investigation of projectiles penetration phenomenon has been carried out in non-cohesive soil (sand) targets under dry, saturated and compacted conditions. analytical studies have been performed on the linear and non-linear soil models to obtain penetration depth formulae for ogival nose projectile and the results are verified by experimental studies. in present work, three ogival nose projecti...

In addition to its well-known role in regulating blood pressure and fluid balance, the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) has continued to fascinate both researchers and clinicians because of the several additional functions that it has been proposed to carry out. Disruption of the production or action of angiotensin II (Ang II) during development, either by gene mutation or by pharmac...

Back in 2002, when the UN-sponsored, intergovernmental Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) set targets aiming to reduce the loss of biodiversity by 2010, that date must have looked very distant, providing ample time to change the world and turn the tides on the loss of wild nature. However, the time has come — probably sooner than everybody expected — and the CBD’s third Global Biodiversit...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) as a complicated and progressive neurodegenerative disorder is the most common form of dementia and memory loss. On account of the multifactorial etiology of AD, the multi-target-directed ligand (MTDL) approach is a promising method in searching new drug candidates for this disease. Here, in this paper more than 500 tacrine-coumarin hybrids have been designed and drug-l...

This article examines the use of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to choose a priority for different purposes which have been used in fishery optimal management in the Sea of Oman. There are several stakeholder groups in the multi-objective planning methods. In this study, the AHP is used to determine the preferences (weight) of stakeholder groups for each of the objectives in the fisheries ind...

the radars that use medium prf, have either range ambiguity or doppler ambiguity, but these ambiguities can be resolved with selecting a prf set. avoiding ghost targets detection and minimizing blind zones are two important points that we should consider in targets detection. then, using this set, coincident algorithm and clustering the closely detected points, we resolve ambiguity and detect t...

We are delighted to write these editorials on what has been a very exciting project involving world leading experts on the development of sensors and imaging agents for these two themed issues on sensor targets and imaging agents. Through the coordination and editing of these two issues we were able to take advantage of each other’s extensive knowledge in the areas of sensing and imaging. The c...