Background: In its standard form, the parametric survival model assumes that the shape parameter is constant and the scaling parameter is not. This article focuses on how a model with a non-constant shape parameter could make differences in oncology studies and lead to more precise results. Materials and Methods: Online data for part of a large clinical trial conducted by the Radiation Oncology...

GB-spline curves can be considered as the generalization of B-spline curve incorporating a shape parameter into the polynomial basis functions. The geometric effect of the alteration of the shape parameter is discussed in this paper, including constrained shape control of the curve.

Abstract. Sorptivity is a parameter of primary importance in the study unsaturated flow soils. This hydraulic required to model water infiltration into vertical soil profiles. can be directly estimated from functions (water retention and conductivity curves), using integral formulation Parlange (1975). However, calculating sorptivity this manner requires prior determination diffusivity its nume...

The measurement method (MM) and the land-use (LU) are two soil structure-related attributes that available in infiltration experiments. This study aims to hypothesize technique might be good predictors of performance parameter values models. Soil Water Infiltration Global (SWIG), which includes about 5000 experiments worldwide assembled Institute Agrosphere Jülich, Germany, was used. Except for...

in the nighttime, drainage flow occurs along the basin sideslope and advects cold air to the boundary layer over the basin bottom (bbl), intensifying the cooling rate of the layer. a nocturnal cold air lake develops in the basin, attaining a depth nearly equal to the topographical depth of the basin. heat budget analysis of the whole basin surface shows that net radiative flux closely balances ...

the aim of this work is to find an efficient aerodynamic-based design algorithm for projectile fins and configuration shape optimization. three-dimensional supersonic flow over a projectile with fins at much number 5 and one degree angle of attack was studied. the runge-kutta method and multi-block technique was used to solve the governing equations. a basic configuration was assumed for the fi...

the manning roughness coefficient is an important parameter in the design and evaluation of furrow irrigation. despite its importance, estimation of this parameter for surface irrigation is very difficult, particularly in furrow irrigation. in this study, an evalue model was used to estimate the manning roughness coefficient in furrow irrigation. the model was based on volume balance and develo...

artificial recharge can be an effective method to raise the groundwater table and to resolve the groundwater crisis in sefid dasht plain. the most important step to successful accomplishment of artificial recharge is locating suitable areas for artificial recharge. hence this research carried out with purpose of determining suitable areas for artificial recharge in sefid dasht plain. slope, sur...