ultrasonic testing (ut), a nondestructive testing (ndt) method, is under development for quality determination of agricultural products, although it has long been used in the food industry. determination and measurement of product quality are important in modern agricultural research. noninvasive/nondestructive quality determination is a novel aspect of the postharvest process in which paramete...

inverse problem is one of the most important problems in geophysics as model parameters can be estimated from the measured data directly using inverse techniques. in this paper, applying different inverse methods on integration of s-wave and gpr velocities are investigated for estimation of porosity and water saturation. a combination of linear and nonlinear inverse problems are solved. linear ...

Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) in brain imaging needs to be robust subject-wise variability. The use of a fixed differential pathlength factor (DPF) per wavelength for the entire will degrade accuracy hemodynamic responses. Since tissue composition varies within brain, correct DPF values should used various emitter-detector distances and regions. In this article, estimation metho...

Treatment of non-prolific western white-faced ewes with prostaglandin F(2α) (PGF(2α)) and medroxyprogesterone acetate (MAP) increases the ovulation rate as a result of ovulations from the penultimate wave in addition to the final wave of the cycle. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the expression of markers of vascularization/angiogenesis, a marker of intercellular communicatio...

In the safety assessment of both fixed and floating offshore structures it is necessary to ensure that the structure has sufficient strength to withstand the most extreme combination of environmental loads likely to be experienced during the design life. However significant uncertainties remain concerning the characteristics of real, extreme, three-dimensional waves. The research described in t...