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Polymer blending has an important role in preparation of materials with suitable properties without synthesizing new polymers. One of these blends is polypropylene (PP)/ polyethylene (PE). PE is added for improving the impact strength and toughness of PP. For improvementof the properties, a compatibilizer is used due to incompatibility of the PP/PE blend. Improving the impact properties is usually related to the reduction in stiffness. Considering the importance of stiffness in many industrial applications, mineral fillers are employed for increasing the stiffness. In this research, the goal has been to manufacture polypropylene-based ternary composite(Polypropylene/ Polyethylene/Nanometric... 

In this dissertation, we are considering the following question: can the Rigidity Thesis (RT) be reduced to the Wide Scope Thesis (WT). According to the RT, proper names of natural language are rigid designators and most of the definite descriptions of natural language are not rigid designators. Thus, the Descriptive Theory of Proper Names (DTPN), according to which the semantic content of a proper name is a (set of) definite description(s), is false. According to WT, the semantic content of a sentence containing a proper name is given by a (set of) definite description(s) with wide scope (over intensional operators, modal operators included). Such a semantic content can explain the... 

The paper presents the results nonlinear analysis of steel base plates subjected to different combinations of axial and bending forces. The bending forces range from small moments representing small eccentricities to large moments from seismic actions. The results of analyses proved to be in good agreement with experiments. The parameters investigated in this study are as follows: distribution of strain and stresses in the concrete foundation and the steel plate, the strains and stresses in the tensile anchorage bolts, the location of neutral curve under the base plate, the centre of compressional reaction forces in concrete, the flextural rigidity of the base plate connection, and the axial... 

A perturbed lattice is a point process π={x+Y_x ∶x ∈Z^d} where the lattice points in Z^d are perturbed by i.i.d . random variables {Y_x }_(x∈Z^d ). A random point process π is said to be rigid if π∩B_1 (0) , the number of points in a ball , can be exactly determined given π∩B_1^c (0) , the points outside the ball . The process π is called deletion tolerant if removing one point of π yields a process with distribution indistinguishable from that of π . Suppose that Y_x~N_d (0,σ^2 I) are Gaussian vectors with d independent components of variance σ^2 . Holroyd and Soo showed that in dimensions d = 1 , 2 the resulting Gaussian perturbed lattice π is rigid and deletion... 

F-BAR protein is one of the Bin/Amphiphysin/Rvs (BAR) superfamily proteins which contributes in curvature generation and stabilization of lipid membranes. These proteins usualy form lattices on the membrane and can sculpt the membrane. In this project the interaction of F-BAR protein with a lipid membrane is modeled using coarse grained molecular dynamics approach. In order to describe the curvature generation and stabilization we would need an appropriate coarse grained model for the lipid membrane. In this project the proposed model for the membrane describes a membrane in liquid phase with a lateral diffusion in the lipid bilayer. Depth and width of the lipids potential is determined in... 

During fires, smoke particles are emitted in the air and the oxygen content of it rapidly drops. In order to tackle these two challenges which are among the main human life threatening factors, there is a need for a proper ventilation system. Ventilation is also one of the most sensitive and vital technical aspects in construction of tunnels and mines. Ventilation fans are tasked with two main objectives which are diluting the air inside the tunnel, parking, etc. and the timely discharge of smoke in case of fire. Hence, they should have similar operation in suctioning and discharge and supply the required flow rate in both directions. This is the reason the fans are reversible. Reversible... 

Steel structures are one of the most common structures in the world. One of the main parts of these structures is the connections, which are divided into three main categories of fixed, semi-rigid and joints, according to
the different criteria provided in the guidelines and codes. Perhaps the main challenge facing civil engineers has been designing efficient connections against lateral loads (seismic loads, wind loads). This issue has received more and more attention from designers due to the poor performance of the fasteners against lateral loads. Investigating and evaluating semi-rigid connections as one of the main part of steel structures against various loads, especially lateral... 

Distal humerus fractures commonly take place in adults with low bone mineral density causing major technical challenges upon orthopedic surgeons. Persian fixation method was introduced as a novel technique to stabilize small fragments in comminuted distal humerus fractures using a set of K-wires and reconstruction plate. The objective of the present study is to measure the stiffness and stability of this technique and analyze the effect of influential parameters with numerical simulation and biomechanical testing on a cadaveric specimen. Furthermore, we were able to propose new method to model plastic deformation of implants in surgery.Validation of the finite element (FE) model was... 

We prove that if an n-dimensional complete minimal submanifold M in hyperbolic space has sufficiently small total scalar curvature then M has only one end. We also prove that for such M there exist no nontrivial L^2 harmonic 1-forms on M