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    Computation of some thermodynamic properties of nitrogen using a new intermolecular potential from molecular dynamics simulation

    , Article Chemical Physics ; Volume 358, Issue 3 , 2009 , Pages 185-195 ; 03010104 (ISSN) Kafshdar Goharshadi, E ; Abbaspour, M ; Namayandeh Jorabchi, M ; Nahali, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    2009
    Abstract
    A new pair-potential energy function of nitrogen has been determined via the inversion of reduced viscosity collision integrals and fitted to obtain an analytical potential form. The pair-potential reproduces the second virial coefficient, viscosity, thermal conductivity, self-diffusion coefficient, and thermal diffusion factor of nitrogen in a good accordance with experimental data over wide ranges of temperatures and densities. We have also performed the molecular dynamics simulation to obtain pressure, internal energy, heat capacity at constant volume, and self-diffusion coefficient of nitrogen at different temperatures and densities using our calculated pair-potential and some other... 

    Determination of potential energy function and transport properties of sulphur hexafluoride

    , Article Indian Journal of Chemistry - Section A Inorganic, Physical, Theoretical and Analytical Chemistry ; Volume 44, Issue 7 , 2005 , Pages 1333-1338 ; 03764710 (ISSN) Goharshadi, E. K ; Nahali, M ; Baherololoom, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    2005
    Abstract
    The potential energy function of sulphur hexafluoride has been determined via the inversion of reduced viscosity collision integrals at zero pressure and fitted to obtain an analytical potential form. A comparison of the potential with the previously determined potential has been included. The interaction potential energy from the inversion procedure reproduces, within experimental error, viscosity, self-diffusion coefficient, thermal conductivity and isotopic thermal diffusion factor of sulphur hexafluoride over a wide temperature range. These properties have also been fitted to very accurate equations  

    Investigation of a new mean temperature-dependent potential energy function for methane and its use for the prediction of transport properties

    , Article Molecular Physics ; Volume 105, Issue 10 , 2007 , Pages 1453-1463 ; 00268976 (ISSN) Nahaly, M ; Parsafar, G. A ; Goharshadi, E. K ; Sharif University of Technology
    2007
    Abstract
    In this work an improved mean potential energy function for the interaction of an isolated pair of methane is obtained, from which the non-equilibrium properties of methane at zero pressure limit are calculated, accurately. The potential energy function of 21 different fixed orientations of (CH4)2 dimer has been obtained via the coupled cluster method. In order to obtain a mean potential energy function, the Boltzmann-average of the obtained potentials of the selected fixed orientations has been used. Unlike the full potential energy surface with the angle-dependent, the parameters of the mean potential are found to be temperature-dependent. The mean potential energy function is fitted well... 

    Sonochemical synthesis and measurement of optical properties of zinc sulfide quantum dots

    , Article Chemical Engineering Journal ; Volume 209 , 2012 , Pages 113-117 ; 13858947 (ISSN) Goharshadi, E. K ; Sajjadi, S. H ; Mehrkhah, R ; Nancarrow, P ; Sharif University of Technology
    2012
    Abstract
    A facile sonochemical method has been developed to prepare very small zinc sulfide nanoparticles (ZnS NPs) of extremely small size about 1. nm in diameter using a set of ionic liquids based on the bis (trifluoromethylsulfonyl) imide anion and different cations of 1-alkyl-3-methyl-imidazolium. The structural features and optical properties of the NPs were determined in depth with X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution TEM (HRTEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering (DLS) analysis, and UV-vis absorption spectroscopy. The energy band gap measurements of ZnS NPs were calculated by UV-vis absorption... 

    Complexity of Density Dependencies of Thermal- and Internal- Pressure Compared to that of Total Pressure

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Sajjadi, Hashem (Author) ; Parsafar, Gholamabbas (Supervisor) ; Goharshadi, Elaheh (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    A simple equation of state (EoS) has recently been introduced (J. Phys. Chem. B 2009, 113, 11977–11987) as (Z-1) v^2=e+f⁄ρ+gρ^2, where Z≡pv⁄RT is the compressibility factor, v=1⁄ρ is molar volume, and e, f, and g are temperature dependent parameters. This EoS has been found to be accurate for all types of nano- and bulk- solids and bulk fluids, in the entire temperature and pressure ranges for which experimental data are reported, except for the isotherms within the critical region.
    The aim of this work is to investigate the validity of a 3-term expression similar to the mentioned EoS for both thermal and internal contributions to the compressibility factor, separately. Such... 

    Faster Algorithms for Quantitative Analysis of MCs and MDPs with Small Treewidth

    , Article 18th International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis, ATVA 2020, 19 October 2020 through 23 October 2020 ; Volume 12302 LNCS , 2020 , Pages 253-270 Asadi, A ; Chatterjee, K ; Kafshdar Goharshady, A ; Mohammadi, K ; Pavlogiannis, A ; Sharif University of Technology
    Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH  2020
    Abstract
    Discrete-time Markov Chains (MCs) and Markov Decision Processes (MDPs) are two standard formalisms in system analysis. Their main associated quantitative objectives are hitting probabilities, discounted sum, and mean payoff. Although there are many techniques for computing these objectives in general MCs/MDPs, they have not been thoroughly studied in terms of parameterized algorithms, particularly when treewidth is used as the parameter. This is in sharp contrast to qualitative objectives for MCs, MDPs and graph games, for which treewidth-based algorithms yield significant complexity improvements. In this work, we show that treewidth can also be used to obtain faster algorithms for the... 

    Polynomial reachability witnesses via stellensatze

    , Article 42nd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation, PLDI 2021, 20 June 2021 through 25 June 2021 ; 2021 , Pages 772-787 ; 9781450383912 (ISBN) Asadi, A ; Chatterjee, K ; Fu, H ; Kafshdar Goharshady, A ; Mahdavi, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    Association for Computing Machinery  2021
    Abstract
    We consider the fundamental problem of reachability analysis over imperative programs with real variables. Previous works that tackle reachability are either unable to handle programs consisting of general loops (e.g. symbolic execution), or lack completeness guarantees (e.g. abstract interpretation), or are not automated (e.g. incorrectness logic). In contrast, we propose a novel approach for reachability analysis that can handle general and complex loops, is complete, and can be entirely automated for a wide family of programs. Through the notion of Inductive Reachability Witnesses (IRWs), our approach extends ideas from both invariant generation and termination to reachability analysis.... 

    Dose-dependent effects of nanoscale graphene oxide on reproduction capability of mammals

    , Article Carbon ; Volume 95 , December , 2015 , Pages 309-317 ; 00086223 (ISSN) Akhavan, O ; Ghaderi, E ; Hashemi, E ; Akbari, E ; Sharif University of Technology
    Elsevier Ltd  2015
    Abstract
    In vivo dose-dependent effects of nanoscale graphene oxide (NGO) sheets on reproduction capability of Balb/C mice were investigated. Biodistribution study of the NGO sheets (intravenously injected into male mice at dose of ∼2000 μg/mL or 4 mg/kg of body weight) showed a high graphene uptake in testis. Hence, in vivo effects of the NGO sheets on important characteristics of spermatozoa (including their viability, morphology, kinetics, DNA damage and chromosomal aberration) were evaluated. Significant in vivo effects was found at the injected concentrations ≥200 μg/mL after (e.g., ∼45% reduction in sperm viability and motility at 2000 μg/mL). Observation of remarkable DNA fragmentations and... 

    Accelerated differentiation of neural stem cells into neurons on ginseng-reduced graphene oxide sheets

    , Article Carbon ; Volume 66 , January , 2014 , Pages 395-406 Akhavan, O ; Ghaderi, E ; Abouei, E ; Hatamie, S ; Ghasemi, E ; Sharif University of Technology
    2014
    Abstract
    Asian red ginseng was used for green reduction of chemically exfoliated graphene oxide (GO) into reduced graphene oxide (rGO). The reduction level and electrical conductivity of the ginseng-rGO sheets were comparable to those of hydrazine-rGO ones. Reduction by ginseng resulted in repairing the sp 2 graphitic structure of the rGO, while hydrazine-rGO showed more defects and/or smaller aromatic domains. The ginseng-rGO sheets presented a better stability against aggregation than the hydrazine-rGO ones in an aqueous suspension. Whilst the hydrophobic hydrazine-rGO films exhibited no toxicity against human neural stem cells (hNSCs), the hydrophilic GO and ginseng-rGO films (as more... 

    Contested framings and policy controversies: Analysing biosafety policy-making in Iran

    , Article Science and Public Policy ; Volume 40, Issue 5 , 2013 , Pages 616-627 ; 03023427 (ISSN) Kashani, E. S ; Millstone, E ; Sharif University of Technology
    2013
    Abstract
    Vigorous debates have taken place within and between many countries about regulatory policy regimes covering the assessment and approval of genetically modified (GM) crops. In Iran, a very vigorous and hotly contested policy debate concerning legislation covering GM crops occurred between 2004 and 2009, but it was confined within government circles with almost no public discussion. This paper analyses the Iranian policy-making process in the period 2006-9. It explains how and why a stalemate arose in disputes between ministries and departments. The chosen analytical framework draws mainly on the regulation of technological risks and the analysis of public policy-making. It deploys the... 

    On the possible volumes of μ-way latin trades

    , Article Aequationes Mathematicae ; Volume 63, Issue 3 , 2002 , Pages 303-320 ; 00019054 (ISSN) Adams, P ; Billington, E. J ; Bryant, D. E ; Mahmoodian, E. S ; Sharif University of Technology
    Birkhauser Verlag Basel  2002
    Abstract
    A μ-way latin trade of volume s is a set of μ partial latin rectangles (of inconsequential size) containing exactly the same s filled cells, such that if cell (i, j) is filled, it contains a different entry in each of the μ partial latin rectangles, and such that row i in each of the μ partial latin rectangles contains, set-wise, the same symbols and column j, likewise. In this paper we show that all μ-way latin trades with sufficiently large volumes exist, and state some theorems on the non-existence of μ-way latin trades of certain volumes. We also find the set of possible volumes (that is, the volume spectrum) of μ-way latin trades for μ = 4 and 5. (The case μ = 2 was dealt with by Fu,... 

    The three-way intersection problem for latin squares

    , Article Discrete Mathematics ; Volume 243, Issue 1-3 , 2002 , Pages 1-19 ; 0012365X (ISSN) Adams, P ; Billington, E. J ; Bryant, D. E ; Mahmoodian, E. S ; Sharif University of Technology
    2002
    Abstract
    The set of integers k for which there exist three latin squares of order n having precisely k cells identical, with their remaining n2 -k cells different in all three latin squares, denoted by I3[n], is determined here for all orders n. In particular, it is shown that I3[n] = {0,.,n2 -15}U [n2 - 12,n2-9,n2], for n ≫8. ©2002 Eisevier Science B.V. All rights reserved  

    Integration of spatial fuzzy clustering with level set for segmentation of 2-D angiogram

    , Article IECBES 2014, Conference Proceedings - 2014 IEEE Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences: "Miri, Where Engineering in Medicine and Biology and Humanity Meet", 8 December 2014 through 10 December 2014 ; December , 2015 , Pages 309-314 ; 9781479940844 (ISBN) Ghalehnovi, M ; Zahedi, E ; Fatemizadeh, E ; Sharif University of Technology
    Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc  2015
    Abstract
    Coronary angiography is a vital instrument to detect the prevailing of vascular diseases, and accurate vascular segmentation acts a crucial role for proper quantitative analysis of the vascular tree morphological features. Level set methods are popular for segmenting the coronary arteries, but their performance is related to suitable start-up and optimum setting of regulating parameters, essentially done manually. This research presents a novel fuzzy level set procedure with the objective of segmentation of the coronary artery tree in 2-D X-ray angiography as automatically. It is clever to clearly develop from the early segmentation with spatial fuzzy grouping. The adjusting parameters of... 

    Deep relative attributes

    , Article 13th Asian Conference on Computer Vision, ACCV 2016, 20 November 2016 through 24 November 2016 ; Volume 10115 LNCS , 2017 , Pages 118-133 ; 03029743 (ISSN); 9783319541921 (ISBN) Souri, Y ; Noury, E ; Adeli, E ; Sharif University of Technology
    Springer Verlag  2017
    Abstract
    Visual attributes are great means of describing images or scenes, in a way both humans and computers understand. In order to establish a correspondence between images and to be able to compare the strength of each property between images, relative attributes were introduced. However, since their introduction, hand-crafted and engineered features were used to learn increasingly complex models for the problem of relative attributes. This limits the applicability of those methods for more realistic cases. We introduce a deep neural network architecture for the task of relative attribute prediction. A convolutional neural network (ConvNet) is adopted to learn the features by including an... 

    A public code for astrometric microlensing with contour integration

    , Article Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ; Volume 505, Issue 1 , 2021 , Pages 126-135 ; 00358711 (ISSN) Bozza, V ; Khalouei, E ; Bachelet, E ; Sharif University of Technology
    Oxford University Press  2021
    Abstract
    We present the first public code for the calculation of the astrometric centroid shift occurring during microlensing events. The computation is based on the contour integration scheme and covers single and binary lensing of finite sources with arbitrary limb darkening profiles. This allows for general detailed investigations of the impact of finite source size in astrometric binary microlensing. The new code is embedded in version 3.0 of vbbinarylensing, which offers a powerful computational tool for extensive studies of microlensing data from current surveys and future space missions. © 2021 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society  

    Toward electrically tunable, lithography-free, ultra-thin color filters covering the whole visible spectrum

    , Article Scientific Reports ; Volume 8, Issue 1 , 2018 ; 20452322 (ISSN) Aalizadeh, M ; Serebryannikov, A. E ; Khavasi, A ; Vandenbosch, G. A. E ; Ozbay, E ; Sharif University of Technology
    Nature Publishing Group  2018
    Abstract
    The possibility of real-time tuning of optical devices has attracted a lot of interest over the last decade. At the same time, coming up with simple lithography-free structures has always been a challenge in the design of large-area compatible devices. In this work, we present the concept and the sample design of an electrically tunable, lithography-free, ultra-thin transmission-mode color filter, the spectrum of which continuously covers the whole visible region. A simple Metal-Insulator-Metal (MIM) cavity configuration is used. It is shown that using the electro-optic dielectric material of 4-dimethyl-amino-N-methyl-4-stilbazoliumtosylate (DAST) as the dielectric layer in this... 

    A novel method for modeling the magnetizing yoke

    , Article Electromagnetics ; Volume 30, Issue 3 , 2010 , Pages 297-308 ; 02726343 (ISSN) Ravanbod, H ; Norouzi, E
    2010
    Abstract
    Magnetic flux leakage is the most widely used method for oil and gas pipeline non destructive testing. The saturation level of the sample under test has a significant effect on its efficiency; therefore, the magnetizing yoke requires an elaborate design. The finite element method is the conventional approach used for this purpose, but it is very time consuming. In this article, a neuro-fuzzy method is presented to model the behavior of the magnetizing yoke. Modeling a few different designs with the finite element method and using the results for training the neuro-fuzzy model eradicates the necessity of modeling a huge number of designs with the finite element method. The acquired... 

    On decomposing complete tripartite graphs into 5-cycles

    , Article Australasian Journal of Combinatorics ; Volume 54, Issue 2 , 2012 , Pages 289-301 ; 10344942 (ISSN) Alipour, S ; Mahmoodian, E. S ; Mollaahmadi, E ; Sharif University of Technology
    AJC  2012
    Abstract
    The problem of finding necessary and sufficient conditions to decompose a complete tripartite graph K(r, s, t) into 5-cycles was first considered by Mahmoodian and Mirzakhani (1995). They stated some necessary conditions and conjectured that these conditions are also sufficient. Since then, many cases of the problem have been solved by various authors; however the case when the partite sets r ≤ s ≤ t have odd and distinct sizes remains open. A necessary condition is t ≤ 3r. Billington and Cavenagh (2011) have shown that when r, s, and t are all odd and r ≤ s ≤ t ≤ κr, where κ ≈ 1.0806, then the conjectured necessary conditions for decomposing are also sufficient. We extend this result... 

    Ultra-sensitive detection of leukemia by graphene

    , Article Nanoscale ; Vol. 6, issue. 24 , Dec , 2014 , p. 14810-14819 Akhavan, O ; Ghaderi, E ; Hashemi, E ; Rahighi, R ; Sharif Universit of Technology
    2014
    Abstract
    Graphene oxide nanoplatelets (GONPs) with extremely sharp edges (lateral dimensions ∼20-200 nm and thicknesses <2 nm) were applied in extraction of the overexpressed guanine synthesized in the cytoplasm of leukemia cells. The blood serums containing the extracted guanine were used in differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) with reduced graphene oxide nanowall (rGONW) electrodes to develop fast and ultra-sensitive electrochemical detection of leukemia cells at leukemia fractions (LFs) of ∼10-11 (as the lower detection limit). The stability of the DPV signals obtained by oxidation of the extracted guanine on the rGONWs was studied after 20 cycles. Without the guanine extraction, the DPV peaks... 

    Specific picomolar detection of a breast cancer biomarker her-2/neu protein in serum: electrocatalytically amplified electroanalysis by the aptamer/peg-modified electrode

    , Article ChemElectroChem ; Volume 4, Issue 4 , 2017 , Pages 872-879 ; 21960216 (ISSN) Salimian, R ; Kékedy Nagy, L ; Ferapontova, E. E ; Sharif University of Technology
    Wiley-VCH Verlag  2017
    Abstract
    Specific and sensitive electroanalysis of blood-circulating protein cancer biomarkers is often complicated by interference from serum proteins nonspecifically adsorbing at the biosensing interface and masking specific reactions of interest. Here, we have developed an electrocatalytically amplified assay for specific and sensitive analysis of human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER-2/neu, a protein cancer biomarker over-expressed in breast cancers) that allows us to avoid both the interference from bovine serum albumin (BSA) and electrocatalytic amplification of the signal stemming from the specific aptamer−HER-2/neu binding. A HER-2/neu-specific thiolated aptamer sequence was...