scholarly journals Preface

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
SQUJS
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Optimization Theory ◽  
Theoretical Physics ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Sultan Qaboos University ◽  
Vice Chancellor ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Abdus Salam ◽  
Research Students

This Special Issue contains some selected papers presented at the Third International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Optimization: Theory, Methods, Applications and Technology Transfer (NAOIII-2014), held during January 5-9, 2014, at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Muscat, Oman. The conference was sponsored by SQU, The Research Council of Oman, The Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP, Italy), AMPL (USA); and the local sponsors the German University of Technology (GUtech) in Oman, the Al-Anan Press (Oman) and Al-Roya Newspaper (Oman).The NAO conference series is held once every 3 years at SQU: the first conference (NAO-2008) was held during April 6-8, 2008, and the second conference (NAOII-2011) was held during January 3-6, 2011. The NAO conference will hopefully become a forum where prominent mathematicians, worldwide experts and active researchers gather and meet to share their knowledge on new scientific methodologies and simulate the communication of new innovative ideas, promote scientific exchange and discuss possibilities of further cooperation, networking and promotion of mobility of senior and young researchers and research students. NAOIII-2014 was inaugurated by HE Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Sarmi, the Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Higher Education, HE Dr. Ali bin Saud Al Bemani, the Vice Chancellor of SQU and HE Mrs. Paola Amadei, Ambassador of Italy to the Sultanate. Twenty world leading researchers gave keynote lectures in twelve Technical Sessions of the conference. In total, forty international participants gave contributed talks. More information is available at: http://conference.squ.edu.om/nao. Thirteen of the keynote papers were selected for the edited Springer proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics Volume 134, “Numerical Analysis and Optimization NAO-III, Muscat, Oman, January 2014”, where each paper was accepted after a stringent peer review process by independent reviewers.Eight of the conference contributed papers were selected for this Special Issue 20(2) of the SQU Journal for Science. We wish to express our gratitude to all contributors. We are also indebted to many anonymous referees for the care taken in reviewing the papers submitted for publication.

scholarly journals Preface

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
SQUJS
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
Numerical Optimization ◽  
Optimization Theory ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Theoretical Physics ◽  
Great Opportunity ◽  
Sultan Qaboos University ◽  
British Council ◽  
Vice Chancellor ◽  
Research Students

This special issue contains selected papers presented at the Second International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Optimization: Theory, Methods, Applications and Technology Transfer (NAOII2011) held during the period January 3-6, 2011 at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Muscat, Oman. The conference was sponsored by SQU, The Research Council (TRC) of Oman, The International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) of Italy, Microsoft (Middle East and Africa Division); and the local sponsors the British Council (Oman), Bank Muscat, the Al-Anan Press, and Al-Roya Newspaper.Following on from the success of the previous conference on Numerical Analysis and Optimization (NAO2008) also held at SQU during the period April 6-8, 2008, the second conference brought again together prominent mathematicians, worldwide experts and active researchers from Oman, USA, South America, UK, Europe, Asia and Arab countries to meet at SQU. It was a great opportunity for researchers to share knowledge and to stimulate the communication of new ideas, scientific exchange and to discuss possibilities of further cooperation, networking and mobility of senior and young researchers and research students. NAOII2011 was inaugurated by HE Dr. Hilal bin Ali Al-Hinai, the Secretary General of TRC and HE Dr. Ali bin Saud Bemani, the Vice Chancellor of SQU. Fourteen world leading researchers gave keynote lectures in fourteen Technical Sessions of the conference. In total, fourty international participants gave contributed talks. More information is available at: http://www.squ.edu.om/Portals/87/Conference/Conference2011/index.htm.Twenty of the conference papers were selected for two special issues 17(1) and 17(2) of the SQU Journal for Science highlighting the two themes of the conference Numerical Optimization and Numerical Analysis; eleven papers were selected for issue 17(1) on Numerical Optimization, and nine papers were selected for issue 17(2) on Numerical Analysis. We wish to express our gratitude to all contributors. We are also indebted to many anonymous referees for the care taken in reviewing the papers submitted for publication.

scholarly journals Preface

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
SQUJS
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
Numerical Optimization ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Optimization Theory ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Sultan Qaboos University ◽  
British Council ◽  
World Community ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Springer Series

This special issue contains selected papers presented at the Fourth International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Optimization: Theory, Methods, Applications and Technology Transfer (NAOIV-2017), held during January 2-5, 2017, at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Oman. More information is available at https://conference.squ.edu.om/Default.aspx?tabid=2157. The NAOIV-2017 conference was sponsored by SQU, Oman Mathematics Committee, COMSTECH (Pakistan), AMPL (USA), German University of Technology (GUtech) in Oman, and the British Council (Oman). Seventeen world leading researchers gave keynote lectures. In total, thirty-seven international participants contributed talks. After the conference, selected contributions were invited to be submitted as full papers for publication in a special edited book of the Springer series on Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics and SQU Journal for Science.Seven of the papers were selected for this special edited issue, each of which was accepted after a peer review process by independent reviewers. We wish to express our gratitude to all contributors. We are also indebted to many anonymous referees for the care taken in reviewing the papers submitted for publication.The NAO conference series is held once every 3 years at SQU: the first conference (NAO-2008) was held on April 6-8, 2008, the second conference (NAOII-2011) was held on January 3-6, 2011, and the third conference (NAOIII-2014) was held on January 5-9, 2014. The NAO conference will hopefully remain a forum where prominent mathematicians, worldwide experts and active researchers gather and meet to share their knowledge on new scientific methodologies and simulate the communication of new innovative ideas, promote scientific exchange and discuss possibilities of further cooperation, networking and the promotion of the mobility of senior and young researchers and research students.For the NAOIII-2014 conference (http://conference.squ.edu.om/Default.aspx?tabid=572), a total of 13 keynote papers were published in the edited book “Numerical Analysis and Optimization: NAO-III, Muscat, Oman, January 2014,” volume 134 (2015), Springer series on Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics, and eight papers were published in the special issue on “Numerical Analysis and Optimization,” volume 20, No. 2 (2015), SQU Journal for Science.For NAOII-2011 (http://conference.squ.edu.om/Portals/16/Conference2011/index.htm),nineteen papers were selected for two special issues of the SQU Journal for Science, highlighting the two themes of the conference Numerical Optimization and Numerical Analysis. Eleven papers were published in the volume 17(1) for the (2012) special issue on Numerical Optimization and eight papers in volume 17(2) for the (2012) special issue on Numerical Analysis.For the first NAO-2008 conference, M.J.D. Powell (who was a major figure in the world community of optimization researchers and left us during the year 2015) delivered the first plenary talk in the NAO series. For more details, visit the website:http://conference.squ.edu.om/Portals/16/Conference2008/index.htm

scholarly journals Volume 8 Issue 2

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Nelson ◽  
Tracy Creagh ◽  
John Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Student Persistence ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Professor Emeritus ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Vincent Tinto ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Long Time ◽  
University Professor ◽  
Practical Experiences ◽  
Conference Committee

This issue is our third Students, Transitions, Achievement, Retention and Success (STARS) Conference special issue held in July this year in Adelaide, Australia.   As is customary, this issue of the journal publishes the top research papers selected via a peer review process and the top Emerging Initiatives selected by the Conference Committee.    We are delighted to feature in this special  issue —Reflections on Student Persistence—prepared by Advisory Board member Professor Vincent Tinto, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at Syracuse University, USA.  Vincent is a long-time friend and supporter of STARS and its predecessor FYHE Conferences and Journal.   In his article, Vincent explores the case for motivation to be considered as a significant aspect of the tertiary student psyche by drawing on theoretical frameworks, research and practical experiences related to the issue.

Basotho Medicinal Plants Second Edition - Meriana ya dimela tsa Basotho Kgatiso ya Bobedi

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodney Moffett
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Comprehensive List ◽  
Vernacular Names ◽  
Plant Use ◽  
Vice Chancellor ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Cape Peninsula ◽  
Plant Uses

As a Mosotho I believe this publication assists in documenting the deep indigenous knowledge of our forefathers and helps preserve the proud tradition of the Basotho Nation. Dr Chris Nhlapo Vice-Chancellor, Cape Peninsula University of Technology This publication is an important contribution to the documentation of medicinal plant use by the Basotho. It contains a comprehensive list of known medicinal plants, their up-to-date scientific names, their vernacular names, as well as their uses. This book will appeal to experts, as well as to readers who are unfamiliar with traditional medicinal plant uses. Professor Ntsamaeeng Moteetee Department of Botany and Plant Technology, University of Johannesburg

scholarly journals Civil Engineering and Symmetry

Symmetry ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas ◽  
Romualdas Bausys ◽  
and Jurgita Antucheviciene
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Research Management ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Optimisation Methods ◽  
Current Special Issue

A topic of utmost importance in civil engineering is finding optimal solutions throughout the life cycle of buildings and infrastructural objects, including their design, manufacturing, use, and maintenance. Operational research, management science, and optimisation methods provide a consistent and applicable groundwork for engineering decision-making. These topics have received the interest of researchers, and, after a rigorous peer-review process, eight papers have been published in the current special issue. The articles in this issue demonstrate how solutions in civil engineering, which bring economic, social and environmental benefits, are obtained through a variety of methodologies and tools. Usually, decision-makers need to take into account not just a single criterion, but several different criteria and, therefore, multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approaches have been suggested for application in five of the published papers; the rest of the papers apply other research methods. The methods and application case studies are shortly described further in the editorial.

Cross-Wedge Rolling of Driving Shaft from Titanium Alloy Ti6Al4V

2016 ◽  
Vol 687 ◽  
pp. 125-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Pater ◽  
Tomasz Bulzak ◽  
Janusz Tomczak
Keyword(s):  
Titanium Alloy ◽  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
Process Parameters ◽  
Axial Symmetry ◽  
Cross Wedge Rolling ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Titanium Alloy Ti6al4v ◽  
Rolling Technology ◽  
Made In

This paper deals with the issue of the helicopter SW4 rear gear driving shaft forming. It was assumed that this shaft will be made from titanium alloy Ti6Al4V and it will be formed by means of cross-wedge rolling technology (CWR). It was also assumed that rolling will be realized in double configuration, which will guarantee axial symmetry of forming forces. The conception of tools guaranteeing the CWR process realization and numerical analysis results verifying the assumed CWR process parameters of the subject shaft were presented. Tests of shaft rolling in laboratory conditions at Lublin University of Technology were made, in the result of which the possibility of forming by means of CWR of a driving shaft, manufactured from titanium alloy Ti6Al4V, of the helicopter SW4 rear gear was verified.

scholarly journals Structure of the H1 C-terminal domain and function in chromatin condensationThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in a Special Issue entitled 31st Annual International Asilomar Chromatin and Chromosomes Conference, and has undergone the Journal’s usual peer review process.

2011 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara L. Caterino ◽  
Jeffrey J. Hayes
Keyword(s):  
Review Process ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Direct Role ◽  
Linker Histones ◽  
Terminal Domain ◽  
Chromatin Folding ◽  
And Function ◽  
Positively Charged ◽  
Selection Of

Linker histones are multifunctional proteins that are involved in a myriad of processes ranging from stabilizing the folding and condensation of chromatin to playing a direct role in regulating gene expression. However, how this class of enigmatic proteins binds in chromatin and accomplishes these functions remains unclear. Here we review data regarding the H1 structure and function in chromatin, with special emphasis on the C-terminal domain (CTD), which typically encompasses approximately half of the mass of the linker histone and includes a large excess of positively charged residues. Owing to its amino acid composition, the CTD was previously proposed to function in chromatin as an unstructured polycation. However, structural studies have shown that the CTD adopts detectable secondary structure when interacting with DNA and macromolecular crowding agents. We describe classic and recent experiments defining the function of this domain in chromatin folding and emerging data indicating that the function of this protein may be linked to intrinsic disorder.

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