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Quantum mechanics provides a deep understanding of atoms and their interaction with light. As long as we consider only microscopic systems on the scale of an atomic radius, objections to quantum properties such as quantum superposition are nevertheless rare, mainly because of the overwhelming experimental evidence. When it comes to macroscopic systems, many things are not clear anymore. For example,everyday objects of macroscopic size do not exist in superposition of their different states. The reason is that a quantum system interacts with its environment locally,which destroys non-local quantum correlation within the system, larger objects interact with the environment more intensively and... 

One of most important type of dams are concrete gravity dams, This structures maintain their stability against the load from their weight. The study of stability of dams is very important issue because Iran is placed on a seismic zone and instability of constructed dams will cause many problems for us. There are two method in study of concrete gravity dams: in first method which is named rigid approach the body of dam consider as a rigid body and by equilibrium equations and traditional strength of material concepts the safety factors of stability and stresses are determined. In second method that is named flexible approach, we should prepare a finite element method from the dam, reservoir... 

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are rapidly emerging as an important area in mobile computing research. Applications of WSNs are numerous and growing, some of them are even highly critical, like military or safety applications. Security measures must be applied to protect the network from a variety of attacks. Since no intrusion prevention measure is perfect, intrusion detection becomes an important second wall to protect the network. WSNs have unique nature which is different from other kinds of networks. In this project, we examine the characteristics and vulnerabilities of WSNs and propose a new intrusion detection model to protect the network security. In this work we have not only... 

Nowadays Human Resource Management (HRM) has a critical and fundamental importance in organization management. In the beginning and middle of 20th century and even in the last decades of that century financial investments were important in different economic sectors and industries, but in the beginning of 21th century human resource and training is one of the most fundamental issues in all of economic sectors and industries, especially in power industry. Following this point of view, people with appropriate education and qualifications should be employed in power industry. These employees should be skillfully able of working with complicated technology of power industry as well as being... 

Methodology engineering is a branch of software engineering which deals with the design, development, and modification of methodologies, and the techniques and tools for developing information systems. Methodology engineering requirements demand the support of Computer Aided Methodology Engineering (CAME) tools. Recently, method engineering focus has shifted towards Situational Method Engineering (SME); i.e. context-specific methodology development. The emergence of SME approaches has brought about various methods for methodology development; including ad hoc, paradigm-based, extension-based and assembly-based approaches. In the assembly-based strategy, appropriate method chunks are... 

Nowadays, development of renewable electricity generation technologies, the advent of small efficient generators and increasing number of grid-connected consumers, have caused increasing interest in energy production next to the consumers locations. Distributed generation (DG) is often defined as small-scale generators that produce several kilowatts to tens of megawatts of electricity. One primary reason for using DG is its potential to reduce power losses in transmission and distribution networks. Several loss reduction methods such as capacitor placement, network reconfiguration and load management are used in distribution systems. Employing DG results in the highest loss reduction and... 

Today, with the replacement of the old method of force-based design by the new method of performance-based design in structural and earthquake engineering, many structural and earthquake researchers have focused in their studies on this area. The performance-based design aims at enabling engineers to design structures with predictable performance. Designing space structures has particular complexities. In space structures, the failure of a structural member does not necessarily mean the failure of the entire structure, because the redistribution of power will occur between the adjacent members after the failure of a member and the structure can thus have further support capacity. Similarly,... 

Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene has attracted the attention of numerous researchers and industries. This polymer due to its strong properties can be used in advanced military industries, medical engineering and cases in which high strength and high abrasion resistance is required. Present study aims to fabricate UHMWPE/Molybdenum disulfide composites, using in-situ polymerization. Before carrying out the polymerization process, nanoparticles of molybdenum disulfide underwent various processes such as oxidation, pickling, ultrasonic and thermal shock, in order to increase the interlayer distance and creating functional groups on the surface, then various analyzes, such as XRD, FESEM,... 

In order to improve mechanical properties and increase the load capacity of soil so many different methods are innovated and utilized. Through This variety we can mention cement and asphalt concrete pavements which are the most common methods, cement sprinkling for consolidation of inclined surfaces and utilizing geotextiles and geomembranes which are recent methods. As far as a method becomes more common in industry, analytical study on effect of these methods on soil properties drew more attention in researches.In this research a homogenous elastic half-space is reinforced by an extensible thin plate and studied under various loads. The plate is considered as a buried infinite plane with... 

Pelamis is a semi-submersible device that can extract wave energy and converters that to electrical power. It has 5 cylindrical structure that connects through the joints. This device takes the shape of wave and the wave forces tubes to had angular relative motion together. The Main task of this device is to convert the angular movements of tubes to the Linear movement of pistons. External mechanism called the energy capture device are responsible for absorbing wave energy through angular movements, and then the internal mechanism, called the Power Take-Off, are responsible for converting this energy into the electrical power for use in the electricity grid. This device was designed and...