during winter 2004 and 2005, two field and glasshouse experiments were conducted to evaluate the response of 471 chickpea genotypes to ascochyta rabiei, as ascochyta blight (ab) disease in chickpea (cicer aurietimum). frequent rainfall at flowering and pod formation stages made favorite conditions conducive for the infection and symptoms expression. so, the genotypes with high level of toleranc...

The elastic properties of materials under high pressure are relevant to the understanding and performance of many systems of current interest, for example, in geology and tribology. Of particular interest is the origin of the dramatic increase in modulus with increasing pressure, a response which is also called ”smart materials behaviour”. In this context, simple phosphate-containing materials ...

Introduction Trends in power electronics systems and devices over the last decade have placed increasing demands on the efficiencies of the thermal management systems used for power MOSFET and IGBT modules. The pressure to decrease the size of power electronics systems and, subsequently, the module, has resulted in a 50% footprint area reduction of some IGBT modules. This has resulted in higher...

This paper presents the design, applications, and performance of the miniature fiber optic-based cylinder pressure sensor which has targeted advanced engine controls requiring high accuracy pressure information. Three types of sensor packages are described currently utilized in prototype closed loop control systems for diesel, gasoline, and dual fuel engines: glow plug with the heater-mounted s...

Geothermal energy has many advantages over solar and other renewables. These advantages include: 1) weather-proof; 2) base-load power; 3) high stability and reliability with a capacity factor over 90% in many cases; 4) less land usage and less ecological effect; 5) high thermal efficiency. The total installed capacity of geothermal electricity, however, is much smaller than those of solar energ...

abstract in order to investigate the freezing tolerance of field grown fennel (fueniculum vulgare mill) under controlled conditions, a factorial experiment based on completely randomized design was conducted with three replications in agricultural college, ferdowsi university of mashhad in 2004. treatments were two fennel ecotypes (khorasan and kerman), two planting dates (oct 8th and 29th ) an...

Embedded SRAMs can occupy the majority of the chip area in SoCs. The increased process spreads of modern scaled-down technologies and non-catastrophic defect-related sensitivity to environmental parameters can compromise the stability of SRAM cells, which is quantified by a low Static Noise Margin (SNM). A Stability Fault (SF) can present itself in a cell whose SNM is so small that it can accid...

Physicochemical properties of emulsion based systems are influenced by various factors. In this study, lutein-loaded oil in water emulsions was prepared with whey protein isolate and selected anionic polysaccharides. Our results revealed that 0.2-1% (w/v) pectin and 0.1-0.7% (w/v) of Carboxymethyl cellulose to 1% (w/v) whey protein isolate significantly changed the electrical charge. At pH 3, t...

The nakhlites experienced a fluid alteration event on Mars leading to the rapid crystallization at low temperature (e.g. 25-150C) of siderite, clay and other salts in fractures within olivine and interstitial sites [1-2]. In order to help constrain the origin and evolution of the brine we present new Li-isotopic, C and Thermal Gas Analysis data for Nakhla and Lafayette samples. Techniques: Whol...