In this article, the thermo-elastic behavior of a functionally graded simple blade subjected to the mechanical and thermal loadings is presented, applying a semi-analytical method and a variable thickness cantilever beam model. A specific temperature gradient is employed between the root and the edges of the beam. It is assumed that the mechanical and thermal properties are longitudinal directi...

to study combining ability and genetic parameters of seed yield trait in rapeseed, eight lines of rapeseed were evaluated by a design of half diallel cross. seeds of f1 generation and their parents were grown in a 6 × 6 simple lattice design with two replications. according to the analysis of variance, general combining ability (gca), specific combining ability (sca) and mean squares of genotyp...

Computer security depends largely on passwords to authenticate human users. However, users have difficulty remembering passwords over time if they choose a secure password, i.e. a password that is long and random. Therefore, they tend to choose short and insecure passwords. Graphical passwords, which consist of clicking on images rather than typing alphanumeric strings, may help to overcome the...

Longitudinal studies are prevalent in clinical trials, biological and social sciences where subjects are measured repeatedly over time. Modeling the correlations of repeated measurements on the same subject and handling missing data are challenging problems in the statistical analysis of such data. The situation is exacerbated knowing that the presence of missing data can hamper modeling of dep...