The good sheik evidently holds the Copernican theory to be a "mere theory," not a "fact." In this he is technically correct. A theory can be verified by a mass of facts, but it becomes a proven theory, not a fact. The sheik was perhaps unaware that the Space Age had begun before he asked the king to suppress the Copernican heresy. The sphericity of the earth has been seen by astronauts, and eve...

How frequently in recommending changes one confronts the retort that such suggestions of change are of no use since "the powers that be" cannot he budged, i.e., the existing system is too entrenched to permit change. Such pessimism about the prospects for change is especially common in developing countries. The purpose of the present paper is to explore the possibilities of drawing on the theor...

The thermal processing of canned food is the most important step in the canning procedure. Retort operating procedures must ensure that uniform processing temperature is achieved and maintained throughout the locations of the canned containers during the process. In this study, temperature distribution tests have been used as a means of verifying the temperature uniformity around the containers...

روش‌های مختلفی برای زمان­‌سنجی امواج مشابه و با تحریک یکسان ارایه شده است که توجه به شرایط موج می‌­توان بهترین گزینه را انتخاب کرد. لذا هدف ما یافتن روش زمان‌سنجی جهت خروجی از حسگر UFSD زیرا می­‌خواستیم این حسگرها آشکارسازی پروتون‌ها در سیستم پروتون درمانی برای­ درمان ­تومورهای سرطانی استفاده کنیم. راستا مقایسه مختلف مثل تفکیک‌کننده کسر ثابت (CFD)، همبستگی متقابل(CC) زمان بیش آستانه (TOT)با داد...