The translation of English for science and technology (abbreviation for EST) in the internet era caters to the needs of the market and boasts a promising prospect. EST is a kind of informational text characterized by its scientific seriousness, requiring the translator to demonstrate the accuracy and logicality in translated text. Results show that the figure-ground theory can be well applied to spatial orientation analysis, temporal event analysis, and syntactic analysis. Regarding the complex sentences, Tamly put forward five principles of figure-ground theory including sequence principle, cause-result principle, inclusion principle, contingency principle and substitution principle. Taking petroleum EST as the research object, this paper applies the five related principles to the syntactic analysis of long and complex sentences with examples.

In the food industry, some additives such as carob bean gum are highly sought after thanks to their power to present, even at low concentrations, a particular texture, guaranteeing stability, attending sanitary quality, and improving the taste and appearance of food. The main problem in the valorization of such seeds is the presence of shrinkage phenomenon issued from the airflow drying, which would lead to altering the functional quality. It would be also possible to meet among the problems, the risks of contamination by microbes, insects and larvae. It is obvious that an adequate intensification of the drying should address such issues while preserving the functional quality. The current work aimed at identifying the ability of DIC (instant controlled pressure-drop) processing to confer the seeds higher porosity, better tortuosity, greater exchange surface, that they get better aptitude to dry, to allow an effective decontamination that it can even reach a sterilization level of these seeds, while, by instant cooling, to preserve even improve their own functional (rheological) quality. The kinetic of DIC-assisted airflow drying was analyzed using the phenomenological Coupled Washing/Diffusion (CWD) model. Since DIC is a perfectly controlled hightemperature/short-time process, an adequate Design of Experiment DoE was used through operating parameters of saturated steam pressure (P), processing time (t), and number of cycles (c), to measure the washing starting accessibility and the effective diffusivity. It, also, was possible to assess the functional properties and rheological attributes, for systematically performing the statistical calculation of the DoE using Statgraphics software.

The Communication industry in Nigeria was thrown into the Quality of Service challenges as a result of rapid growth of mobile users with their increases in the demand for mobile communication application services. Most often in this country, the outages are high which leads to total network failures, block calls, drop calls. All these are as a result of poor signal strength at the receiving end. This research was aimed at minimizing outage probability in mobile network using beamforming adaptive antenna array system. To achieve this goal, the number of outages was measured at a specified period. A beamforming antenna was designed so as to enhance signal reception. An LMS algorithm was developed for the antenna for signal tracking and acquisition. A model for minimizing the outage probability in the network using adaptive beamforming antenna was then developed and simulated in MATLAB Environment. Results obtained showed that the outage probability is lower with adaptive beamforming antenna and also the BER curve was better with beamforming technique.

Proper reactive power management for improving the a.c power system performance always result in loss minimization. It is all about the supply of reactive power in a transmission line to increase the transmittable power thereby making it compatible with the prevailing load demand. In this paper, various factors contributing to loss minimization in a.c networks were examined, and include the use of: shunt capacitors and reactors, synchronous capacitors, tap changing transformers, series capacitors e.t.c. Recommendations to minimize losses in the system were proffered in this study to ensure good power quality and security in the network.

In the past two decades, sustainability has been a significant concern when planning cities. As a consequence of development occurring in cities, its essence to people is discounted. An example of this is Doha, Qatar‟s capital, which has undergone massive urban developments because of the post-WWII discovery and production of oil and gas. Doha‟s urban fabric has been transformed from a rational, people-based, and environmentally adapted design into zoning and transportation dependent planning. However, in the past few years, Doha has started to adopt sustainability-driven urban planning policies. For example, development of the new city Lusail has legislation and design regulations directed towards sustainable planning. Therefore, this research study is focused on the urban planning of a neighbourhood in Al Wakra, Qatar. The focus is on its relationship to the old city layout and the possible implementation of sustainability principles in present-day development in the area. The study also develops strategies and design that utilize sustainability principles. The study process includes a literature review, data collection, detailed site analysis, and exploration of present and historic plans for Al Wakra. Additionally, various alternatives that follow specific strategies are generated to identify a desirable approach for the neighbourhood. Furthermore, the strategies highlight actions needed to implement the development concept. As a result, the study generates an ideal approach for the further development of Al Wakra. Furthermore, the findings can act as a reference for similar developments with a comparable climate, surroundings, environment, size, and population.