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Exchange flow between a canopy and open water
, Article Journal of Fluid Mechanics ; Volume 611 , 25 September , 2008 , Pages 237-254 ; 00221120 (ISSN) ; Zhang, X ; Nepf, H. M ; Sharif University of Technology
2008
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This paper theoretically and experimentally investigates the exchange flow due to temperature differences between open water and a canopy of aquatic plants. A numerical model is used to study the interfacial shape, frontal velocity and total volumetric exchange, and their dependence on a dimensionless vegetation drag parameter. The numerical predictions are consistent with the laboratory measurements. There is a short initial period in which the force balance is between buoyancy and inertia, followed by drag-dominated flow for which there is a balance between buoyancy and drag forces. After the initial stage, the gravity current propagating into the canopy takes a triangular shape whereas...
Electrophoretic deposition of porous hydroxyapatite coatings using polytetrafluoroethylene particles as templates
, Article Materials Science and Engineering C ; Volume 27, Issue 5-8 SPEC. ISS , 2007 , Pages 1482-1486 ; 09284931 (ISSN) ; Afshar, A ; Chen, J ; Zhang, X ; Sharif University of Technology
2007
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The formation of macroporous bioactive hydroxyapatite(HA) coatings using polytetrafluoroethylene(PTFE) particles were studied. The porous HA coatings were prepared onto a pure titanium substrate by electrophoretic deposition(EPD) at 120 V for 1.5 min using ethanol suspensions mixture of HA (500 nm in size) and PTFE (1-3 μm in size) particles. Subsequently, the composite coatings obtained by EPD were heated at 900 °C for 60 min to disintegrate the organic PTFE particles and sinter the inorganic HA particles. The calcinations of the PTFE led to the formation of porosity in the HA coating. These results demonstrate a new method for creating porous HA coatings on titanium. © 2006 Elsevier B.V....
Bioactive layer formation on alkaline-acid treated titanium in simulated body fluid
, Article Materials and Design ; Volume 28, Issue 7 , 2007 , Pages 2154-2159 ; 02613069 (ISSN) ; Afshar, A ; Chen, J ; Zhang, X ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2007
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Porous surface on titanium induces apatite formation in simulated body fluid (SBF). This work shows alkaline, acid and polishing treatment, which lead to create apatite coating. Specimens were soaked in 5 M solution of NaOH, 85% HCl-6% HF-9% H3PO4 and 2% HF-4% HNO3-94% H2O. Also many samples were polished with sandpaper. Specimens treated under the above conditions were soaked in simulated body fluid (SBF) for 5 days. Apatite formed within 5 days. The evaluation of Ca/P ratio of samples were made by EDAX analysis to get information of the Ca/P ratio. The values obtained for the apatite were in the range of 1.55, which is near to the stoichiometric value of apatite, for the sample, which was...
An intelligent ACO-SA approach for short term electricity load prediction
, Article Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 18 August 2010 through 21 August 2010 ; Volume 6216 LNAI , 2010 , Pages 623-633 ; 03029743 (ISSN) ; 9783642149313 (ISBN) ; Hadavandi, E ; Abbasian Naghneh, S ; Huang D. S ; Zhang X ; Sharif University of Technology
2010
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Intelligent solutions, based on artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, to solve complicated practical problems in various sectors are becoming more and more widespread nowadays. On the other hand, electrical load prediction is one of the important concerns of power systems so development of intelligent prediction tools for performing accurate predictions is essential. This study presents an intelligent hybrid approach called ACO-SA by hybridization of Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) and Simulated Annealing (SA). The hybrid approach consists of two general stages. At the first stage time series inputs will be fed into ACO and it performs a global search to find a globally optimum solution....
On-fiber standardization technique for solid-coated solid-phase microextraction
, Article Analytical Chemistry ; Volume 79, Issue 3 , 2007 , Pages 1221-1230 ; 00032700 (ISSN) ; Zhang, X ; Ouyang, G ; Es-haghi, A ; Pawliszyn, J ; Sharif University of Technology
2007
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The on-fiber standardization technique for solid-coated solid-phase microextraction (SPME) was studied, and a theoretical model is proposed for the isotropic behavior of adsorption and desorption, based on Fick's law of diffusion and the Langmuir model. The isotropy of the adsorption and desorption of analytes onto and from the surface of porous solid SPME fiber was validated with the use of a commercially available fiber, a 50-μm Carbowax/ templated resin for carbamate pesticide analysis in various sample matrixes, and a self-made polypyrrole fiber for diazepam analysis in blood samples. Time constants were comparable for the adsorption and desorption processes. Equilibrium constants and...
Evaluation of bio-compatible poly(ethylene glycol)-based solid-phase microextraction fiber for in vivo pharmacokinetic studies of diazepam in dogs
, Article Analyst ; Volume 132, Issue 7 , 2007 , Pages 672-678 ; 00032654 (ISSN) ; Zhang, X ; Musteata, F. M ; Bagheri, H ; Pawliszyn, J ; Sharif University of Technology
Royal Society of Chemistry
2007
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Solid-phase microextraction probes based on poly(ethylene glycol)/C18-bonded silica were used for in vivo monitoring of drugs from circulating blood of beagles, over a period of 8 h. After sampling, the extracted drugs were subsequently quantified by liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry. External calibrations in whole blood and phosphate-buffered saline were used to correlate the amount of analytes extracted in regard to the total and free concentrations in blood respectively. The probe provided sufficient sensitivity for the drugs in the blood matrix, while the need for drawing blood was eliminated. The limit of detections of the method from whole blood were 1.7, 1.4...
Nano-crystalline growth of electrochemically deposited apatite coating on pure titanium
, Article Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry ; Volume 589, Issue 1 , 2006 , Pages 96-105 ; 15726657 (ISSN) ; Afshar, A ; Yang, X ; Li, X ; Yang, B ; Wu, Y ; Chen, J ; Zhang, X ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier
2006
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Hydroxyapatite (HA) coatings were deposited on commercially pure titanium plates using a hydrothermal-electrochemical deposition method in an electrolyte containing calcium and phosphate ions. The deposition conditions used in this study were the followings: electrolyte temperature (33-80 °C), current density (1-8 mA/cm2), and deposition time (10-120 min). Needle-like and granular crystals of apatite coating were created with different concentrations of calcium (0.0021-0.042 M) and phosphate (0.00125-0.025 M) salts. The size of HA crystals of the coating was considerably changed with different concentration of calcium and phosphate salts, temperature of the electrolyte, and deposition time....
Advancement in Fenton-like reactions using PVA coated calcium peroxide/FeS system: Pivotal role of sulfide ion in regenerating the Fe(II) ions and improving trichloroethylene degradation
, Article Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering ; Volume 9, Issue 1 , 2021 ; 22133437 (ISSN) ; Zhang, X ; Idrees, A ; Tariq, M ; Danish, M ; Farooq, U ; Shan, A ; Jiang, X ; Huang, J ; Lyu, S ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2021
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This study demonstrated the prolonged benefits of polyvinyl-coated calcium peroxide (PVA@CP) in Fe(II)/nFeS mediated Fenton-like reaction. PVA@CP was prepared by a coating of PVA on calcium peroxide (CP) and synthesized nano-sized iron sulfide (nFeS) was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) with energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) elemental mapping, X-ray diffractometry (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) and Fourier transmission infrared (FTIR) techniques. Trichloroethylene (TCE) degradation in various oxic environments (H2O2, CP, or...
Advancement in Fenton-like reactions using PVA coated calcium peroxide/FeS system: Pivotal role of sulfide ion in regenerating the Fe(II) ions and improving trichloroethylene degradation
, Article Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering ; Volume 9, Issue 1 , 2021 ; 22133437 (ISSN) ; Zhang, X ; Idrees, A ; Tariq, M ; Danish, M ; Farooq, U ; Shan, A ; Jiang, X ; Huang, J ; Lyu, S ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2021
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This study demonstrated the prolonged benefits of polyvinyl-coated calcium peroxide (PVA@CP) in Fe(II)/nFeS mediated Fenton-like reaction. PVA@CP was prepared by a coating of PVA on calcium peroxide (CP) and synthesized nano-sized iron sulfide (nFeS) was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) with energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) elemental mapping, X-ray diffractometry (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) and Fourier transmission infrared (FTIR) techniques. Trichloroethylene (TCE) degradation in various oxic environments (H2O2, CP, or...
Homozygous mutations in C14orf39/SIX6OS1 cause non-obstructive azoospermia and premature ovarian insufficiency in humans
, Article American Journal of Human Genetics ; Volume 108, Issue 2 , 2021 , Pages 324-336 ; 00029297 (ISSN) ; Jiao, Y ; Khan, R ; Jiang, X ; Javed, A. R ; Ali, A ; Zhang, H ; Zhou, J ; Naeem, M ; Murtaza, G ; Li, Y ; Yang, G ; Zaman, Q ; Zubair, M ; Guan, H ; Zhang, X ; Ma, H ; Jiang, H ; Ali, H ; Dil, S ; Shah, W ; Ahmad, N ; Zhang, Y ; Shi, Q ; Sharif University of Technology
Cell Press
2021
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Human infertility is a multifactorial disease that affects 8%–12% of reproductive-aged couples worldwide. However, the genetic causes of human infertility are still poorly understood. Synaptonemal complex (SC) is a conserved tripartite structure that holds homologous chromosomes together and plays an indispensable role in the meiotic progression. Here, we identified three homozygous mutations in the SC coding gene C14orf39/SIX6OS1 in infertile individuals from different ethnic populations by whole-exome sequencing (WES). These mutations include a frameshift mutation (c.204_205del [p.His68Glnfs∗2]) from a consanguineous Pakistani family with two males suffering from non-obstructive...
The visual object tracking VOT2013 challenge results
, Article Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision ; 2013 , Pages 98-111 ; 9781479930227 (ISBN) ; Pflugfelder, R ; Leonardis, A ; Matas, J ; Porikli, F ; Čehovin, L ; Nebehay, G ; Fernandez, G ; Vojíř, T ; Gatt, A ; Khajenezhad, A ; Salahledin, A ; Soltani-Farani, A ; Zarezade, A ; Petrosino, A ; Milton, A ; Bozorgtabar, B ; Li, B ; Chan, C. S ; Heng, C ; Ward, D ; Kearney, D ; Monekosso, D ; Karaimer, H. C ; Rabiee, H. R ; Zhu, J ; Gao, J ; Xiao, J ; Zhang, J ; Xing, J ; Huang, K ; Lebeda, K ; Cao, L ; Maresca, M. E ; Lim, M. K ; ELHelw, M ; Felsberg, M ; Remagnino, P ; Bowden, R ; Goecke, R ; Stolkin, R ; Lim, S. Y. Y ; Maher, S ; Poullot, S ; Wong, S ; Satoh, S ; Chen, W ; Hu, W ; Zhang, X ; Li, Y ; Niu, Z ; Sharif University of Technology
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc
2013
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Visual tracking has attracted a significant attention in the last few decades. The recent surge in the number of publications on tracking-related problems have made it almost impossible to follow the developments in the field. One of the reasons is that there is a lack of commonly accepted annotated data-sets and standardized evaluation protocols that would allow objective comparison of different tracking methods. To address this issue, the Visual Object Tracking (VOT) workshop was organized in conjunction with ICCV2013. Researchers from academia as well as industry were invited to participate in the first VOT2013 challenge which aimed at single-object visual trackers that do not apply...
A new Boson with a mass of 125 GeV observed with the CMS experiment at the large hadron collider
, Article Science ; Volume 338, Issue 6114 , December , 2012 , Pages 1569-1575 ; 00368075 (ISSN) ; Khachatryan, V ; Sirunyan, A. M ; Tumasyan, A ; Adam, W ; Aguilo, E ; Bergauer, T ; Dragicevic, M ; Erö, J ; Fabjan, C ; Friedl, M ; Frühwirth, R ; Ghete, V. M ; Hoch, M ; Hörmann, N ; Hrubec, J ; Jeitler, M ; Kiesenhofer, W ; Knünz, V ; Krammer, M ; Krätschmer, I ; Liko, D ; Majerotto, W ; Mikulec, I ; Pernicka, M ; Rahbaran, B ; Rohringer, C ; Rohringer, H ; Schöfbeck, R ; Strauss, J ; Szoncso, F ; Taurok, A ; Waltenberger, W ; Walzel, G ; Widl, E ; Wulz, C. E ; Chekhovsky, V ; Emeliantchik, I ; Litomin, A ; Makarenko, V ; Mossolov, V ; Shumeiko, N ; Solin, A ; Stefanovitch, R ; Suarez Gonzalez, J ; Fedorov, A ; Korzhik, M ; Missevitch, O ; Zuyeuski, R ; Bansal, M ; Bansal, S ; Beaumont, W ; Cornelis, T ; De Wolf, E. A ; Druzhkin, D ; Janssen, X ; Luyckx, S ; Mucibello, L ; Ochesanu, S ; Roland, B ; Rougny, R ; Selvaggi, M ; Staykova, Z ; Van Haevermaet, H ; Van Mechelen, P ; Van Remortel, N ; Van Spilbeeck, A ; Blekman, F ; Blyweert, S ; D'Hondt, J ; Devroede, O ; Gonzalez Suarez, R ; Goorens, R ; Kalogeropoulos, A ; Maes, M ; Olbrechts, A ; Tavernier, S ; Van Doninck, W ; Van Lancker, L ; Van Mulders, P ; Van Onsem, G. P ; Villella, I ; Clerbaux, B ; De Lentdecker, G ; Dero, V ; Dewulf, J. P ; Gay, A. P. R ; Hreus, T ; Léonard, A ; Marage, P. E ; Mohammadi, A ; Reis, T ; Rugovac, S ; Thomas, L ; Vander Velde, C ; Vanlaer, P ; Wang, J ; Wickens, J ; Adler, V ; Beernaert, K ; Cimmino, A ; Costantini, S ; Garcia, G ; Grunewald, M ; Klein, B ; Lellouch, J ; Marinov, A ; Mccartin, J ; Ocampo Rios, A. A ; Ryckbosch, D ; Strobbe, N ; Thyssen, F ; Tytgat, M ; Walsh, S ; Yazgan, E ; Zaganidis, N ; Basegmez, S ; Bruno, G ; Castello, R ; Ceard, L ; De Favereau De Jeneret, J ; Delaere, C ; Demin, P ; Du Pree, T ; Favart, D ; Forthomme, L ; Giammanco, A ; Grégoire, G ; Hollar, J ; Lemaitre, V ; Liao, J ; Militaru, O ; Nuttens, C ; Pagano, D ; Pin, A ; Piotrzkowski, K ; Schul, N ; Vizan Garcia, J. M ; Beliy, N ; Caebergs, T ; Daubie, E ; Hammad, G. H ; Alves, G. A ; Brito, L ; Correa Martins, M. , Jr ; Martins, T ; Pol, M. E ; Souza, M. H. G ; Aldá, W. L., Jr ; Carvalho, W ; Custódio, A ; Da Costa, E. M ; De Jesus Damiao, D ; De Oliveira Martins, C ; Fonseca De Souza, S ; Malbouisson, H ; Malek, M ; Matos Figueiredo, D ; Mundim, L ; Nogima, H ; Oguri, V ; Prado Da Silva, W. L ; Santoro, A ; Sznajder, A ; Vilela Pereira, A ; Anjos, T.S ; Bernardes, C. A ; Dias, F.A ; Fernandez Perez Tomei, T. R ; Gregores, E. M ; Iope, R. L ; Lagana, C ; Lietti, S.M ; Marinho, F ; Mercadante, P. G ; Novaes, S.F ; Padula, S.S ; Dimitrov, L ; Genchev, V ; Iaydjiev, P ; Piperov, S ; Rodozov, M ; Stoykova, S ; Sultanov, G ; Tcholakov, V ; Trayanov, R ; Vankov, I ; Vutova, M ; Roumenin, C ; Uzunova, D ; Zahariev, R ; Dimitrov, A ; Hadjiiska, R ; Kozhuharov, V ; Litov, L ; Pavlov, B ; Petkov, P ; Bian, J. G ; Chen, G. M ; Chen, H. S ; He, K. L ; Jiang, C. H ; Li, W. G ; Liang, D ; Liang, S ; Meng, X ; Sun, G ; Sun, H. S ; Tao, J ; Wang, J ; Wang, X ; Wang, Z ; Xiao, H ; Xu, M ; Yang, M ; Zang, J ; Zhang, X ; Zhang, Z ; Zhang, Z ; Zhao, W. R ; Zhu, Z ; Asawatangtrakuldee, C ; Ban, Y ; Cai, J ; Guo, S ; Guo, Y ; Li, W ; Liu, H. T ; Liu, S ; Mao, Y ; Qian, S. J ; Teng, H ; Wang, D ; Ye, Y. L ; Zhang, L ; Zhu, B ; Zou, W ; Avila, C ; Gomez, J.P ; Gomez Moreno, B ; Osorio Oliveros, A. F ; Sanabria, J. C ; Godinovic, N ; Lelas, D ; Plestina, R ; Polic, D ; Puljak, I ; Antunovic, Z ; Kovac, M ; Brigljevic, V ; Duric, S ; Kadija, K ; Luetic, J ; Mekterovic, D ; Morovic, S ; Attikis, A ; Galanti, M ; Mavromanolakis, G ; Mousa, J ; Nicolaou, C ; Ptochos, F ; Razis, P.A ; Finger, M ; Finger, M., Jr ; Aly, A ; Assran, Y ; Awad, A ; Elgammal, S ; Ellithi Kamel, A ; Khalil, S ; Mahmoud, M. A ; Mahrous, A ; Radi, A ; Hektor, A ; Kadastik, M ; Kannike, K ; Müntel, M ; Raidal, M ; Rebane, L ; Strumia, A ; Tiko, A ; Eerola, P ; Fedi, G ; Voutilainen, M ; Anttila, E ; Härkönen, J ; Heikkinen, A ; Karimäki, V ; Katajisto, H. M ; Kinnunen, R ; Kortelainen, M. J ; Kotamäki, M ; Lampén, T ; Lassila-Perini, K ; Lehti, S ; Lindén, T ; Luukka, P ; Mäenpää, T ; Peltola, T ; Tuominen, E ; Tuominiemi, J ; Tuovinen, E ; Ungaro, D ; Vanhala, T.P ; Wendland, L ; Banzuzi, K ; Karjalainen, A ; Korpela, A ; Tuuva, T ; Anfreville, M ; Besancon, M ; Choudhury, S ; Dejardin, M ; Denegri, D ; Fabbro, B ; Faure, J. L ; Ferri, F ; Ganjour, S ; Gentit, F. X ; Givernaud, A ; Gras, P ; Hamel De Monchenault, G ; Jarry, P ; Kircher, F ; Lemaire, M. C ; Locci, E ; Malcles, J ; Mandjavidze, I ; Nayak, A ; Pansart, J. P ; Rander, J ; Reymond, J. M ; Rosowsky, A ; Titov, M ; Verrecchia, P ; Badier, J ; Baffioni, S ; Beaudette, F ; Becheva, E ; Benhabib, L ; Bianchini, L ; Bluj, M ; Broutin, C ; Busson, P ; Cerutti, M ; Chamont, D ; Charlot, C ; Daci, N ; Dahms, T ; Dalchenko, M ; Dobrzynski, L ; Geerebaert, Y ; Granier De Cassagnac, R ; Haguenauer, M ; Hennion, P ; Milleret, G ; Miné, P ; Mironov, C ; Naranjo, I. N ; Nguyen, M ; Ochando, C ; Paganini, P ; Romanteau, T ; Sabes, D ; Salerno, R ; Sartirana, A ; Sirois, Y ; Thiebaux, C ; Veelken, C ; Zabi, A ; Agram, J. L ; Andrea, J ; Besson, A ; Bloch, D ; Bodin, D ; Brom, J. M ; Cardaci, M ; Chabert, E. C ; Collard, C ; Conte, E ; Drouhin, F ; Fontaine, J. C ; Gelé, D ; Goerlach, U ; Goetzmann, C ; Gross, L ; Huss, D ; Juillot, P ; Kieffer, E ; Le Bihan, A. C ; Pansanel, J ; Patois, Y ; Van Hove, P ; Boutigny, D ; Mercier, D ; Baulieu, G ; Beauceron, S ; Beaupere, N ; Bedjidian, M ; Bondu, O ; Sharif University of Technology
American Association for the Advancement of Science
2012
Abstract
The Higgs boson was postulated nearly five decades ago within the framework of the standard model of particle physics and has been the subject of numerous searches at accelerators around the world. Its discovery would verify the existence of a complex scalar field thought to give mass to three of the carriers of the electroweak force-the W+, W-, and Z 0 bosons-as well as to the fundamental quarks and leptons. The CMS Collaboration has observed, with a statistical significance of five standard deviations, a new particle produced in proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. The evidence is strongest in the diphoton and four-lepton (electrons and/or muons) final states,...