this paper proposes a new configuration for solar energy conversion systems. one challenging issue of the photovoltaic (pv) systems is partial shading, and in this paper module integrated converters (mic) are used to overcome this problem in pv arrays. a few boost converters are employed as mics to mitigate the shading effect. furthermore, to reduce the cost and to increase the system performan...

solitons are ubiquitous and exist in almost every area from sky to bottom. for solitons to appear, the relevant equation of motion must be nonlinear. in the present study, we deal with the korteweg-devries (kdv), modied korteweg-de vries (mkdv) and regularised longwave (rlw) equations using homotopy perturbation method (hpm). the algorithm makes use of the hpm to determine the initial expansio...

in this paper, we prove a fixed point theorem for a pair of generalized weakly contractive mappings in complete partial metric spaces. the theorems presented are generalizations of very recent fixed point theorems due to abdeljawad, karapinar and tas. to emphasize the very general nature of these results, we illustrate an example.

nowadays, the environmental impact of transportation project and, especially air pollution impacts, are major concerns in evaluating transportation projects. based on this concern, beside definition of traditional objective functions like total travel time and total investment cost, different type of environmental related function is considered as objective function in urban network design. in ...

background: epilepsy is defined as recurrent unprovoked febrile  seizures, which  cause  disability in patients.  this study  aims  to  assess  the  health-related  quality-of-life (qol) in epileptic patients in fars province, southern  iran. methods: one-hundred epileptic  patients, above 18 years, referred to shiraz university of medical sciences affiliated clinics, were included. the qol of ...

background and aim of study: long span is seen in many clinical situations, treatment planning options of these cases are difficult and may require: fpd, rpd or isp. each option has its own disadvantages: mechanical, patient relief and cost respectively. this article will evaluate the stress distribution of another treatment option which is adding a single supporting implant to the fpd by using...

attempts to obtain experimental values for the kinetic parameters of phenanthridine oxidation by guinea pig or rabbit liver aldehyde oxidase using common spectrophotometric methods have not been successful due to a lower limit of detection. in the present study, a new spectrofluorimetric assay in combination with a multivariate calibration method for enzymatic kinetic study of aldehyde oxidase ...

chemometric techniques in spectral analysis have gained importance in the quality control of  the drugs mixtures and pharmaceutical formulations containing two or more drugs with overlapping spectra. since theophylline and etophylline have common chromophore, they cannot be analyzed simultaneously using conventional uv methods. simultaneous spectrophotometric determination of etophylline and th...

background: assessment of prosthetic needs in a special population would aid in planning the oral health service programs. the aim of this study was to assess the dental prosthetic status and prosthetic needs in a sample of green marble mine laborers of udaipur, india.     methods: the study population comprised of 513 green marble mine laborers who were divided into four age groups (15-24, 25-...