Drought is an inevitable part of the world’s climate. It occurs in wet as well as in dry regions. Therefore, planning for drought and mitigating its impacts is essential. In this study, a hedging rule is developed using the zero/one mixed integer-programming approach. Furthermore, some procedures are introduced to ease the computational burden inherent in integer programming. Hedging rules are ...

The article describes the Charvak reservoir morphological map development, created using softs capable of processing, analyzing, and visualizing high-resolution satellite geodata. study determined amount useful volume change during reservoir's operation. was designed to be interactive processed in real time GoogleEarth ArchGIS analytical tools. aims improve effective monitoring changes water ca...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of Shenshuning Recipe (SSNR) on gene expression of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) in renal tissues in rats with glomerulosclerosis. METHODS Glomerulosclerosis was induced in 42 rats by unilateral nephrectomy and intravenous injection of doxorubicin. Then these 42 rats were randomly divided into three groups: untreated group, SSNR-treated group and benazepr...

After binarization of cells in complex cytological and histological images the segmented structures can be rather far away from a final quantification of features of single cells since cells may overlap and cluster strongly. Separating optically, partially or totally fused entities like cells is a problem which frequently cannot be solved by a watershed segmentation or a basic morphological pro...

Microlensing is sensitive to binary, brown dwarf (BD), and planetary companions to normal stars in the Galactic bulge with separations between about 1-10 AU. The accurate, densely-sampled photometry of microlensing events needed to detect planetary companions has been achieved by several follow-up collaborations. Detailed analysis of microlensing events toward the bulge demonstrates that less t...

This thesis propose an automatic algorithm for the estimation of germination time on microscopic images of Aspergillus Niger. The fungus is one of the most important producers of citric acid and catalytic enzymes where production is heavily determined by its present morphology. Study of the germination rate and how the fungi is affected by its growth factors allow for controlled regulations on ...

Fibers spun by melt spinning of binary and ternary polypropylene/ polyethylenetherephthalate blends have been produced and characterized in order to investigate the effect of a compatibilizer on their morphology and mechanical properties. The compatibilizer was a maleic anhydride-functionalized rubber copolymer. The effect of the compatibilizer was well evident in the isotropic state, as the mo...

SuWt 2 is a planetary nebula consisting of a bright ring-like waist from which protrude faint extended lobes a morphology believed to be typical of progenitors which have experienced a close-binary evolution. Previous observations of NSV 19992, the star at the projected centre of SuWt 2, have found it to comprise two A-type stars in a 4.9 day eclipsing orbit, neither of which could be the nebul...