The proton NMR spectra of ethane, propane, and n-butane codissolved and orientationally ordered in two liquid-crystal solvents that exhibit both nematic (N) and smectic A (SmA) phases (one of which also has a reentrant nematic (RN) phase) are analyzed using CMA-ES (covariance-matrix adaptation evolution strategy). To deal with problems arising from the broad liquid-crystal background signal, a ...

As an important indicator of anthropogenic impacts on the Earth’s surface, it is of great necessity to accurately map large-scale urbanized areas for various science and policy applications. Although spectral mixture analysis (SMA) can provide spatial distribution and quantitative fractions for better representations of urban areas, this technique is rarely explored with 1-km resolution imagery...

the seismic performance of hybrid braces composed of steel and shape memory alloy (sma) was investigated in this paper. six types of hybrid braces were used, constituted by sma content of 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100%. a nonlinear dynamic analysis was performed under el centro earthquake records, with the maximum acceleration of 0.6g and 0.9g. our results showed that the seismic performance, i.e....

Asphalt modification/reinforcement has received considerable attention as viable solutions to enhance flexible pavement performance. This is mainly prompted by the unsatisfactory performance of traditional road materials exposed to dramatic increases and changes in traffic patterns. This paper presents the evaluation of fatigue behaviour of nano reinforced Stone Mastic Asphalt mixtures. Fatigue...

Recalibrated and geometrically registered multispectral images from the Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) were analyzed using Spectral Mixture Analysis (SMA) and related techniques. SMA models a multispectral image scene as a linear combination of endmember spectra, and anomalous materials which do not fit the model are detected as model residuals. While most of the IMP data studied here are mod...

Tethered balloon remote sensing platforms can be used to study radiometric issues in terrestrial ecosystems by effectively bridging the spatial gap between measurements made on the ground and those acquired via airplane or satellite. In this study, the Short Wave Aerostat-Mounted Imager (SWAMI) tethered balloon-mounted platform was utilized to evaluate linear and nonlinear spectral mixture anal...

how to cite this article: rashnonejad a, onay h, atik t, atan sahin o, gokben s, tekgul h, ozkinay f. molecular genetic analysis of survival motor neuron gene in 460 turkish cases with suspicious spinal muscular atrophy disease. iran j child neurol. autumn 2016; 10(4):30-35. abstract objective to describe 12 yr experience of molecular genetic diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy (sma) in 460 ca...

Impervious surfaces have been widely considered as the key indicator for evaluating urbanization and environmental quality. As one of most applied methods, spectral mixture analysis (SMA) has commonly used mapping urban impervious surface fractions. When implementing SMA, original multispectral remote-sensing reflectance images are served foundation to successful SMA. However, limited variances...

abstract objective autosomal recessive spinal muscular atrophy (sma) is, after cystic fibrosis, the second most common fatal monogenic disorder and the second most common hereditary neuromuscular disease after duchenne dystrophy. the disease is characterized by degeneration of anterior horn cells leading to progressive paralysis with muscular atrophy. depending on the clinical type (werdnig- ho...