It is now widely recognized that landscapes are complex systems composed of multiscale hierarchically organized entities that interact within unique spatial and temporal scales. These interactions result in scale-dependent spatial patterns that visually change, depending upon their scale of observation. Remote sensing platforms represent the primary data source from which such landscape pattern...

Two classes of monoclonal antibodies specific to the olfactory system of Manduca sexta have been isolated: the olfactory-specific antibody (OSA), which specifically recognizes many or all olfactory receptor cells (ORCs) in both males and females, and the male olfactory-specific antibody (MOSA), which stains male-specific receptor cells (principally or exclusively sex-pheromone receptors present...

this study was undertaken to determine the concentration of mercury in edible muscle of five commercially valuable marine organisms from mosa bay, persian gulf, iran. the total mercury concentrations were determined by cold vapour atomic absorption spectrophotometry and expressed in μg/g dry weight. certified reference materials were used for each batch of analysis. mercury concentration was 0....

Nowadays, the capability of cloud management suppliers is one of the important advantages for suppliers that can improve the performance and flexibility and reduce costs in companies through easy access to resources. Also, the environmental impacts of suppliers are a significant issue in today’s industrialization and globalization world. This paper analyzes these subjects by fuzzy multi-objecti...

this paper deals with a bi-objective hybrid no-wait flowshop scheduling problem minimizing the makespan and total weighted tardiness, in which we consider transportation times between stages. obtaining an optimal solution for this type of complex, large-sized problem in reasonable computational time by using traditional approaches and optimization tools is extremely difficult. this paper presen...

This study aimed to directly elucidate cultivar variation in disease susceptibility and disease responses in relation to hormonal status in the interaction of Brassica napus cultivars and Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc), the causal agent of black rot disease. Fully expanded leaves of six B. napus cultivars (cvs. Capitol, Youngsan, Saturnin, Colosse, Tamra, and Mosa) were inoculated ...

This paper deals with a bi-objective hybrid no-wait flowshop scheduling problem minimizing the makespan and total weighted tardiness, in which we consider transportation times between stages. Obtaining an optimal solution for this type of complex, large-sized problem in reasonable computational time by using traditional approaches and optimization tools is extremely difficult. This paper presen...

Metal oxide surge arresters (MOSAs) are a popular solution for dealing with overvoltages due to lightning and switching in power distribution networks. As result, MOSA’s performance longevity have significant impact on the quality of energy frequency outages. A MOSA is determined by several elements such as leakage current, partial discharge, thermal image measured various ways. In this study, ...