Large-scale and complex mechanical equipments usually operate under complicated and terrible conditions, making them inevitable for faults with various modes and severity. As they can incur substantial production loss and recovery cost. It is therefore, extremely essential to prognose an incipient fault before it leads to serious damage. However, faults of large scale and complex mechanical equ...

A clinical epidemiological study has been conducted as apart of research project investigating chronic exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) as a factor contributing to the onset of age-related macular degeneration (ARMD). The study included 623 subjects older than 50 from two different geographic areas, one with high solar radiation (the island of Solta - Region 1) and the other (Zagre...

Researchers at the Mississippi State University Diagnostic and Instrumentation Laboratory (DIAL) are collaborating with scientists at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) to develop an expert system that analyzes and characterizes containerized radiological waste. The DIAL researchers are making use of various artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to develop different versions of ...

Human-Computer Interaction with the traditional User Interface is done using a specified in advance script dialog “menu”, mainly based on human intellect and unproductive use of navigation. This approach doesn’t lead to making qualitative decision in control systems, where the situations and processes cannot be structured in advance. Any dynamic changes in the controlled business process (as ex...

In this chapter, we present a brief overview of bioinformatics and computational intelligence (CI) methods including artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms, and fuzzy systems. A number of representative applications of CI methods in bioinformatics are discussed, including CI methods for gene expression analysis, for multiple sequence alignment, for protein-protein interaction prediction...

correct estimation of suspended sediment transported by a river is an important practice in water structure design, environmental problems and water quality issues. conventionally, sediment rating curve used for suspended sediment estimation in rivers. in this method discharge and sediment discharge or concentration related using regression relation that generally is exponential model. respect ...

Solar energy is one of the most important energy sources with increasing penetration into the power supply systems of many countries, due to the reduced environmental impact of its operation. One of the important factors of the efficiency of photovoltaic systems is the predictability of solar radiation, which depends on the clouds and the meteorological conditions, the occurrence of which is a ...

estimation of river sediment load is one of the most important issues in design of hydraulic structures, investigating water quality, conserving fish habitat, estimating erosion and determining watershed management effects. there are two methods for estimating sediment load: empirical and hydrological methods. existence of numerous empirical methods for estimation of river sediment load and a w...

Solar energy is the radiant heat and light harvested by ultra violet rays to convert into electrical Direct Current (DC). The solar stood ahead of other renewable as it can produce a constant level alternating current over year with minimal harmonic distortions. attracts harvesters there rise deficiency carbon reduction efficiency in thermal generation. concerns associated power generation are ...