results there was no significant differences between if and conventional mode regarding visibility of mic (p > 0.05). conclusion although using if caused improved visibility of mic, the difference with conventional mode was not statistically different. patients and methods in this cross-sectional study, 2580 digital panoramic images of 18 to 70-year-old patients were inspected for presence of m...

An optical fiber temperature and torsion sensor has been proposed by employing the Lyot-Sagnac interferometer, which was composed by inserting two sections of high-birefringence (HiBi) fiber into the Sagnac loop. The two inserted sections of HiBi fiber have different functions; while one section acts as the temperature sensitive region, the other can be used as reference fiber. The temperature ...

Background & Aims of the Study: Due to widespread dust-storms in the western regions of Iran and the significant role of meteorological parameters in formation and control of these storms, this study aimed to explore the correlation between meteorological parameters and dust-storm occurrences in the western part of Iran. Materials & Methods: In this cross-sectional study, meteorological param...

Surface solar radiation has undergone decadal variations since the middle of the twentieth century, producing global ‘dimming’ and ‘brightening’ effects1,2. These variations presumably result from changes in aerosol burden and clouds3, but the detailed processes involved have yet to be determined. Over Europe, the marked solar radiation increase since the 1980s is thought to have contributed to...

In this paper, we are concerned with computing and maintaining the exact visibility polygon V (q) of a moving point observer q in planar scenes represented by a polygon with holes with complexity of n. We propose an algorithm that applies and computes each change to V (q) in constant time as q moves to a new neighboring position. In fact, in our method changes to V (q), as the observer q moves,...

atmospheric visibility is a key factor in everyday life mainly in aviation, industry and surface traffic. it has been defined as the greatest distance at which an observer can just see a black object viewed against the horizon sky which is known as the visual range. furthermore, light extinction which is mostly due to absorption and scattering effects of aerosols in the atmosphere, can be calcu...

The paper considers representations of unions and products of trees as rectangle-visibility graphs (abbreviated RVGs), i.e., graphs whose vertices are rectangles in the plane, with adjacency determined by horizontal and vertical visibility. Our main results are that the union of any tree (or forest) with a depth-1 tree is an RVG, and that the union of two depth-2 trees and the union of a depth-...

the direction and speed of winds play an important role in the occurrence of pollutions and dust stormas well as location placement for the establishment of industries and the expansion of cities. yazd is a dry area of iran, and constantly exposed to the dust particles in the air; and this in terms of human life and health issues are of special importance. in this paper a day when due to the am...