utilizing polymeric materials for damping mechanical waves is of great importance in various fields of applications such as military camouflage, prevention of structural vibrational energy transfer, and noise attenuation. this ability originates from segmental dynamics of chain-like polymer molecules. damping properties of styrene-butadiene rubbercontaining 10 wt% of monosize polystyrene partic...

Short time existence, uniqueness, and regularity for a surface diffusion evolution equation with curvature regularization are proved in the context of epitaxially strained twodimensional films. This is achieved by using the H−1-gradient flow structure of the evolution law, via De Giorgi’s minimizing movements. This seems to be the first short time existence result for a surface diffusion type g...

We present a quantitative assessment of the local and long-range horizontal connections within two separate models of layer 4 and layer 2/3 of the striate cortex. Connections between the orientation minicolumns, building the models, are developed during exposure to visual input. Layer 4 long-range horizontal connections target all orientation domains in a balanced manner, whereas local connecti...

pure anatase titania (tio2), mixed 1.0 wt.% cerium-anatase titania (1.0 wt.%ceo2-tio2), and mixed 1.0 wt.% zirconia-anatase titania (1.0 wt.%zro2-tio2) nano powders were synthesized by co-precipitation method and characterized using x-ray diffraction (xrd), brunauer-emmett-teller (bet) surface area analysis, uv-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (drs), and transmission electron microscope (te...

drought is one of the natural disasters that causes a lot of damages each year. this phenomenon is a result of severe and repeated spatial-temporal anomalies in atmosphere circulation patterns. thus, studying and identifying the synoptic patterns of this phenomenon is inevitably necessary. in this study, first yearly rainfalls in selected stations of the uremia lake basin were temporally standa...

This study evaluated the tarnish resistance of eight experimental Pd-free Ag-Au-Pt-Cu dental alloys in a 0.1% Na(2)S aqueous solution at 37 degrees C. Color measurements of the plate samples were made using a computerized spectrophotometer before and after immersion in the test solution for up to 72 hours. Tarnish discoloration was evaluated using the color difference vector, DeltaE*, in the CI...

A 20-m-wide trench was excavated to bedrock on a hillslope at the Panola Mountain Research Watershed in the Piedmont region of Georgia to determine the effect of upslope drainage area from the soil and bedrock surfaces on the geochemical evolution of base cation concentrations in subsurface flow. Samples were collected from ten 2-m sections and five natural soil pipes during three winter rainst...

this paper attempts to develop a method for readiness assessment of potential electronic commerce (e-commerce) success of iran’s insurance industry. this method can expand in other industries. key factors impacting e-commerce are identified from wells, d. and thomann, j. (2006) researches. this model is a two-dimension 3*4 matrix. each dimension consists of variables that influence on insurance...

To conserve biological diversity, protected-area networks must be based not only on current species distributions but also on the landscape’s long-term capacity to support populations. We used spatially explicit population models requiring detailed habitat and demographic data to evaluate the ability of existing park systems in the Rocky Mountain region (U.S.A. and Canada) to sustain population...

This is a comprehensive review of the recent progresses made in the field of zeolite membranes. It describes zeolitic materials and methods of membrane fabrication, followed by a summary of applications for gas separation, pervaporation and separation of liquid mixtures. Special attention is called to polymer mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) and membranes based on metal organic frame works (MOFs)....