New applications of database management systems as in office automation and engineering require the system to process both textual and formatted data. To support text search appropriately, text indexes must be created and on-line text index maintenance be provided. Unfortunately, text index maintenance. is generally a time-consuming task and does not fit well in an on-line environment, where sh...

A microfibre device integrating a microfibre knot resonator in a Sagnac loop reflector is proposed for refractive index and temperature sensing. The reflective configuration of this optical structure offers the advantages of simple fabrication and ease of sensing. To achieve a balance between responsiveness and robustness, the entire microfibre structure is embedded in low index Teflon, except ...

Gradient index structures are gaining increased importance with the constant development of Transformation Optics and metamaterials. Our ability to fabricate such devices, while limited, has already demonstrated the extensive capabilities of those designs, in the forms of invisibility devices, as well as illusion optics and super-lensing. In this paper we present a low loss, high index contrast...

Groundwater is one of the most crucial freshwater resources in many parts world. However, growth population and different economic activities have negatively impacted groundwater quality. This study aims to assess quality An-Giang province, Vietnam, from 2017–2020 investigate its suitability for drinking via a new integrated-weight water index (IWQI). The samples were collected at thirteen well...

the purpose of this study is to investigate the relationshipbetween the mutual funds flows and the return of stock index using 65mutual funds in the period of 2008 to 2011.in this study, the dailychanges of the total number of units of mutual funds and the changesof the total values of units of mutual funds were considered as acriteria for the net of mutual funds flows. the results of johansen ...

in this study, the situation of iran, u.s and turkey's pistachio export is investigated. to this purpose, revealed comparative advantage (rca) index is calculated based on agricultural and total economy export, separately, then forecasted by using auto- regressive integrated moving average (arima) approached, for 2008-2013. the results show that considering both commodity baskets, turkey a...