Zirconium is a chemical element with the symbol Zr‚ atomic number 40 and atomic mass of 91.224. The name of zirconium is taken from the mineral zircon‚ the most important source of zirconium. It is a lustrous‚ grey-white‚ strong transition metal that resembles titanium. Zirconium is mainly used as a refractory and opacifier‚ although minor amounts are used as alloying agent for its strong resistance to corrosion. Zirconium forms a variety of inorganic and organometallic compounds such as zirconium
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study The Philippine Food Manufacturing Industry is said to be the most dominant and dynamic industry in our country today‚ having an approximate contribution of 20 percent in our Gross Domestic Product annually. The 2004 Philippine Bureau of Food and Drugs’ Statistical Report of Establishments listed a total of 11‚601 food processing establishments nationwide. The food manufacturing has ten subsectors‚ namely: Bakery products‚ Coconut
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Table Of Contents: Introduction 4 Methodology 5 Uses of VIX 12 Investor Fear Gauge: 12 Hedging with VIX: 13 Hedging with VIX Options and Futures: 15 Risk management case study application: 16 Conclusion: 20 Bibliography: 21 Introduction The VIX is the ticker symbol for the volatility index that the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) created to measure the implied volatility of options on the S&P 500 index (SPX) over the next 30 calendar days. The formal name of the VIX is the CBOE
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Modeling nature Task 1 Theory construction and Model-building skills (chapter 1-3) Scientific research is a process that is designed to extend our understandings and to determine if they are correct or useful. Science strives to operate according to a more rigorous set of rules. Realism: reality exists independent of any human presence‚ there is an external world comprised of objects that follow a myriad of natural facts and laws. --> mirror world. It is possible to make claims regarding
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Comprehensive Formulation for the Optimal Control Of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles Avinash Gali December 22‚ 2010 Cheol W. Lee‚ Ph.D. Associate Professor Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering University of Michigan – Dearborn Abstract: The objective of this study is develop a comprehensive formulation for the optimal control of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) considering various factors such as battery life‚ fuel economy‚ overall energy usage and emissions. Implications
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Mathematicians of the 17th Century Jacob Bernoulli (also known as James or Jacques) (27 December 1654/6 January 1655 – 16 August 1705) was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family. He became familiar with calculus through a correspondence with Gottfried Leibniz‚ then collaborated with his brother Johann on various applications‚ notably publishing papers ontranscendental curves (1696) and isoperimetry(1700‚ 1701). In 1690‚ Jacob Bernoulli became the first person to develop
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Journal of Spatial Hydrology Spring Vol. 5‚ No. 1 Spatial Analysis of Urban Stormwater Quality M. Ghafouri1 and C.E. Swain Abstract Urban stormwater non-point source pollutants are recognized as a major cause of receiving waters quality deterioration. To date most research has focused on specifying temporal variations of stormwater quality parameters which includes high uncertainties and also increases the risk of pollution control structures failure. Traditionally‚ the temporal variations of quality
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IT433 Data Warehousing and Data Mining — Data Preprocessing — 1 Data Preprocessing • Why preprocess the data? • Descriptive data summarization • Data cleaning • Data integration and transformation • Data reduction • Discretization and concept hierarchy generation • Summary 2 Why Data Preprocessing? • Data in the real world is dirty – incomplete: lacking attribute values‚ lacking certain attributes of interest‚ or containing only aggregate data • e.g.‚ occupation=“ ”
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ME GATE Paper 2009 www.gateforum.com _____________Download from wQ. No. 1 – 20 Carry OnePowered By © JbigDeaL____________ ww.JbigDeaL.com Mark Each 1. 3 5 For a matrix [M]= x T 4 5 ‚ the transpose of the matrix is equal to the inverse of 3 5 −1 the matrix M = M . The value of x is given by (A) − 2. 4 5 3 5 (D) 4 5 (B) 1 − et (C) 3 (s 2 1 +s ) (D) 0 (C) 1 − e− t (D) 1 + e− t is If three
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------------------------------------------------- Rock (geology) In geology‚ a rock is a naturally occurring solid aggregate of one or more minerals or mineraloids. For example‚ the common rock‚ granite‚ is a combination of the quartz‚ feldspar and biotite minerals. The Earth’s outer solid layer‚ the lithosphere‚ is made of rock. Rocks have been used by mankind throughout history. From the Stone Age rocks have been used for tools. The minerals and metals we find in rocks have been essential to
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