in this study the influence of azelaic acid (aza) 20% cream on the sebum excretion rate (ser) of 80 volunteers having mild to moderate acne vulgaris was demonstrated. absorbent paper and sebutape were used to collect the sebum and quantification was carried out by direct gravimetric method. it was shown that topical application of aza creams could reduce the ser and number of acneic lesions as ...

harmful economic, environmental and financial impacts of fertilizer distribution through subsidies as well as its contradiction with regulations of wto, it makes necessary to adopt a new policy. in this study, by combining positive mathematical programming and maximum entropy technique, the impacts of cancellation of fertilizer subsidies and applying proposed direct payment policies on gross ma...

Determining the diffusion coefficient based on the solution of the linear inverse problem of the parameter estimation by using the Least-square method is presented. A set of temperature measurements at a single sensor location inside the heat conducting body is required. The corresponding direct problem will be solved by an application of the heat fundamental solution.

papermill sludge (pms) is the waste product from the paper manufacturing industry and is produced in considerable quantities worldwide. this investigation characterised a pms from a papermill plant in south africa and investigated the potential for direct land application of the pms to soil. in a pot experiment, application of pms to three contrasting soils at equivalent rates of 0, 10, 20 and ...

In this paper, via $C$-class functions, as a new class of functions, a fixed theorem in complete $b$-metric spaces is presented. Moreover, we study some results, which are direct consequences of the main results. In addition, as an application, the existence of a solution of an integral equation is given.

In this paper a comprehensive approach is presented to improve power swings damping based on direct Lyapunov method. The approach combines superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) system with static synchronous compensator (STATCOM). Considering the energy absorption/injection ability of SMES, in transient states the combination exchanges both active and reactive powers with power system....

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