Background & objective: The presence of natural organic matter in water sources creates various problems, especially in common water treatment process. These compounds cause unfavorable taste and odor in water and are among the most important precursors of water disinfection by-products. This study was carried out to evaluate the efficiency of activated carbon (AC) and activated carbon modified...

Many general and specific arc consistency algorithms have been produced in the past for solving Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSP). The important general algorithms are AC-3, AC-4, AC-5 and AC-6. AC-5 is also a generic algorithm. It can be reduced to AC-3, AC-4 and AC-6. Specific algorithms are efficient specializations of the general ones for specific constraints. Functional, anti-function...

In this study, Mesobuthus gibbosus and Mesobuthus eupeus eupeus venom samples were compared for lethality, in vivo effects and proteins. Neutralization capacity of monovalent Androctonus crassicauda antivenom (RSHA anti-Ac) was tested against the lethal effects of the venoms.Venom was obtained from mature scorpions by electrical stimulation of the telson. The lethality of the venom and potency ...

UNLABELLED Inaccuracy in MR image-based attenuation correction (MR-AC) leads to errors in quantification and the misinterpretation of lesions in brain PET/MRI studies. To resolve this problem, we proposed an improved ultrashort echo time MR-AC method that was based on a multiphase level-set algorithm with main magnetic field (B0) inhomogeneity correction. We also assessed the feasibility of thi...

The idea of a microgrid is created by utilizing more diverse ac or dc distributed generation (DG) sources along with an energy storage system (ESS) and loads. The most efficient and reliable selection of ac and dc microgrids is a hybrid ac/dc microgrid. The hybrid microgrid largely overcomes the shortcomings of standalone ac or dc microgrids. A bidirectional interlinking converter (BIC) is util...

Eight Activator (Ac) transposable elements mapped to the maize chromosome arm 1S were assessed for Ac transposition rates. For each of the Ac stocks, plants homozygous for the single Ac element and the Ds reporter r1-sc:m3 on chromosome 10 were crossed as females by a homozygous r1-sc:m3 tester color-converted W22 line. The resulting ears produced mostly coarsely spotted kernels and a low frequ...

Ac signals are accurately measured by using Thermal Converters (TCs). In this paper, ac voltages are automatically calibrated as an example by the Thermal Voltage Converter (TVC) with changing the sequence of the applied signals. 1 V, 10 V, and 100 V at different frequencies from 50 Hz to 100 kHz are measured. The three different sequences are sequence #1 which is (+dc, ac, -dc), sequence #2 wh...

To improve the osteoconductivity of apatite cement (AC) for reconstruction of bone defects after oral maxillofacial surgery, we previously fabricated AC containing atelocollagen (AC(ate)). In the present study, we examined the initial attachment, proliferation and differentiation of mouse osteoblastic cells (MC3T3-E1 cells) on the surface of conventional AC (c-AC), AC(ate) and a plastic cell di...

Microspore cell death and low green plant production efficiency are an integral obstacle in the development of doubled haploid production in wheat. The aim of the current study was to determine the effect of anti-apoptotic recombinant human B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2△21) and caspase-3-inhibitor (Ac-DEVD-CHO) in microspore cell death in bread wheat cultivars AC Fielder and AC Andrew. Induction med...