In this paper, a recurrent fuzzy-neural network (RFNN) controller with neural network identifier in direct control model is designed to control the speed and exhaust temperature of the gas turbine in a combined cycle power plant. Since the turbine operation in combined cycle unit is considered, speed and exhaust temperature of the gas turbine should be simultaneously controlled by fuel command ...

In this work, a novel dual-nozzle ejector enhanced triple-evaporator refrigeration cycle (DETRC) without separator is proposed to improve the performance of the conventional ejector one (CETRC). The performance of DETRC is analyzed and compared with CETRC in term of energy coefficient of performance (COPen). Under given operating conditions, the COPen improvement of the no...

The cold climate is a favorable parameter for the development of tension cracks and decrease of rock brittleness. Therefore, this paper attempts to investigate the Hamekasi porous limestone in order to predict the brittleness indices during freeze-thaw cycles. The freeze–thaw test was executed for one cycle including 16 h of freezing, and 8 h of thawing. The geo mechanical properties and brittl...

objective: to evaluate the effect of cytoplasm transfer from mature oocytes to germinal vesicle(gv)s on promoting the maturation of cytoplasm of gv at the mrna level. materials and methods: sixty six in vitro fertilization (ivf) operations between june 2012 and november 2013 were included in this study. totally 120 gvs were obtained. normal gvs were categorized into 3 groups (n = 40) randomly: ...

background : ticks are important vectors and reservoirs of crimean congo hemorrhagic fever (cchf) virus. human beings may be infected whenever the normal life cycle of the infected ticks on non- human vertebrate hosts is interrupted by the undesirable presence of humans in the cycle. a total of 26 species of argasid and ixodid ticks have been recorded in iran; including nine hyalomma, two rhipi...

Infection with the bacterium Helicobacter pylori is associated epidemiologically with development of gastric cancer. To better understand the role of H. pylori in carcinogenesis, we examined the effects of H. pylori on cell cycle-related events in the AGS gastric cancer cell line. During coculture, wild-type, toxigenic, cagA-positive H. pylori induced both apoptosis and inhibition of cell cycle...

Proliferating serum-dependent 3T3 cells prolong their intermitotic time by 9-10 h after exposure to serum-free medium for only 1 h. This delay was only observed in cells younger than 4 h, i.e. cells in the postmitotic G1 phase (G1pm), as defined by time elapsed since previous mitosis. These data confirm earlier findings that cells are very sensitive to growth factor or serum depletion during th...

The genus Hypericum is one of the most important medicinal plants that contain 17 species in Iran, three of them are endemics. This paper reports the essential oil composition of eight Hypericum species from Iran. The essential oil analysis of a number of the studied plants has already been reported but their report from Iran may be valuable for scientists.  Samples collected from different pla...

The variability of memristive devices using multilayer hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) coupled with Ti and Au electrodes (i.e., Au/Ti/h-BN/Au) is analyzed in depth different numerical techniques. We extract the reset voltage three methods, quantify its cycle-to-cycle variability, calculate charge flux that allows to minimize effects electric noise inherent stochasticity resistive switching, desc...