Band structure of porous alumina photonic crystal in the Γ X direction was calculated using order-N method . In a comparison of calculated results with experimental data of reflective and absorptive index, the variation of refractive index of alumina in the external region of oxide layer, around the pores were studied. A Gaussian distribution function was adopted for phosphate anions in the e...

this study tried to explore disciplinary variations of web blurbs across soft and hard knowledge fields on the one hand, and to illustrate how academic publishers exploit interactional metadiscourse devices in move structure of their blurbs on the other.

In addition to the necessity of liberalizing the price of the various sectors of electricity, the regulation of sectors that still maintain their own monopoly structure is mandatory. In order to improve the efficiency of these sectors and encourage their cost reduction, incentive-based regulatory approaches are used which rely on performance evaluation. Due to the monopolistic structure of Iran...

Quantitative description of the spatial variability of soil hydraulic characteristics is crucial for planning, management and the optimum application. Field measurement of infiltration is very expensive, time-consuming and laborious. Soil structure also important effects on water infiltration in the soil. The objectives of this study were to determine the spatial variability of water infiltrati...

In Zagros forest ecosystem, spatial variability of soil and vegetation properties are controlled by series of physical and biological parameters including topographical and anthropogenic factors. Distribution patterns of these properties are greatly variable. In the current study, geostatistics and fractal theory were used to assess the spatial variability of tree canopy and soil bulk density i...