In this study, a method is proposed to determine the fundamental period of layered soil profiles. A model considering the layered soil as shear type structure is used. At first, the soil profile is divided into substructures. Then, the stiffness matrices of the substructures considered as the equivalent shear structures are assembled according to the Finite Element Method. Thereinafter, the sti...

BACKGROUND The purpose of the present study was to introduce a new device specifically designed to evaluate the cutting efficiency of mechanically driven endodontic instruments. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty new Reciproc R25 (VDW, Munich, Germany) files were used to be investigated in the new device developed to test the cutting ability of endodontic instruments. The device consists of a main f...

In this paper, the ultraspherical operational matrices of derivatives are constructed. Based on these operational matrices, two numerical algorithms are presented and analyzed for obtaining new approximate spectral solutions of a class of linear and nonlinear Lane-Emden type singular initial value problems. The basic idea behind the suggested algorithms is basically built on transforming the eq...

The main purpose of this paper is to determine the fine spectrum of the generalized upper triangular double-band matrices uv over the sequence spaces c0 and c. These results are more general than the spectrum of upper triangular double-band matrices of Karakaya and Altun[V. Karakaya, M. Altun, Fine spectra of upper triangular doubleband matrices, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics...

the effect of oleic acid (5 and 10% v/v) and xanthan gum (0.5 and 1% wt) on  partitioning and retention of ethyl acetate and diacetyl from two matrices with a different composition was investigated by applying static head space gas chromatography. two matrices with different composition have been developed: one containing carbohydrates (xanthan gum) and in the second one, called complex matrix,...

TO HAVE YOUR STEAK AND EAT IT : GENETIC PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS FOR BEEF CATTLE DATA Karin Meyer Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit, University of New England (a joint venture with NSW Department of Primary Industries), Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia INTRODUCTION Quantitative genetic analyses usually deal with several, if not many, correlated traits or effects. Generally, the matrices of cov...

in this work, we define fuzzy soft ($fs$) matrices and theiroperations which are more functional to make theoretical studies inthe $fs$-set theory. we then define products of $fs$-matrices andstudy their properties. we finally construct a $fs$-$max$-$min$decision making method which can be successfully applied to theproblems that contain uncertainties.