correct estimation of suspended sediment transported by a river is an important practice in water structure design, environmental problems and water quality issues. conventionally, sediment rating curve used for suspended sediment estimation in rivers. in this method discharge and sediment discharge or concentration related using regression relation that generally is exponential model. respect ...

artificial neural network is one of the most robust and reliable methods in online prediction of nonlinear incidents in machining. tool flank wear as a tool life criterion is an important task which is needed to be predicted during machining processes to establish an online tool life estimation system. in this study, an artificial neural network model was developed to predict the tool wear and ...

streptokinase is a potent fibrinolytic agent which is widely used in treatment of deep vein thrombosis (dvt), pulmonary embolism (pe) and acute myocardial infarction (mi). major limitation of this enzyme is its short biological half-life in the blood stream. our previous report showed that complexing streptokinase with chitosan could be a solution to overcome this limitation. the aim of this re...

in arid and semi-arid environments, groundwater plays a significant role in the ecosystem. in the last decades, groundwater levels have decreased due to the increasing demand for water, weak irrigation management and soil damage. for the effective management of groundwater, it is important to model and predict fluctuations in groundwater levels. in this study, groundwater table in kashan plain ...

soil hydraulic properties such as saturated and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity play an important role in environmental research. since direct measurement of these soil hydraulic properties is time-consuming and costly, indirect methods such as pedotransfer functions and artificial neural networks (ann) were developed based on readily available parameters. in this study, the use of ann to pr...

in recent years, researches on reinforcement learning (rl) have focused on bridging the gap between adaptive optimal control and bio-inspired learning techniques. neural network reinforcement learning (nnrl) is among the most popular algorithms in the rl framework. the advantage of using neural networks enables the rl to search for optimal policies more efficiently in several real-life applicat...

in a closed die forging process, it is impossible to form complex shapes in one stage, and thus it becomes necessary to use preform dies. in the present study, backward deformation method and fe simulation via abaqus software has been used in order to design preform die of the h-shaped parts. in the backward deformation method, the final shape of the part is considered as a starting point and u...

since most common form of cervical cancer starts with pre-cancerous changes, a flawless detection of these changes becomes an important issue to prevent and treat the cervix cancer. there are 2 ways to stop this disease from developing. one way is to find and treat pre-cancers before they become true cancers, and the other is to prevent the pre-cancers in the first place. the presented approach...

in this paper, nonlinear equations of motion for laminated composite rectangular plates based on the first order shear deformation theory were derived. using a perturbation method, the nonlinear equation of motion was solved and analytical relations were obtained for natural and nonlinear frequencies. after proving the validity of the obtained analytical relations, as an alternative and simple ...