introduction: cadmium is a heavy metal with high toxicity and is best known as a carcinogen element. for protecting human health and environment it is necessary to remove excess cadmium from industrial wastewater before discharging it to surface and ground water. in this study the efficiency of zinc oxides nanoparticles in cadmium removal from aqueous solution was evaluated. methods: this is a ...

one of the main distinctions between geomaterials and other engineering materials is the spatial variation of their properties in different directions. this characteristic of geomaterials -so called heterogeneity- is studied herewith. several spatial distributions are introduced to describe probabilistic variation of geotechnical properties of soils. among all, the absolute normal distribution ...

In this article, we will estimate efficiency amountof decision-making unit by offering the continuous piecewise polynomialextrapolation and interpolation by CCR model input-oriented on the assumptionthat it is constant returns to scale in different times. And finally, we willestimate efficiency amount of decision-making unit indifferent times byoffering an example.

in this study, energy consumption pattern, efficiency and the percentage of saved energy and inputs of poultry production farms in isfahan, nain and najafabad townships with different capacities were evaluated. the average of net energy gain per 1000 bird for capacities less than 10, 10-30 and more than 30 thousand pieces was calculated as -143.66, -129.58 and -94.99 gj/1000 bird, respectively....

forest nurseries in north are the main sources of seedlings production for forest organization and urban green spaces. for more produce and less cost should be done good management of the production operations.study included data from 16 nursery seedling production in the north. in this study land (an area of seedling land) and personnel (workers and employees) as an input and the number of see...

Objective: The aims of this study were to determine energy efficiency and CO2 use pattern of grape production in Zanjan province, Iran by a non-parametric method of data envelopment analysis (DEA). Methods: Initial data were collected using a face to face questionnaire from 42 orchards in Abhar city of Zanjan province which is one of the most important centers of grape production in ...

performance   evaluation in regular periods is one of the ways in which organizations can   evaluate their performance as well as weak and strong points unifiedly and   precisely. these days, mathematical models are also used to evaluate the   efficiency and productivity of various units. these units are a collection of   education, research and service activities as input and output factors an...

A low-complexity orthogonal multiplierless approximation for the 16-point discrete cosine transform (DCT) was introduced. The proposed method was designed to possess a very low computational cost. A fast algorithm based on matrix factorization was proposed requiring only 60 additions. The proposed architecture outperforms classical and state-of-the-art algorithms when assessed as a tool for ima...

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a non-parametric approach for performance analysis of decision making units (DMUs) which uses a set of inputs to produce a set of outputs without the need to consider internal operations of each unit. In recent years, there have been various studies dealt with two-stage production systems, i.e. systems which consume some inputs in their first stage to produce ...