I t i s a n o u t s t a n d i n g p r i v i l e g e t o h a v e b e e n i n v i t e d t o t h i s S y m p o s i u m . T h e r e f o r e , I nould l i k e f i r s t t o t h a n k a l l t h o s e c o n c e r n e d w i t h t h e d e c i s i o n t o g r a n t me t h i s h o n o u r bn the o c c a s i o n o f t h e 8th S y m p o s i u m o n M e d i c i n a l P l a n t s o f B r a z i l . Mode rn t i...

introduction there are significant differences in the spatial distribution of the iran annual precipitation. this is resulted from spatial behavior of precipitation in the one hand and variation in the sources of precipitation on the other. the lack of adequate distribution of meteorological stations and the unavailability of long-term statistics of precipitation makes the analysis of precipita...

1. I n t r o d u c t i o n ~ ]e concep t o f fuzzy s e t s d e f i n e d by Zadeh 1 ) g i v e s an i m p o r t a n t m a t h e m a t i c a l c l u e f o r an approach to s t u d i e s o f sys tems w i th no sha rp b o u n d a r i e s . L a t e l y , t h e fuzzy i n t e g r a l 2 ) b a s e d on t h e fuzzy s e t t h e o r y has been proposed and a p p l i e d t o t he measurement o f fuzzy o b j...

BEGIN l o w l e v e l t r a n s f o r m a t i o n s c a n r e q u i r e a l o t o f A I p l a n n i n g SUM:=1; TOP:=2*LN(X); TERM:=1; [Fickas85]. FOR I:=1 TO 20 DO BEGIN Now consider this same matrix multiply example in a language TERM:=(TOP/I)*TERM; SUM:=SUM+TERM; l i k e A P L t h a t e m b r a c e s t h e c o n c e p t o f m a t r i c e s a n d m a t r i x END; operations. This new language...

one of the most important atmospheric systems in the eurasian continent during the northern hemisphere winter season is the siberian high pressure. in this study, using the ncep/ncar reanalysis data for winters of 1948-2008, trend of changes in the intensity of the high system center and its effects on some meteorological fields are investigated. the results show that the 2m height mean tempera...

1. M o r e t h a n t e n y e a r s h a v e p a s s e d s i n c e t he R e v e r s e a l p h a b e t i z e d D i c t i o n a r y of t h e H u n g a r i a n L a n g u a g e ( s e e P a p p 1969) w a s p u b l i s h e d a s t h e f i r s t mnajor d o c u m e n t of t he c o m p u t e r p r o c e s s i n g of A M a g y a r N y e l v t ~ r t e l m e z 6 S z 6 t ~ r a ( the E x p l a n a t o r y D i ...

In t h i s paper we show how t h e p a t t e r n samples g e n e r a t e d f r o m t h e unknown asymmet r i c f i n i t e m i x t u r e d i s t r i b u t i o n a re d i c h o t o m i z e d b y t h e Karhunen-Loeve o r t h o g o n a l sys tem i n t h e o p t i m a l way. We i n t r o d u c e t h e concep t o f t h e d i f f e r e n c e o f f e a t u r e s o f two c a t e g o r i e s and p r o v...

cict. o r M i n i n g t h n i n i t i a l c a n o n i c a l d a t a d e f i n i t i o n is d e s c r i b e d b y Ho I M I . T h i n o a p e r d e s c r i h e s t h e s u b s e q u e n t s t e p s w h i c h a r e m o r e f u l l y d e s c r i b e d b y P l o s s e r 13 1 . rilr PSl. M!)[»n. F Q P R F Q U I R E M F N T S S T A T E M E N T T h e R S I u n d e r c o n s i d e r a t i o n i r t h i ...

in recent decades, foreign direct investment (fdi) has played a vital role in economic growth of developed and developing countries. fdi brings new capital and technology to the host country beside a possibility of spillover to local firms. hence, fdi is considered as an important channel of technology transfer. however, in empirical studies, the size and direction of effects of fdi on producti...

gypsum found in the soil beneath the foundation of structures, specially hydraulic structures, can cause serious damage to them. the mechanical behavior of gypsiferous soils has not so far been investigated in detail except for the works of petrukhin (1993). here, it has been tried to investigate the mechanical behavior and the effect of soil being leached on settlement and strength of these ki...