mpsiac is currently known as an appropriate method to measure sediment ofwatershed basins of the country while there has not been any sensitivity analysis so far forthis method. in this study, required data for mpsiac model were gathered from six basins;amame-kamarkhani, kand-golandok, tang kenesht (from two different references), nojian(from three different references), pegahe sorkh katvand (f...

Crack initiation in Ti-6242 has been observed to occur in a grain with a hard orientation for basal slip neighbouring a grain with a soft orientation. Because there is significant variability in microstructural features and crack initiation life, it is useful to explore the effects of the variability of the microstructural components through a probabilistic sensitivity analysis. In this paper, ...

With the advance of efficient algorithms for sen­ sitivity analysis of probabilistic networks, study­ ing the sensitivities revealed by real-life net­ works is becoming feasible. As the amount of data yielded by an analysis of even a moderately­ sized network is already overwhelming, effective methods for extracting relevant information from these data are called for. One such method is to stud...

This paper presents a new method for continuum-based shape sensitivity and reliability analyses of a crack in a homogeneous, isotropic, and linear-elastic body subject to mode-I loading. The method involves the material derivative concept of continuum mechanics, domain integral representation of the J-integral, and direct differentiation. Unlike virtual crack extension techniques, no mesh pertu...

RESULTS: The decision tree shows the associated QALYs, costs and probabilities used to calculate the ICUR of $3,699/QALY with gain of 2.7 QALYs at an additional cost of $9,987 proving that LVOS is cost-effective. One-way sensitivity analysis showed that LVOS became cost-ineffective when its clinical effectiveness had a QALY of less than 30.187. Probabilistic sensitivity analysis using Monte-Car...

RESULTS: The decision tree shows the associated QALYs, costs and probabilities used to calculate the ICUR of $3,699/QALY with gain of 2.7 QALYs at an additional cost of $9,987 proving that LVOS is cost-effective. One-way sensitivity analysis showed that LVOS became cost-ineffective when its clinical effectiveness had a QALY of less than 30.187. Probabilistic sensitivity analysis using Monte-Car...

In the reliability analysis of a sealing structure, radial clearance contact surface is usually regarded as failure criterion, and sample size quite small, which brings great challenges to uncertainty quantification. Therefore, this paper proposes method based on leakage mechanism sealing. With application dynamic interval, proposed can be used deal with problem degradation in small evaluate re...

MPSIAC is currently known as an appropriate method to measure sediment ofWatershed basins of the country while there has not been any sensitivity analysis so far forthis method. In this study, required data for MPSIAC model were gathered from six basins;Amame-Kamarkhani, Kand-Golandok, Tang Kenesht (from two different references), Nojian(from three different references), Pegahe sorkh katvand (f...

extensive flood damages all over the world necessitate its control and operation. hydrologic impacts of land use change appear in many ways such as total runoff, and flood peak flow. this study was performed in 2014 and aimed to investigate the impacts of land use changes on the occurrence of floods in the catchment of boostan dam in golestan province, iran. for this purpose, watershed modeling...

  Objective: The diagnosis of vertical root fracture (VRF) in endodontically treated teeth is a clinical challenge due to lack of specific clinical and radiographic signs. Although radiographic evaluation such as CBCT is helpful, intracanal posts can produce artifacts and may impair the quality of CBCT scans. This study aimed to compare the diagnostic accuracy of different resolutions of CBCT i...