Farzan Rashidi is with the Engineering Research Institute, Tehran, Iran. Mehran Rashidi is with the Hormozgan Regional Electric Co., Bandar-Abbas, Iran. Hamid Monavar is with the Hormozgan Regional Electric Co., Bandar-Abbas, Iran. Abstract—This paper proposes the design of power system stabilizer based on fuzzy logic and the sliding mode controller. The control objective is to enhance the stab...

background: gavkhooni marsh is one of the most important marshes in iran. in the recent years, natural conditions of this marsh have been affected by agricultural and industrial activities in zayandehrood river catchment areas. this research was carried out in 2006 to assess some chemical parameters and the heavy metals concentration in water, soil, and plants in the area and to compare the res...

This paper presents the results of research carried out to improve emergency response activities in earthquake-prone areas of Iran. The research concentrated on emergency response operations, emergency medical care, emergency transportation, and evacuation-the most important issues after an earthquake with regard to saving the lives of victims. For each topic, some guidelines and criteria are p...

By Christopher Abad, Research Scientist ABSTRACT Phishing has been defined as the fraudulent acquisition of personal information by tricking an individual into believing the attacker is a trustworthy entity1. Phishing attacks are becoming more sophisticated and are on the rise. In order to develop effective strategies and solutions to combat the phishing problem, one needs to understand the inf...

Coastal salt marshes are highly sensitive wetland ecosystems that can sustain long-term impacts from anthropogenic events such as oil spills. In this study, we examined the microbial communities of a Gulf of Mexico coastal salt marsh during and after the influx of petroleum hydrocarbons following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Total hydrocarbon concentrations in salt marsh sediments were high...

Impacts of livestock grazing in arid and semiarid environments are often concentrated in and around wetlands where animals congregate for water, cooler temperatures, and green forage. We assessed the impacts of winter-spring (November-May) cattle grazing on marsh vegetation cover and occupancy of a highly secretive marsh bird that relies on dense vegetation cover, the California Black Rail (Lat...

Este texto coloca em diálogo obras de Kiarostami com o processo projetual urbanismo. Saímos um enfoque espacial e territorializante, para pensar projeto desde uma matriz temporal. Estabelecemos pontes a partir sua filmografia por dois caminhos: ideia projetar tempo, enquanto capacidade imaginar ficcionalizar realidades futuras, passadas presentes; possibilidade temporalizar projeto, espaçá-lo, ...

Este artigo tematiza alguns aspectos da poesia do artista e intelectual iraniano Abbas Kiarostami. Além de ser poeta, representante uma longa tradição poética persa, ele também foi cineasta fotógrafo, havendo forte vínculo diálogo entre sua escrita as demais artes que produzia. Um tema central parece grande interesse poeta Kiarostami: a representação paisagem natural o jogo incertezas natureza ...