Archives-December 2019

China is considered as one of the biggest consumers of energy in the world, creating a lot of pollution. There is a noticeable shift to renewable energy in China to solve this issue. However the geopolitical consequences of such a significant transition have received relatively little academic study. With existing literature and most recent data, this paper suggests a general framework for exploring this topic. This paper will briefly explain the energy and environment challenges faced by China and will demonstrate the most recent and significant commitments of the Chinese government to address those challenges. Then it shows the considerable progress already made by China in the energy efficiency of their economy and how China has used renewables to diversify its energy mix. Finally the paper studies the implications, opportunities and challenges, on global politics of such an energy transition. This papers shows how a fast development of renewable energy in China affects geopolitical balance with Japan, EU and US. This paper goal aim is to enrich the theoretical literature about renewable energy geopolitics with a special focus on China. This paper demonstrates that a global energy system dominated by renewable energy will be more sustainable, just and peaceful than the one only dominated by fossil fuels.

From the moment governments began making money from levying duty on imported goods, a smuggling trade developed to avoid paying such taxes. To avert the adverse effects of contraband most countries of the world take preventive measures. This research gives an overview of the existing situation of contraband in our country, mainly on the Moyale-Addis Ababa Trade route, due to the poor trade licensing procedures. This research has explored the licensing procedures of traders on smuggled goods and the effectiveness of legal punishments and other techniques to prevent contraband in Moyale to Addis Ababa trade route. Based on relevant domestic regional and federal tax and trade laws of the country, the research tried to critically analyze the practical obstacle to prevent contraband and the rationale behind licensing the traders on smuggled goods from. In conducting the research, the researcher basically followed qualitative approach. In collecting data, the scholar employed the mixture of random and purposive/judgmental sampling technique so as to get the key informants of the study. The study revealed that contraband or illegal trade involving export and import of goods was very common through long borders of the Ethiopian Moyale- Addis Ababa Trade root/ region with neighboring country Kenya. The failure of trade licensing authority to control and supervise and take legal action is the very cause for the expansion of contraband trade.

In Ethiopia, the modern concept of corporation and principle of corporate governance is new and at its enfant stage even if the commercial code that governs company in Ethiopia has enacted since 1960. The corporate governance regime of private limited company in Ethiopia has many legal and practical problems. This article devoted on the legal and practical problems associated with the Ethiopian private limited companies. In doing so the researcher employed doctrinal research approach. The corporated governance problems associated the absence of governance board to the private limited company in Ethiopia is the main apprehension that makes the researcher to carry out a study on the corporate governance of PLC in Ethiopia. The study divulge that the absence of board of directors in the governance of private limited companies in Ethiopia as a big governance problem of PLCs that the researcher has tried to address.

The demand for feldspar as a raw material for various industrial applications is continuously increasing. It is a valuable raw material in the manufacture of glass, ceramic, fillers, enamel frits and welding electrodes. Feldspar is abundant in the earth’s crust and is generally associated with other silicate, titanium and iron oxide minerals. The present paper aimed to reduce the iron oxide content from feldspar ore of Libya, as well as, to obtain an optimal grade of feldspar concentrate for industrial applications. It should be mentioned that this is the first time that Libyan feldspar ores subjected to upgrading studies. Dry and wet magnetic separation techniques followed by leaching processes were carried out, in order to decrease the iron contamination and increase the feldspar content. From a feed containing 2.48% Fe2O3 a non-magnetic concentrate of 0.28 % Fe2O3 with feldspar yield of 84.5 % was obtained at size fraction – 0.032 mm. Such concentrate contains about 21.05% Al2O3% and Na2O, K2O of 18.24% in comparison to 12.18% in the feldspar ore. Leaching process successfully reduced the iron oxide content up to 0.07 %. At the same time, the total contents of Na2O + K2O increased to about 16.73% in comparison to 12.18% in the original feldspar ore.

A novel algorithm for effectively fusing Alzheimer’s effected medical images is proposed in this paper. Fusing is done in the Undecimated Discrete Wavelet Transform (UDWT) domain. Firstly, the RGB images are converted in to NTSC images and then UDWT is applied. In UDWT domain, Low frequency subbands are fused using maximum selection rule and high frequency subbands are fused according to the Modified Spatial Frequency (MSF). Lastly, fused image is obtained by inverse UDWT. The fused NTSC is again converted in to RGB image for fused RGB image. Superiority of the proposed method is presented and justified. Fused image quality is verified with various quality metrics i.e., Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR), Entropy, Spatial Frequency (SF) etc.,

Nowadays, classroom attendance of a student is a very important task and if taken manually wastes a lot of time. There are many automatic methods available for this purpose i.e., biometric attendance. All these methods waste time, waiting in a queue to detect their thumb, palm, face or iris in front of the scanning device. This paper describes the efficient algorithm that automatically marks attendance without any human intervention and waste of time. The algorithm works with images of multiple faces. Firstly, the images are captured by using a camera placed on the top of the blackboard. The captured images are processed for noise removal using a median filter. Then the faces are detected using the detection algorithm. Lastly, the detected face is recognized by comparing the faces in the database and the attendance is marked. A Graphical User Interface (GUI) is designed for calculating the percentage of the match of faces.

Achklun and Amgala are located in the North and South of Abéché, region of Ouaddaï (Eastern Chad). In Achklun and Amgala crop out, granites which are cross cut by diaclases and veins. Petrographic investigation of rocks shows that granites are of two types: (1) fine grains biotite granites constituted of quartz, orthoclase, plagioclase biotite andopaque minerals and (2) coarse grains amphibole biotite-granites made up of quartz, orthoclase, plagioclase biotite amphibole and opaque minerals. Structural feature investigated are diaclases and veins. Diaclases are observed in biotite granite and amplibole biotite-granite. They display NE-SW trend direction. Veins are observed in amplibole biotite-granite. They have granitic composition and pegmatitic texture. Veins display NE-SW dominant trend direction. The NE-SW trend direction suggests that their emplacement benefited from diaclase network. Geotechnical studies indicate that fine grains biotite granite is more resistant than amphibole biotite-granite. The resistant may vary from one station to another in the same rock type. This variation is due to mineral composition grain sizes and the intensity of fractures (diaclases). Base on field observations laboratory investigation the present work permitted to select the granite more adapted for various building.

The article focuses on the problem of foreign language training of future specialists as an integral part of the professional training of students of different specialties. The authors analyze the modern features of a foreign language training at the present stage of the society development. The article considers the potential of professional-oriented language for training future specialists that will enable the 21st century professionals to fulfill their professional responsibilities, to be more adaptable and flexible to the challenges of rapid development of society and technology.

In the current study, thermoplasmonic characteristics of Moscovium nanoparticles with spherical, core–shell and rod shapes are investigated. In order to investigate these characteristics, interaction of synchrotron radiation emission as a function of the beam energy and Moscovium nanoparticles were simulated using 3D finite element method. Firstly, absorption and extinction cross sections were calculated. Then, increases in temperature due to synchrotron radiation emission as a function of the beam energy absorption were calculated in Moscovium nanoparticles by solving heat equation. The obtained results show that Moscovium nanorods are more appropriate option for using in optothermal human cancer cells, tissues and tumors treatment method.

Although modernhuman believes that beliefs and thoughts of the early human based on which their life spent and related they their life to these beliefs are superstitions and the result of lack of awareness, knowledge and culture, in unconscious mind, these symbols are connected to his/her basic beliefs. In this way, today, there are reliefs in all cultures by which human dealt throughout the history and they had specific meaning in each era and beliefs of early humans evolved as symbols in the life of modern human and they change in accordance with the culture and thought of each era. With a quick look to historical, literal and artistic works, we find out that the figures of lion have important position in decorative arts of Iran either before or after Islamin various periods of Iranian culture. Concepts in astronomy and religious concepts of ancient and Islamic Iran are reflected in literature of Iran which are mixed with the roots of Persian poetry including works of Rumi, Hafez and Ferdowsi and or as an important symbol in illustration of great Shahnamehs of Iranian artistic eras such as Safavid age which is the golden age of Iranian art. This symbol is the most ignored symbols which remained unknown in our era despite of its historical greatness and archaism and is neglected. Iranian lion symbol to which sun is added historically, is registered in United Nations as one of the three medical symbol along with red crescent and red cross. Today, it is stated that this symbol is being replaced by red star o Israel. The aim of this work is to recognize and extract this symbol in Iranian thought before and after Islam. Each art in which an artwork is created must have an inextricable tie with culture and thought. Iranian artist must investigate this cultural background and utilize its concepts and values for culture- creation in his/ her artworks. The method of data collection in this research is through studying documents available in libraries and investigation of the symbol of lion using observation and library methods. In this way, various references are used and the type of research is historical, descriptive and analytical.