We report the detection of a young stellar population (≤100 Myrs) in the background of 9 young open clusters belonging to a homogenoeous sample of 30 star clusters in the Third Galactic Quadrant (at 217 ≤ l ≤ 260). Deep and accurate UBVRI photometry allows us to measure model-independent age and distance for the clusters and the background population with high confidence. Astronomy Department, ...

A recent study has presented marginal statistical evidence that gamma-ray burst (GRB) sources are correlated with Abell clusters, based on analyses of bursts in the BATSE 3B catalog. Using precise localization information from the Third Interplanetary Network, we have reanalyzed this possible correlation. We find that most of the Abell clusters that are in the relatively large 3B error circles ...

the members of anopheles maculipennis subgroup (diptera: culicidae) are the most important vectors of malaria in the north, west, and central plateau of iran. this study was carried out to differentiate the species composition of this subgroup based on morphometric variation seta 2-iv and v (antepalmate hair) among 149 larval specimens that were deposited at the medical arthropods museum, the s...

We decompose the luminosity function of Galactic globular clusters into a sum of the orthogonal Gauss-Hermite functions. This method quantifies the asymmetric third-order (h3) and symmetric fourth-order (h4) terms of the distribution while minimizing the effect of outliers in the data. For 138 Galactic globulars we obtain < MV >= −7.41 ± 0.11, σ(MV ) = 1.24 mag, h3 = 0.02 ± 0.05, and h4 = 0.06 ...

Relaxing replica freshness has been exploited in database clusters to optimize load balancing. In this paper, we propose to support both routing-dependant and routing-independent refresh strategies in a database cluster with multi-master lazy replication. First, we propose a model for capturing refresh strategies. Second, we describe the support of this model in a middleware architecture for fr...

clusters are geographically close groups of related companies or institutions related to a certain area which are inherently more efficient than the other companies due to advantages such as being located in one place, networks, external knowledge, variability of human capital, etc. today, development through clusters plays a pivotal role in the economic and industrial policies of developed cou...

dft and qtaim computations have been performed on numbers of pure nitrogen cluster speciesi.e. nn (n = 4, 6) for investigating the structure and bonding. this study is critical since thesemolecules have been nominated as the good synthetic targets of high energy materials (hem).0nthe other hand the decomposition mechanism is closely depends on the bonding pattern. thislatter concept was searche...

This paper is the third in the series of papers on M81 globular clusters. In this paper, we present spatial and metal abundance properties of 95 M81 globular clusters, which comprise nearly half of all the M81 globular cluster system. These globular clusters are divided into two M81 metallicity groups by a KMM test. Our results show that, the metal-rich clusters did not demonstrate a centrally ...

Considering the great significant role that routing protocols play in transfer rate and choosing the optimum path for exchange of data packages, and further in the amount of consumed energy in the routing protocol, the present study has focused on developing an efficient compound energy algorithm based on cluster structure which is called active node with cluster structure. The purpose of this ...

background: this study was conducted to detect clusters of pulmonary tb cases in hamadan province, west of iran. methods: all patients with pulmonary tuberculosis recorded in the surveillance system from 2005 to 2013 were studied. the spatial scan statistic was used to detect significant clusters in status of unadjusted and adjusted for age, sex and location residence variables. results: cluste...