Efficiency evaluation is one of the major issues in urban transportation. Since the efficiency of the systems is affected by its data and output, what makes the results of the performance evaluation valid and applicable, is selecting the appropriate data and outputs of the system. In this study, the efficiency of the subway stations in Tehran in case of return, compared to the fixed scale, is m...

dehaulling is one of the important stages in sesame grain processing. it includes soaking, dehusking the grain, and separating the husks from kernels. in the present study, a continuous dehuller for an industrial continuous process layout of grain was designed, fabricated and evaluated. the slope and speed of dehuller were the main factors for laboratory experiments. results depicted both facto...

The efficiency of e-government websites is a very crucial factor for e-government success. Users prefer sites that allow them to get their tasks done successfully and quickly. In this paper, the efficiency of the current government websites at the local self-government (district level) in India is measured using two different techniques. The techniques used here are related to time and effort. ...

Abstract A dataset of (E)-N’-benzylideneisonicotinohydrazide derivatives as a potent anti-mycobacterium tuberculosis has been investigated utilizing Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) techniques. Genetic Function Algorithm (GFA) and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis (MLRA) were used to select the descriptors and to generate the correlation QSAR models that relate the Mi...

Numerical investigation was performed on NACA 0015 which is a symmetric airfoil. Pressure distribution and then lift and drag forces are verified. Changing of ground clearance was a considerable point. Also the angle of attack was changed from 0° to 10°. Pressure coefficient reaches its higher amounts on the wing lower surface when the ground clearance diminishes. Increment of the angle of atta...

This study suggests a model of a new set of evaluation criteria that will be used to measure the efficiency of real-world Ecommerce websites. Evaluation criteria include design, usability and performance for websites, the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique has been used to measure the websites efficiency. An efficient Web site is defined as a site that generates the most outputs, using t...

abstract introduction: dyes are among the most hazardous chemicals in industrial wastesdue to their toxicity for aquaculture, reduction of light permeability, and in turn development of disorders in photosynthesis process. the current study aimed to investigate the efficiency of coral in removing red reactive 198 from textile dye wastewater was investigated. materials & methods: in this experim...

To judge about the performance of designed support system for tunnels, structural forces i.e. peak values of axial and shear forces and moments are critical parameters. So in this study, at first a complete database using finite element method was prepared. Then, a model of artificial neural network (ANN) using multi-layer perceptron was developed to estimate lining structural forces. Sensitivi...