Observations of binaries have traditionally provided the means for ascertaining stellar masses. Here, we use the published data on 8 pre–main-sequence pairs to gauge the accuracy of our own, recently calculated, evolutionary tracks (Palla & Stahler 1999). We consider both eclipsing, double-lined spectroscopic binaries, which provide the mass of each star separately, and non-eclipsing, double-li...

Despite the extensive study of lithium depletion during pre-main-sequence (PMS) contraction, studies of individual stars show discrepancies between ages determined from the Hertzsprung–Russell (H–R) diagram and ages determined from lithium depletion, indicating open questions in the PMS evolutionary models. To further test these models, we present high-resolution spectra for members of the β Pi...

background using alcohol and narcotics are recognized to be the important cause of accidents, specifically very severe driving accidents. this study aimed to determine the prevalence of addiction to the narcotics and alcohol among traumatic patients referred to two main trauma centers in south-west of iran. methods this research is a cross- sectional descriptive study on 781 traumatic patients ...

While more and more people are relying on social media for news feeds, serious news consumers still resort to well-established news outlets for more accurate and in-depth reporting and analyses. They may also look for reports on related events that have happened before and other background information in order to better understand the event being reported. Many news outlets already create sideb...

Advancements in information and communication technologies have enhanced our possibilities to communicate worldwide, eliminating borders and making it possible to interact with people coming from other cultures like never happened before. Such powerful tools have brought us to reconsider our concept of privacy and social involvement in order to make them fit into this wider environment. It is p...

Methods Four towns and two rural districts of the Republic of Bashkortostan (Russia) were chosen for the questionnaire. The total number of the childhood population was 50442 children under 17 years of age. Totally 43907 children or their parents were examined with the help of the screening questionnaire. The parents were questioned by medical nurses during consulting reception hours, or in kin...

Transition from socialist to capitalist economy led to enormous changes in earnings and employment. In our study a long-horizon descriptive analysis is presented about the major trends, including the last fifteen years of socialism. Education, gender, calendar time, age and vintage effects are separately analyzed. Aggregate (quasi-) panel analysis is used to assess the role of labor demand and ...

This letter deals with the problem of fluctuating target detection in heavy-tailed -distributed clutter over a number of independent coherent intervals, e.g., in the case of a long observation interval (“stare mode”), or that of independent (range) resolution cells as per the track before detect techniques. The generalized likelihood ratio test for the problem at hand is derived, as well as an ...