One is not required to be a mechanical engineer to drive a car and, considering the advanced state of mechanical engineering, most people limit their interest in what lies “under the hood” to finding a competent mechanic. Users of evaluation, risk, and decision analysis tools that are based on classical decision theory should be aware that, as is demonstrated below, classical MCDA (multi-criter...

The levels of individual lipoxygenase isozymes in soybean [Clycine max (1.) Merr.] leaves were assessed during leaf development, after mechanical wounding, and in response to reproductive sink removal. Native isoelectric focusing followed by immunoblotting was employed to examine individual lipoxygenase isozymes. In leaves of all ages, two distinct classes of lipoxygenase isozymes were detected...

This paper utilises the modified Folchi method to assess the environmental impact of coal washing plant, Alborz Sharghi, North-east Iran. In this study, the number of factors designed in the method was slightly modified by focusing on the environmental impact of coal washing operations. In addition, few other factors were designed and added to the previous factors. Then, twenty-one values of en...

Isolated carbon nanotubes (CNTs), CNT films and CNT-polymer nanocomposites are a new generation of materials with outstanding mechanical, thermal, electrical and electromagnetic properties. The main objective of this article is to provide a comprehensive review on the investigations performed in the field of characterizing electrical and electromagnetic properties of isolated CNTs and CNT-reinf...

In this paper we calculate the eeects of a linearly varying focusing eld on radiation damping and quantum excitation to the transverse emittances in an electron storage ring by using a quantum mechanical perturbation approach. This method allows for arbitrarily strong focusing environment and correctly predicts the limits of both pure bending and pure focusing. We nd that transverse excitation ...