On the Use of Hydrodynamic Instability Test as an Efficient Tool for Evaluating Viscoelastic Fluid Models

Abstract The so-called ''second-order'' rheological model has been of widespread use in studies related to viscoelastic fluids. The model, however, has been shown by Mathematics Subject Classification: 76E2

Maximal operator in variable exponent generalized morrey spaces on quasi-metric measure space

We consider generalized Morrey spaces on quasi-metric measure spaces , in general unbounded, with variable exponent p(x) and a general function defining the Morrey-type norm. No linear structure of the underlying space X is assumed. The admission of unbounded X generates problems known in variable exponent analysis. We prove the boundedness results for maximal operator known earlier only for the case of bounded sets X. The conditions for the boundedness are given in terms of the so called supremal inequalities imposed on the function , which are weaker than Zygmund-type integral inequalities often used for characterization of admissible functions . Our conditions do not suppose any assumption on monotonicity of in r

ILSF, A THIRD GENERATION LIGHT SOURCE LABORATORY IN IRAN

Abstract The Iranian Light Source Facility (ILSF) project is a first large scale accelerator facility which is currently under planning in Iran. On the basis of the present design, circumference of the 3 GeV storage ring is 297.6 m. Beam current and natural beam emittance are 400 mA and 3.278 nm.rad respectively. The facility will be built on a land of 50 hectares area in the city of Qazvin, located 150 km West of Tehran. The city is surrounded by many universities, research centers and industrial companies. The design and construction of prototype items such as radio frequency solid state amplifier, dipole magnets, highly stable magnet power supplies and girders have already begun. Site selection studies, including geotechnical and seismological measurements are being performed. Conceptual Design Report, CDR, as the first milestone of the project was published in October 2012

Land use changes monitoring over 30 years and prediction of future changes using multi-temporal Landsat imagery and the land change modeler tools in Rafsanjan city (Iran)

The purpose of this study is predicting and modeling of future changes in the Rafsanjan area, using remote sensing and GIS. The multispectral satellite data obtained from Landsat 5 (TM), 7 (ETM+) and 8 (OLI) for the years 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010 and 2016, were used respectively. The supervised classification technique was applied to multitemporal Landsat images. Rafsanjan city was classified into four major LU classes including urban areas, pistachio gardens, bare-land, and salt. Change detection analysis was performed to compare the quantities of land use class variation between time intervals. The results revealed both increase and decrease of the different LU classes from 1986 to 2016. Generally, the conclusions indicate that during the study period, Urban areas and pistachio gardens have increased by 6.89% (18.47 km2) and 12.76% (34.18 km2) while bare-land and salt have decreased by 13.43% (35.97 km2) and 9.96% (26.68 km2), respectively. In order to predict the future land use changes map, we used the Land change modeler tools of IDRISI software. Consequently, the predicted land use map of 2022 was prepared based on the trend of 30 years of land use changes and effective variables

Land use changes monitoring over 30 years and prediction of future changes using multi-temporal Landsat imagery and the land change modeler tools in Rafsanjan city (Iran)

The purpose of this study is predicting and modeling of future changes in the Rafsanjan area, using remote sensing and GIS. The multispectral satellite data obtained from Landsat 5 (TM), 7 (ETM+) and 8 (OLI) for the years 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010 and 2016, were used respectively. The supervised classification technique was applied to multitemporal Landsat images. Rafsanjan city was classified into four major LU classes including urban areas, pistachio gardens, bare-land, and salt. Change detection analysis was performed to compare the quantities of land use class variation between time intervals. The results revealed both increase and decrease of the different LU classes from 1986 to 2016. Generally, the conclusions indicate that during the study period, Urban areas and pistachio gardens have increased by 6.89% (18.47 km2) and 12.76% (34.18 km2) while bare-land and salt have decreased by 13.43% (35.97 km2) and 9.96% (26.68 km2), respectively. In order to predict the future land use changes map, we used the Land change modeler tools of IDRISI software. Consequently, the predicted land use map of 2022 was prepared based on the trend of 30 years of land use changes and effective variables

The prevalence of symptomatic hand osteoarthritis in Tehran: Community-oriented program for Control of Rheumatic Diseases- COPCORD

"n Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Background: Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis in the world. This study presents the evidence on the prevalence of symptomatic hand osteoarthritis in urban community. To add to the evidence on the prevalence of symptomatic hand osteoarthritis in urban community."n"nMethods: Inhabitants (age≥15 yrs) in 22 randomly selected districts (Tehran) participated in a Community-Oriented Program for Control of Rheumatic Diseases (COPCORD) evaluating major rheumatic disorders, including osteoarthritis. Eventually, 10, 291 inhabitants completed a Questionnaire (75% response-rate). Trained interviewers asked participants whether they had had any pain, swelling, tenderness, or morning stiffness in the right/ left hand during previous seven days. Participants underwent a complete physical examination if they had any musculoskeletal complaint or extra-articular manifestation of rheumatic disease. Osteoarthritis was defined as presence of palpable nodules (Heberden's/ Bouchard's nodes, CMC1's squaring), pain, tenderness, swelling, or a combination of them on that joint (DIP-PIP-MCP-CMC1). Clinical hand osteoarthritis was positive if at least one joint showed osteoarthritis. "n"nResults: Symptomatic hand osteoarthritis was present in 2.8%(CI; 2.3-3.4) (52.6% female, mean age; 37.1±16.3). Prevalence was higher in females (4.3% vs. 1.3%, p=0.000) and increased with age (0.1% in people <30 versus 23% in people >70, p=0.000). The most common signs in the DIP, PIP and CMC1 joints were bony enlargement, followed by tenderness and pain on movement. "n"nConclusions: our study confirms the evidence of high prevalence of symptomatic hand osteoarthritis in an urban community. The prevalence, pattern of hand joints involvement and relationship with age and sex in this study performed in an Eastern community resemble those in Westerners, which calls for further attention by appropriate services

Application of homotopy perturbation method to find an analytical solution for magnetohydrodynamic flows of viscoelastic fluids in converging/diverging channels

In this article, an analytical solution for magnetohydrodynamic flows of viscoelastic fluids in converging/diverging channels is presented. A similarity transform reduces the Navier-Stokes and energy equations to a set of non-linear ordinary differential equations that are solved analytically by means of the homotopy perturbation method (HPM). The results obtained in this study are compared with numerical results and previous studies. Close agreement of the two sets of results indicates the accuracy of HPM. An expression that is acceptable for all values of effective parameters is obtained by HPM. The numerical solution of the similarity equations is developed and the results are in good agreement with the analytical results based on HPM