A new scintillation crystal, cerium-doped lutetium oxyorthosilicate &SO) was recently discovered a, with light intensity 75 % of NaI(Tl), scintillation decay time of 12 ns (30%) and 42 ns (70%), effective Z of 66, and density of 7.4 glcc. The fast decay time and scintillation light output of LSO are superior to those of BGO for PET and the stopping power of LSO for 511 keV photons is only sligh...

Detecting objects from images captured by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is a highly demanding task. It also considered very challenging task due to the typically cluttered background and diverse dimensions of foreground targets, especially small object areas that contain only limited information. Multi-scale representation learning presents remarkable approach recognizing objects. However, th...

Robustness of ecological flow networks under random failure of arcs is considered with respect to two different functionalities: coherence and circulation. In our previous work, we showed that each functionality is associated with a natural path notion: lateral path for the former and directed path for the latter. Robustness of a network is measured in terms of the size of the giant laterally c...

Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey, University of Nebraska– Lincoln and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy produced a 1 km resolution global land cover characteristics database for use in a wide range of continentalto global-scale environmental studies. This database provides a unique view of the broad patterns of the biogeographical and ecoclimatic diversity...

This paper qualifies the effect of different convection schemes and center-domains on the simulation of winter precipitation over Iran using RegCM3 numerical climate model. It is compressible, finite difference with hydrostatic equilibrium in sigma coordinate with a semi-implicit algorithm for reduction of horizontal diffusion. Iran experienced two dry and wet periods during winters of 1997 and...

Habitat loss and fragmentation are main causes for Asian elephant population declines. We mapped wildlands – large, unfragmented and undeveloped areas – asking: (1) Where are the largest wildlands that constitute elephant habitats? (2) What proportion of these wildlands is protected? (3) What is their potential for elephant conservation? Our study demonstrates that wildlands constitute only 51%...

BACKGROUND Glycerol has enhanced its biotechnological importance since it is a byproduct of biodiesel synthesis. A study of Escherichia coli physiology during growth on glycerol was performed combining transcriptional-proteomic analysis as well as kinetic and stoichiometric evaluations in the strain JM101 and certain derivatives with important inactivated genes. RESULTS Transcriptional and pr...

introduction the main perspective in seasonal prediction of precipitation is presentation of a qualitative prediction for upcoming seasons. the information gained from such predictions can be used for decision making in various disciplines such as agriculture, water management and hydropower production. besides, it can help us reduce the adverse effects of climatic changes like drought and floo...