An efficient disintegrant is capable of breaking up a tablet in the smallest possible particles in the shortest time. Until now, comparative data on the efficacy of different disintegrants is based on dissolution studies or the disintegration time. Extending these approaches, this study introduces a method, which defines the evolution of fractal dimensions of tablets as surrogate parameter for ...

a major concern of farmers is deterioration of the soil and water resources. soil management is the most direct way for mankind to interfere with natural processes that may either intensify or hinder soil degradation. fractal geometry has been widely used to describe heterogeneity in a wide range of natural processes, including physical systems of soil. in this study, the effects of different m...

Jessica L. Green*, John Harte and Annette Ostling Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA *Correspondence: E-mail: [email protected] Abstract Although scaling relationships that characterize fractal species distributions offer an exciting pot...

spatial analysis of aeolian landforms by fractal theory (case study: ardestan rig) abstract natural sciences face to a great revolution, nowadays. now, scientists think the world as a collection of complex systems which prediction of consequences of this complex systems is so difficult. in this situation the systems have rotational act so irregularly lead to regular and regularly lead to irregu...

Fractal structure of the six-vertex model is introduced with the use of the IFS (Iterated Function Systems). The fractal dimension satisfies an equation written by the free energy of the six-vertex model. It is pointed out that the transfer matrix method and the n-equivalence relation introduced in lattice theories have also been introduced in the area of fractal geometry. All the results can b...

The west-central Sinai area includes one of the most productive manganese deposits in Egypt (Um Bogma Mn-Fe ore). explored is covered by a Carboniferous and Cambro-Ordovician sedimentary succession overlying Precambrian basement rocks. purpose this study to delineate geochemical anomalies ore related elements track their dispersion trains, which may lead discovery unknown deposits. For purpose,...

Aerial photography was conducted in the high Arctic Ocean during a Chinese research expedition in summer 2010. By partitioning the images into three distinct surface categories (sea ice/ snow, water and melt ponds), the areal fraction of each category, ice concentration and the size and geometry of individual melt ponds, are determined with high-spatial resolution. The ice concentration and mel...

human intervention in intensification of natural hazards is a concern for researchers. recognizing the response of morphological phenomena to human activities is not traceable in all phenomena. small landforms could capture short-term changes caused by human interventions and react to them. playa are among the areas in which micro-landforms changes can be traced monthly or permanently. playa ar...