The current s t a t e of the a r t of f i r e and smoke detect ion technology i s reviewed from the standpoint of s u i t a b i l i t y f o r use i n underground metal and nonmetal mines. Detection modes, f i r e signatures, and environmental considerat ions a r e included. Preliminary r e s u l t s of longterm, in-mine t e s t s a r e presented.

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The existence of mirror fermions interacting strongly under a new gauge group and having masses near the electroweak scale has been recently proposed as a viable alternative to the standard-model Higgs mechanism. The main purpose of this work is to investigate which specific experimental signals are needed to clearly differentiate the mirror-fermion model from other new-physics models. In parti...

extension of inter-turn fault in windings of pmsm can damage all parts of electrical systems, and in some cases in sensitive applications may lead to irreparable events. identification of such small faults at incipient steps can be so helpful to protect entire part of electrical system. in this paper, intelligent protection system is designed which is made by two major parts. in the first part ...

land cover change constitutes one of main way of alteration of soil organic matter in both quantitative and qualitative terms. the goal of this study was to compare the carbon stock and the isotopic signature of the organic matter in the soil of areas with different land use, covered with forest and grass (pasture). the study area is located at sorocaba, sp, brazil. using un-deformed soil sampl...

background: using primary tumor gene expression has been shown to have the ability of finding metastasis-driving gene markers for the prediction of breast cancer recurrence (bcr). however, there are some difficulties associated with the analysis of microarray data which led to poor predictive power and inconsistency of the previously introduced gene signatures. methods: in this study a hybrid m...

In this paper, a new field oriented control scheme with maximum torque for permanent magnet hysteresis synchronous (PMHS) motor has been presented. Vector control method provides significant improvement to the dynamic performance of ac motors but in this method d- axis current is controlled such as the ratio of motor torque to motor current is a maximum, then the dynamic performance will be ver...

conclusions results of the current study showed that at preschool stage girls had higher performance compared to boys in fine motor skills and at preschool stage boys had significantly higher performance compared to girls in gross motor skills. hence, it seems to be necessary to train preschool authorities in teaching fine and gross motor skills, considering the gender. patients and methods the...