Diffusion-reaction models derived within the frame of continuum thermodynamics irreversible processes for reacting mixtures enjoy a number advantages over purely phenomenological models. This paper explores potential and challenges this approach by means particular model spurt oxidation in bitumen. Film ageing experiments are simulated considering different bitumen compositions terms SARA fract...

In this paper, we present an analysis for an M/M/c/N queueing system with balking, reneging and synchronous vacations of partial servers together. It is assumed that arriving customers balk with a probability and renege according to an exponential distribution. The vacation policy prescribes that any d (0<d<c) servers take a vacation together when these d servers find that no customers are wait...

image completion is one of the subjects in image and video processing which deals with restoration of and filling in damaged regions of images using correct regions. exemplar-based image completion methods give more pleasant results than pixel-based approaches. in this paper, a new algorithm is proposed to find the most suitable patch in order to fill in the damaged parts. this patch selection ...

Off-line scheduling and fixed priority scheduling (FPS) are often considered as complementing and incompatible paradigms. A number of industrial applications demand temporal properties (predictability, jitter constraints, end-to-end deadlines, etc.) that are typically achieved by using off-line scheduling. The rigid off-line scheduling schemes used, however, do not provide for flexibility. On t...

Meaningful progress has been realized in the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma with the recent approval of a number of new agents; more new agents are on the horizon. Despite the recent completion of many clinical trials that have changed or will change practice, many questions remain. In this manuscript, we highlight the most noteworthy developments in the first- and second-line tre...

In this paper we consider online scheduling problems for linear topology under various objective functions: minimizing the maximum completion time, minimizing the largest delay, and minimizing the sum of completion times. We show that for the two-directional versions of each problem, no online algorithm can deterministically achieve the optimal solution for any of the considered objective funct...

to study genetic diversity and drought tolerance in sesame genotypes, an experiment in a randomized complete block design with three replications in 2010-2011 was conducted at the agricultural research field, university of birjand under stress and non-stress conditions. the aim of this study was the testing of yield, tolerance index and bi-plot analysis. materials included genotypes birjand, kh...