due to performance grade  )pg) zonation of different parts in iran and poor properties of 60/70 penetration grade bitumens for pavement applications, suitable  polymer modifed  bitumen was  produced.  to  fulfll  this  purpose, different pmbs samples were produced using 60/70 penetration grade bitumen and  various  percentages  of vb  (20  and  25%), with  different  percentages  of  sbs calpre...

it has been known for years that microbial surface active agents have a wide range of applications not only in oil spill environment but also in many industries. their properties including: (i) changing surface active phenomena, such as lowering of surface and interfacial tensions, (ii) wetting and penetrating actions, (iii) spreading, (iv) hydrophylicity and hydrophobicity actions, (v) microbi...

the polymeric and non-polymeric petrochemical wastes are environmentally unfavorable materials. we have to found a way to reuse these wastes in a safe manner. in styrene-butadiene rubber (sbr) production plant two major wastes are produced one is a fine rubber powder and the other is recycled n-methyl pyrrolidone (nmp). in high-density polyethylene (hdpe) production plant also a low molecular w...

scattering of an incoming wave train by a discontinuity at the upper surface of the ocean over a uniform porous bottom of finite depth is considered here in the framework of linearized water wave theory. by employing residue calculus method, the reflection and transmission coefficient are obtained. these coefficients are computed numerically for different values of the porosity parameter g and ...

the neat bitumen, an oil refining by-product, has its own inherent weakness under long-time loading at low and high temperatures. these performance limitations of neat bitumen have led researchers to modify its physical andmechanical properties. according to several studies, polymers can be used to modify the properties of bitumen. due to much lower production costs and aiming to reduce environ...

Waste incineration still seems to be an essential technology in the concept of integrated waste management. However, the desirable quantity of waste incineration residue needs to be as low as possible. Therefore, related optimization of two-stage waste incineration technology has been performed with the main goal of producing lower amounts of boiler ash, fly ash and flue gas-treatment residue, ...

SUMMARY LogoBar is a Java application to display protein sequence logos. In our software gaps are accounted for when calculating the information content present at each residue position in a multiple alignment. The resulting logo is displayed as a graph consisting of bars, although traditional letter representation is also possible. Amino acids are displayed from the bottom up with decreasing f...

The problem of water wave scattering by a semi-infin ite floating dock on the free surface of an ocean with variable bottom topography is considered using linear theory. By employing a perturbation analysis and using Green's integral theorem, the analytical expression for the first order reflection coefficient is obtained in terms of a computable integral involving the bottom shape function. Al...