The compressive strength in the major direction of cross-laminated timber CLT is key to supporting building load when used as load-bearing walls high-rise wood structures. This study mainly aims present a model for predicting average and promoting utilization made out planted larch. densities strengths lamina specimens samples with widths 89 178 mm were evaluated, their relationship was analyze...

the most important quality indicator of fruits is the flesh firmness which is well correlated to their young’s modulus. in this research variation of vibration characteristics (shape modes, natural frequency) of apple due to change of material characteristics (density, young's models, poisson ratio) and apple volume was investigated using finite element simulation. an image processing technique...

abstract introduction: adequate intake of fruits and vegetables as part of the daily diet could help prevent major non-communicable diseases including osteoporosis. some nutrients abundant in fruits and vegetables have been shown to affect bone health. in the present study we evaluated fruit and vegetable intake in postmenopausal women with osteopenia who had referred to bone mineral densitomet...

A descent family of Dai–Liao conjugate gradient methods Saman Babaie-Kafaki & Reza Ghanbari a Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Sciences, Semnan University, P.O. Box 35195-363, Semnan, Iran b School of Mathematics, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), P.O. Box 19395-5746, Tehran, Iran c Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, Ferdowsi Universi...

Atefeh Ghanbari, Pardis Rahmatpour, Fatemeh Jafaraghayee, Malahat Khalili. Associate Professor, PhD of Nursing, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran; Msc of Nursing Education, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran; Assistant Professor, PhD of Nursing, Social Determinants of H...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the nutritional composition of worksite canteen lunches and to examine the impact of two meal serving systems on employee intake, i.e. buffet style with a fixed price for a varied number of dishes and à la carte style with a separate price for each item on the menu. DESIGN Laboratory technicians observed employees' food selection and collected identical dishes. Food item...