... STS and Cupid model predictions ofthe fluxes, the output for the 1030 local time will be used This is the approximate time of coverage ofthe Landsat-7 andthe EOS-Terra satellite supporting the ... leaves randomly distributed over thesurface When the leaves are not randomly distributed over thesurface but clumped as in thecaseof row crops, they may only intercept 70–80% ofthe radiation ... the one hand and model performance and verificability on the other Another issue in the application of satellite data for large area mapping of fluxes is the effect of heterogeneity ofsurface conditions...
... to the transfer ofthe material from worn part to the wearing surface Depending on the geometry ofthe counterface, the load andthesurface energy ofthe two mating surfaces, the amount of transfer ... mechanisms and types of wear of polymers 2.2.1.1 A brief summary ofthe friction mechanism of polymers The friction force (F) in polymers is the result of plowing ofthe asperities ofthe surfaces ... the wear property ofthe UHMWPE film is the adhesion strength ofthe UHMWPE film to the substrate The adhesion is controlled by thesurface wettability or thesurface energy By changing the surface...
... Ireland, Japan, Republic of Korea, Netherlands, Sweden, Thailand, the USA andthe European Union 11 Resources • ISO’s Website www.iso.org (in English and French, with top levels in Russian and ... including the complexity ofthe system, degree of documentation, and resources — and applies to the activities under the control ofthe organization “ This International Standard is based on the Plan-Do-Check-Act ... performance and demonstrate the conformity ofthe system to the requirements of this International Standard Application of this International Standard can be tailored to fit the requirements of an...
... where L is the length ofthe central pore channel and r and l are the same as in Equation Therefore, the depth difference also depends on the length ofthe pore channels On the other hand, the electrical ... appeared on the low-purity Al surface (Figure 1d) Figures 2a,b show the HR-FESEM micrographs ofthe top view ofthe hemisphere curve andthe cross section ofthe grown nanoporous alumina on the impurityinduced ... so the heataffected zone would be in a shape of a hemisphere due to the lower thermal conductivity of alumina, as shown in Figure 4a The isothermal is along thesurfaceofthe hemisphere Therefore,...
... Swishchuk, A (2000) Random Evolutions and Their Applications New Trends Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers Swishchuk, A (2004) Modelling and valuing of variance and volatility swaps ... volatilities (the volatility smile) These cases were addressed in the approaches (iii), (iv) and (v) Stochastic volatility is the main concept used in the fields of financial economics and mathematical ... option of maturity T given by σT = T σu du; ˆ2 (2) Volatility is assumed to be a function ofthe time andthe current level ofthe stock price S(t): σ ≡ σ(t, S(t))3 ; the dynamics ofthe stock...
... half ofthe medulla and vascular tissue are brown - Entire medulla and vascular tissue are brown Browning Intensity A score of through was based on the condition ofthe plant at re-growth, andthe ... variance and so on For plotting purposes, the first or PCs are usually sufficient for visualizing the data that contributes to the majority ofthe variance and are plotted on the x and y- (and or ... Cultivars For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Choose your degree I certify that in the preparation of this thesis, I have observed the provisions of Purdue University Executive Memorandum No C-22,...
... out of this booklet Follow instructions for placing a paper clip on the point of a pencil and placing the point ofthe pencil (with the paper clip) in the center ofthe small white circle in the ... clip) in the small white circle in the middle ofthe spinner Fling the paper clip around It spins really well When the paper clip stops spinning, it will land on one ofthe sections ofthe spinner ... high into the sky Many of my friends came with me They had evaporated, too Together, we formed a cloud The wind pushed us through the sky We sailed over the ocean toward landThe people on the beach...
... distribution ofthe original data series [17] The general GM model has the form of GM(d,v), where d is the rank of differential equation and v is the number of variables appeared in the equation The basic ... RESULTS The data of energy consumption from 1999 – 2011 in Taiwan are obtained from the Bureau of Energy of Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan [26]; whereas the data ofthe Taiwan GDP from the ... G Scrimgeour, Modelling the causal relationship between energy consumption and GDP in New Zealand, Australia, India, Indonesia, Philipines, and Thailand, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation,...
... E R )] (17) The optimization ofthe profit rate also leads to the maximization ofthe cooling load ( R ) On the other hand, with the price of power input approaching the price ofthe exergy output ... had been the Director ofthe Department of Nuclear Energy Science and Engineering, the Superintendent ofthe Postgraduate School, andthe President ofthe College of Naval Architecture and Power ... compressor andthe expander and two temperature ratios, while decreases with the increasings ofthe effectiveness ofthe regenerator andthe pressure recovery coefficient 4.2 Optimal distribution of...
... human brain is the center ofthe human nervous system andthe cerebrum, as the largest and most prominent part ofthe human brain, is the control center of it It is 85% ofthe weight of a human brain ... development, vision and other sensations The cerebral cortex, which makes up the superficial aspect ofthe cerebrum, is the most complex and important structure ofthe human brain Thesurfaceofthe human ... mapping The lateral and medial views ofthesurface are shown in the left and right columns 3.4 37 The top row shows the lateral or medial view ofthe template surface with a region of interest...
... overlap between the label ofthe deformed template D andthe one ofthe target T We computed the Dice overlap ratio as the intersection of label sets D and T divided by the mean of them: Dice = ... based on the image labeling and gradient such that the topologies ofthe outer and inner surfaces are preserved (19) The inner and outer surfaces are used to represent the geometry ofthe cortex ... i are the curve sets with respective tangent vectors wxγj ofthe tem- i plate and w˜yγj ofthe target, where Nγxi and Nγyi denote the number of points in i n Nx i sc Sc the curve γ i ofthe template...
... Researching thelandsurfacetemperature in Dai Tu district - Mapping thelandsurfacetemperatureof Dai Tu district - Assessing the impact ofland cover to thelandsurfacetemperature in Dai Tu 1.3 The ... onboard the Landsat satellite are compared The first of them lies on the estimation ofthelandsurfacetemperature from the radiative transfer equation using in situ radiosounding data Thelandsurface ... study Landsurfacetemperatureretrieval from LANDSAT TM 5, In this paper, three methods to retrieve thelandsurfacetemperature (LST) from thermal infrared data supplied by band ofthe Thematic...
... for the first round of screening Half ofthe colony was streaked on SD/-Trp agar plate andthe other half inoculated into 20µl of PCR mix PCR products were sequenced to determine the identity of ... domain The fusion plasmids are then cloned into the yeast cell and expressed on the cell membrane If the prey protein interacts with the bait protein, this would bind the NubG and Cub domains together ... (PLV) will activate the expression of reporter genes (LacZ and HIS3) in the nucleus The interaction between various membrane proteins will then be reflected by the activity of these reporter gene...
... Note: The first part ofthe screen shows the log ofthe SQL command generated by LINQ and sent to the database You can then see the results of our query Notice that that the rows retrieved from the ... Detailed Steps Note: You can also move the mouse over the variables and see how the IDE is fully aware ofthe type ofthe objects we have created Page of 27 Mapping Your Objects to Database Tables ... irrelevant – as long as the row in the database is the same, andthe same DataContext is used, only one object will be created Change the code to remove the second DataContext and modify the queries as...
... via phonons, and to analyze the optimum performance ofthe model as well as the influence ofthe heat conduction ofthe filter The general formula for power output and efficiency ofthe ESE heat ... output and efficiency are obtained andthe influences of heat conduction as well as thetemperatureof hot reservoir on the optimum performance ofthe device are analyzed in detail The influence of ... temperatures and chemical potentials, where TC and TH are the temperatures of cold and hot reservoirs, µC and µ H are the chemical potentials of cold and hot reservoirs They interact with each other...
... meteorological stations ofthe National Observatory of Athens (NOA) [8] andofthe Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) [9] The results for the two decades are compared andthe existing differences ... in the range of to 9% in Thessaloniki, depending on the base temperature, with the highest changes observed at the lowest base temperatures The increase ofthe yearly values of CDD was in the ... openings are distributed on the northern and southern sides ofthe building and represent 13% and 33% ofthe exterior surface respectively The building sides facing east and west were considered...
... operation principle ofthe MERS is based on controlling the path ofthe current through the device (Fig 2) By doing this can either the phase ofthe current or the size ofthe injected voltage ... μF The losses ofthe experimental system have been analyzed The left part of Fig 13 (case 1) shows the loss distribution ofthe generator side converter using the low loss IGBTs By using the ... appearance ofthe newly designed IGBT, which has 150 A current rating and dimension of 12.8 mm × 12.8 mm Comparison ofthe VCE(sat) - IC characteristics ofthe conventional trench FS-IGBT andthe new...
... utilization ofthe switches and equal loss per switch, the rating ofthe active rectifier IGBTs will be 24 % higher than for the MERS caseThe influence of actual switch characteristics and thermal ... output is limited (Fig 4(b) On the other hand, the MERS can cancel the voltage drop across the synchronous reactance and control the phase ofthe current along the internal voltage such that ... By controlling the size ofthe MERS voltage, the output power can be adjusted for a given speed and dc-voltage Experiments In order to evaluate and confirm the performance ofthe MERS system,...
... applied on the load when S1 and S3 are turned on again, andthe current, which is determined by the resistance andthe voltage, is turned on and off faster than the time constant ofthe circuit ... turned off In steady state, the current is determined by the resistance andthe voltage ofthe circuit charged in the capacitor is given by The voltage (1) where off is the current which was flowing ... high-speed and high-repetition pulsed current to inductance load By absorbing and recovering the magnetic energy resonance, the inductance ofthe load for the load using is equivalently zero, and the...