geomorphologic landforms associated with tourism and development has been considered by many researchers in recent years. geomorphologic landforms which have values and capabilities, considered in context of tourism, known as geomorphosite and are studied in geomorphotourism approach. in this paper, we used landsat satellite imageries, geological and topographic maps, data obtained by field obs...

This article analyses the social imaginary of “networked feminism” as an ideological construct of legitimate political engagement, drawing on ethnographic study conducted with London-based women's organisations. For many women's groups, the desire to connect echoes libertarian visions of Web 2.0 as an “open” and “shared” space, and it is encouraged by widely circulating governmental narratives ...

Recently, Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods have been applied to the design of blind Bayesian receivers in a number of digital communications applications. The salient features of these MCMC receivers include the following: a) They are optimal in the sense of achieving minimum symbol error rate; b) they do not require the knowledge of the channel states, nor do they explicitly estimate th...

An in-line sample purification method for MALDI-MS, which relies on the electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD)-based technique for digital microfluidics, is reported. In this method, a droplet containing peptides and impurities is moved by EWOD and deposited onto a Teflon-AF surface. A droplet of water is subsequently moved over the spot, where it dissolves and removes the impurities. A droplet co...

Introduction: To adequately explore high priority landing sites, scientists require rovers with greater mobility [1]. Therefore, future Mars missions will involve rovers capable of traversing tens of kilometers (vs. tens of meters traversed by Mars Pathfinder's Sojourner). However, the current process by which scientists interact with a rover does not scale to such distances. A single science o...

Percent ground cover of vegetation is an important parameter for crop management. An innovational method based on features of objects was presented to automatically estimate percent ground cover of winter wheat from digital image analyses. Based on the features of wheat and its background components, an algorithm was designed to extract the percent ground cover, and the corresponding program wa...

When a new system is developed, an evaluation of the system reliability should be carried out in order to determine whether the system is acceptable for an actual spot. Reliability of systems in a nuclear power plant is also analyzed to compare with regulatory criteria designed to ensure the availability of high-quality qualifications. There are several reliability analysis methods: the fault t...