Background and Objective: Quality control is one of the most important components in order to improve quality assurance in laboratories during analytical steps. For this purpose, coefficient of variation plays an important role. Due to the fast improvement in technology, application of inferential statistics for the comparisons of laboratory techniques, including instrument and chemicals and fa...

The Tera-eV Energy Superconducting Linear Accelerator (TESLA) is a 32 km long superconducting linear electron/positron collider of 500 GeV centre of mass energy (upgradeable to 800 GeV), presently in the planning phase at DESY [1,2]. About 21000 superconducting RF 9-cell cavities have to be cooled with superfluid helium at 2 K. The cavities are assembled in groups of 12 into about 16 m long cry...

OBJECTIVES The present study aimed to investigate the illicit drug use patterns of long-distance truck drivers. This population is considered to be a special interest group in terms of drug-driving research and policy due to high rates of use, involvement of drugs in truck accidents, and the link between drug use and work-related fatigue. METHODS Qualitative interview data were collected from...

This study evaluates different strategic courses of action concerning the secondary transportation sector in Hyrcanian forests of Iran. The decision support method Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) has been utilized in the assessment of different strategies in truck selection. The assessments are based on the opinions of a group of experts in Iranian forest industries. Results showed that the tr...

It is shown that a microscopic system consisting of Brownian particles moving in a spatially asymmetric but periodic potential (ratchet) and contacting with the alternating hot and cold reservoirs along space coordinate and an external force applying on the particles may work as a refrigerator. In order to clarify the underlying physical pictures of the system, the heat flows via both the poten...