More than 60% of the Dutch motorways are covered with a porous asphalt wearing course (PA). In spite of many advantages of PA its lifespan is mostly short which causes high maintenance costs. Lifespan of PA is defined by its main damage being raveling. The main factors which cause raveling are asphalt construction/mixture and environmental factors. Therefore it is important to determine to what...

Although many modern imaging systems are still producing grayscale images, colored-images are more preferred for the larger amount of information they are carrying. Computing the grayscale representation of a color image is a straightforward task, while the inverse problem has no objective solution. The search through out literature has not revealed much history of the past works. In this paper...

For the biochemical characterization of a new transplantable hepatoma derived from the MC-29 virus-induced liver tumor, the macromolecular content and the inducibility of glucose-6-phosphatase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, and aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase were compared in chicken liver and in this hepatoma. The alteration of the nucleocytoplasmic ratio was deduced from measurements of DNA...

One of the prevalent issues in condition based maintenance (CBM) is to predict the residual life of the equipment. This paper proposes a novel framework to predict the remnant life of the equipment, called Residual life prediction based on optimally parameterized Wavelet transform and Mute-step Support vector regression (RWMS). In optimally parameterized wavelet transform, a generalized criteri...

Introduction: In this paper, by complete definition of human eye containing the various parts and their materials, the difference between this model and a homogeneous water phantom are compared for two ophthalmic plaques using 125I and 103Pd. Material and methods: The simulation of the two phantoms were performed in the MCNP-4C code and by using the geometry of a three-dimensional eye, differen...

the contemporary french literature beholds the considerable presence of works which frankly speak of the writer’s “self”. the trinal circles of writer-character-narrator triangle is mixed and created a current of literature dominated by the “first person”. many critics believe this matter demonstrates the dominance if “individualism” in today’s society. meaning, an individual society which plac...

A 65–yrs-old man referred for an ocular discomfort and red eye. The clinical diagnosis was leech in the left eye and its species confirmed as being Limnatis nilotica. Ocular leech infestation should be considered in patients with a history of swimming or washing their face in streams and lakes. Attention should also be given to ocular leech infestation in the differential diagnosis of ocular tr...

Introduction: Until now, many models have been presented for optical study of the human eye. In recent years, surgery on the anterior section of the eye (such as cataract and photo-refractive surgery) has increased, so a study on the optics of the eye and evaluation of vision quality has become more important. Material and Methods: In this article, some of these models are considered. They incl...

Cervical laceration has been identified as a known cause of postpartum hemorrhage. A review of existing literature obtains little information on the incidence and risk factors for cervical laceration after vaginal delivery (1). In the Iranian Traditional Medicine, all types of vaginal, cervical and uterine lacerations named as a common term of uterine fissure or "sheghaghe rahem". In this field...