We demonstrated a miniature and in situ ~13-layer graphene nanomechanical resonator by utilizing a simple optical fiber Fabry-Perot (F-P) interferometric excitation and detection scheme. The graphene film was transferred onto the endface of a ferrule with a 125-μm inner diameter. In contrast to the pre-tension induced in membrane that increased quality (Q) factor to ~18.5 from ~3.23 at room tem...

This paper proposes dynamic software birthmarks which can be extracted during execution of Windows applications. Birthmarks are unique and native characteristics of software. For a pair of software p and q, if q has the same birthmarks as p’s, q is suspected as a copy of p. Our security analysis showed that the proposed birthmark has good tolerance against various kinds of program transformatio...

What exactly is the Rational Unified Process, or RUP as many call it now? I can give several answers to this question, from different perspectives: q What is the purpose of the RUP? It is a software engineering process, aimed at guiding software development organizations in their endeavors. q How is the RUP designed and delivered? It is a process product, designed like any software product, and...

The success of Linux and Apache has strengthened the opinion that the open source paradigm is one of the most promising strategies to enhance the maturity, quality, and efficiency of software development activities. This observation, however, has not been discussed in much detail and critically addressed by the software engineering community. Most of the claims associated with open source appea...

Among the numerous air pollutants, the strongest proof for adverse health effects has been reported for particulate matter (PM). The aim of this study was the exploration of short-term associations of air pollution with mortalities due to cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in Tehran, Iran, based on hospital and census data from 2007 to 2013. This descriptive and analytical research was conducted in ...

Background: The aim of study is to compare I-gel and Air-Q supraglottic airways in terms of success rate of device insertion, number of attempts taken, haemodynamic parameters before and after device insertion, incidence of trauma and postoperative sore throat, dysphagia. Methods: This randomised single blind study was conducted on 90 patients of age 18-60 years, undergoing elective surgery req...

We assess the human health and economic impacts of projected 2000–2050 changes in ozone pollution using the MIT Emissions Prediction and Policy Analysis Health Effects (EPPA-HE) model, in combination with results from the GEOS-Chem global tropospheric chemistry model of climate and chemistry effects of projected future emissions. We use EPPA-HE to assess the human health damages (including mort...

The objective of this paper is to study the surface texture behavior low and medium-carbon steels machine elements in acidic environment using Abbott Firestone curve depending upon MATLAB software. chemical composition low-carbon steel 0.16C-0.27Si-1.47Mn-0.02Al while 0.49C-0.30Si-0.91Mn-0.03Al. They were hot-rolled at 1200°C for 30 min followed by air cooling. Two different heat treatment proc...

It is known that the nonextensive statistics was originally formulated for the systems composed of subsystems having same q. In this paper, the existence of composite system with different q subsystems is investigated by fitting the power law degree distribution of air networks with q-exponential distribution. Then a possible extension the nonextensive statistics to different q systems is provi...