison of the experimental and predicted substitute structural length using Genetic Algorithm Substitute Structural Length Estimation Model (GASLEM) shows that the developed models seem to be capable of predicting the SSL values. Fatigue strength values were also obtained using predicted SSL. © 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA

Morphometric MRI evaluation of corpus callosum and ventricles in normal adults

PubMedID: 22196757Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the normal values of subregions of corpus callosum and ventricles in healthy adult people in our population using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and to establish gender differences. Methods: The MRI of 52 healthy individuals (29 females and 23 males) aged 20-50 years was obtained. The measurements were performed from MRI on a workstation. The midsagittal images were used for measurements of the subregions of corpus callosum and axial images were for lateral and third ventricles. Results: The mean values of the widths of genu, body, splenium, and height of the corpus callosum were 13.28±2.10, 7.64±1.07, 12.52±1.35, and 25.47±2.20 mm, respectively in females; whereas, the same measurements were 13.23±2.41, 6.89±2.12, 11.90±1.94, and 25.03±3.38 mm, respectively in males. Moreover, the mean value for the longitudinal dimension of the brain was 150.12±5.04 mm, while that for the corpus callosum was 71.27±3.70 mm in females. Additionally, the mean frontal horn width of the lateral ventricle and the transverse inner diameter of the skull were 34.06±3.05 and 130.76±6.71 mm in females and 34.03±2.78 and 129.96±10.61 mm in males, respectively. Due to these measurements, the values of Evans index which is reflecting the lateral ventricle enlargement were estimated to be 0.25±1.90 and 0.25±1.14 in females and males, respectively. According to our last measurement result, the mean values for the third ventricle width were 3.79±0.85 and 4.12±0.94 mm in females and males, respectively. These findings show that there are differences between the averages of some indices of corpus callosum of our population and the other populations. © W. S. Maney & Son Ltd 2011