A Bayesian network based framework to evaluate reliability in wind turbines

Ashrafi, Maryam,Davoudpour, Hamid,Khodakarami, Vahid Techno-Press 2016 Wind and Structures, An International Journal (WAS Vol.22 No.5

The growing complexity of modern technological systems requires more flexible and powerful reliability analysis tools. Existing tools encounter a number of limitations including lack of modeling power to address components interactions for complex systems and lack of flexibility in handling component failure distribution. We propose a reliability modeling framework based on the Bayesian network (BN). It can combine historical data with expert judgment to treat data scarcity. The proposed methodology is applied to wind turbines reliability analysis. The observed result shows that a BN based reliability modeling is a powerful potential solution to modeling and analyzing various kinds of system components behaviors and interactions. Moreover, BN provides performing several inference approaches such as smoothing, filtering, what-if analysis, and sensitivity analysis for considering system.

GROUP THEORY FOR TETRAAMMINEPLATINUM(II) WITH $C_{2v}\;AN;C_{4v}$ POINT GROUP IN THE NON-RIGID SYSTEM

Ashrafi, Ali-Reza,Hamadanian, Masood 한국전산응용수학회 2004 Journal of applied mathematics & informatics Vol.14 No.1

The non-rigid molecule group theory (NRG) in which the dynamical symmetry operations are defined as physical operations is a new field of chemistry. Smeyers in a series of papers applied this notion to determine the character table of restricted NRG of some molecules. In this work, a simple method is described, by means of which it is possible to calculate character tables for the symmetry group of molecules consisting of a number of NH3 groups attached to a rigid framework. We study the full non-rigid group (f-NRG) of tetraammineplatinum(II) with two separate symmetry groups C2v and C4v. We prove that they are groups of order 216 and 5184 with 27 and 45 conjugacy classes, respectively. Also, we will compute the character tables of these groups.

Is Short-term Exercise a Therapeutic Tool for Improvement of Cardioprotection Against DOX-induced Cardiotoxicity? An Experimental Controlled Protocol in Rats

Ashrafi, Javad,Roshan, Valiollah Dabidi Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2012 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.13 No.8

Background and Objective: Cardiotoxicity and oxidative stress is a life-threatening side effect of doxorubicin (DOX). We investigate the effects of short-term exercise as therapeutic tool for improvement of cardioprotection against DOX-induced cardiotoxicity in the rat. Methods: Wistar males (weighing $257{\pm}28g$) were divided into six groups: (1) control+placebo (2) control+DOX $10mg.kg^{-1}$ (3) control+DOX $20mg.kg^{-1}$ (4) training+placebo (5) training+ DOX$10mg.kg^{-1}$ (6) training+DOX $20mg.kg^{-1}$. Cardiotoxicity was induced by DOX (10 and $20mg.kg^{-1}$). The rats in groups 4, 5 and 6 experienced treadmill running of 25 to $39min.day^{-1}$ and 15 to $17m.min^{-1}$, 5 days/wk for 3 wk. At the end of the endurance training program, rats in the 1 and 4 groups, in the 2 and 5 groups and in the 3 and 6 groups received saline solution, DOX $10mg.kg^{-1}$ and DOX $20mg.kg^{-1}$, respectively. Result: DOX administration (10 and $20mg.kg^{-1}$) caused significant increase in MDA and Apelin, an insignificant increase in NO and a significant decrease in SOD, as compared to the C+P group. Three weeks of the pretreatment endurance exercise resulted in a significant increase of Apelin and SOD, an insignificant increase of NO and an insignificant decrease of MDA, as compared to the C+P group. Furthermore, after three weeks of endurance training and DOX treatment with $10mg.kg^{-1}$ and $20mg.kg^{-1}$, a significant increase in apelin and SOD, and a significant decrease in MDA were detected in comparison to C+DOX10 and/or C+DOX20 groups. There was a significant difference between DOX$10mg.kg^{-1}$ and DOX$20mg.kg^{-1}$ treatments in MDA levels only. Conclusion: Pretreatment exercise may improve myocardial tolerance to DOX-induced cardiotoxicity by inhibition of oxidative stress and up-regulation of antioxidants in heart tissue.

A Fast, Highly Efficient and Green Protocol for One-Pot Synthesis of 2,4,5-Trisubstituted Imidazoles Catalyzed by [TBA]₂[W₆O₁₉] as a Reusable Heterogeneous Catalyst

Ashrafi, Mozhgan,Davoodnia, Abolghasem,Tavakoli-Hoseini, Niloofar Korean Chemical Society 2013 Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society Vol.34 No.5

A simple and efficient synthesis of 2,4,5-trisubstituted imidazoles was achieved via a one-pot three-component cyclocondensation of benzil, aromatic aldehydes, and ammonium acetate in the presence of a catalytic amount of tetrabutylammonium hexatungstate $[TBA]_2[W_6O_{19}]$ as a heterogeneous catalyst under thermal solvent-free conditions. The key features of this methodology are operational simplicity, high yields, short reaction times, and a recyclable catalyst with a very easy work up.

GENERATING PAIRS FOR THE HELD GROUP He

Ashrafi, Ali-Reza 한국전산응용수학회 2002 Journal of applied mathematics & informatics Vol.10 No.1

A group G is said to be (l, n, n)-generated if it is a quotient group of the triangle group T(p,q,r)=(x,y,z|x$\^$p/=y$\^$q/=z$\^$r/=xyz=1). In [15], the question of finding all triples (l, m, n) such that non-abelian finite simple groups are (l , m, n)-generated was posed. In this paper we partially answer this question for the sporadic group He. We continue the study of (p, q, r) -generations of the sporadic simple groups, where p, q, r are distinct primes. The problem is resolved for the Held group He.

RINGS WITH MANY REGULAR ELEMENTS

Ashrafi, Nahid,Nasibi, Ebrahim Korean Mathematical Society 2017 대한수학회논문집 Vol.32 No.2

In this paper we introduce rings that satisfy regular 1-stable range. These rings are left-right symmetric and are generalizations of unit 1-stable range. We investigate characterizations of these kind of rings and show that these rings are closed under matrix rings and Morita Context rings.

Cadmium Extraction from Solutions by Solid-Phase and its Trace Determination

Ashrafi, F.,Attaran, A.M.,Kermani, N. Memar Korean Chemical Society 2008 대한화학회지 Vol.52 No.2

고상추출 매질로 bis-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate를 포함하는 polyvinyl chloride막을 사용하여 카드뮴의 잔유양 을 측정하기 위한 새로운 민감하고 선택적인 분광광도법을 연구하였다. Bis-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate는 가소제로 사용되 었다. 수용액에서 Cd(II)은 색을 가진 Cd(II) - I- - MG 착체(여기서 MG는 malachite green이다). 형으로 있는 막에 의해 트랩되었고, 카드뮴 착체는 막에 농축되었다. 그린색의 막의 흡수는 분광광도법을 사용하여 629 nm에서 측정되었 다. 카드뮴 농도는 Cd(II) 농도와 25분 동안 착색후 막의 흡수 사이에 관계로 나타내는 검정곡선으로부터 계산하였다. 검정곡선은 시험용액에서 10-760 μgL-1 cadmium 범위에서 선형이었다. 3Sbl criterion의 검출한계는 1.8199 μgL-1 상 대 표준편차(RSD)는 4% (n=5).보다 적다. 제안된 방법은 Tadjan강(Sari-Iran), 에 있는 카드뮴의 잔량을 성공적으로 측 정하였다. 28.7 μgL-1의 평균 값을 얻었다. A new sensitive and selective spectrophotometric method for determination of trace amounts of cadmium using a polyvinyl chloride membrane containing bis-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate as a solid phase extraction medium was investigated. Bis-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate has used as a plasticizer. Cd(II) in an aqueous solution was trapped on the membrane in the form of colorful Cd (II)-I- - MG complexes (which MG is malachite green) and the cadmium complex was concentrated in the membrane. The absorbance of the green membrane was measured at 629 nm using a spectrophotometer, and then, the concentration of the cadmium was calculated using a calibration curve, which expressed the relationship between the Cd(II) concentration and the membrane absorbance after coloring for 25 min. The calibration curve was linear in the range of 10-760 μgL-1 cadmium in the test solution. The detection limit based on the 3Sbl criterion was 1.8199 μgL-1 and the relative standard deviations (RSD) were less than 4 % (n=5). The proposed method has been successfully applied to the determination of trace amounts of cadmium in the Tadjan River water sample (Sari-Iran), and the mean value of 28.7 μgL-1 was obtained.

ON FINITE GROUPS WITH EXACTLY SEVEN ELEMENT CENTRALIZERS

Ashrafi, Ali-Reza,Taeri, Bi-Jan 한국전산응용수학회 2006 Journal of applied mathematics & informatics Vol.22 No.1

For a finite group G, #Cent(G) denotes the number of centralizers of its elements. A group G is called n-centralizer if #Cent(G) = n, and primitive n-centralizer if #Cent(G) = #Cent($\frac{G}{Z(G)}$) = n. The first author in [1], characterized the primitive 6-centralizer finite groups. In this paper we continue this problem and characterize the primitive 7-centralizer finite groups. We prove that a finite group G is primitive 7-centralizer if and only if $\frac{G}{Z(G)}{\simeq}D_{10}$ or R, where R is the semidirect product of a cyclic group of order 5 by a cyclic group of order 4 acting faithfully. Also, we compute #Cent(G) for some finite groups, using the structure of G modulu its center.

COUNTING THE CINTRALIZERS OF SOME FINITE GROUPS

Ashrafi, Ali Reza 한국전산응용수학회 2000 Journal of applied mathematics & informatics Vol.7 No.1

For a finite group G, #Cent(G) denotes the number of cen-tralizers of its clements. A group G is called n-centralizer if #Cent( G) = n. and primitive n-centralizer if #Cent(G) = #Cent(${\frac}{G}{Z(G)$) = n. In this paper we compute the number of distinct centralizers of some finite groups and investigate the structure of finite groups with Qxactly SLX distinct centralizers. We prove that if G is a 6-centralizer group then ${\frac}{G}{Z(G)$${\cong}D_8$,$A_4$, $Z_2{\times}Z_2{\times}Z_2$ or $Z_2{\times}Z_2{\times}Z_2{\times}Z_2$.

EXTREMAL ATOM-BOND CONNECTIVITY INDEX OF CACTUS GRAPHS

ASHRAFI, ALI REZA,DEHGHAN-ZADEH, TAYEBEH,HABIBI, NADER Korean Mathematical Society 2015 대한수학회논문집 Vol.30 No.3

The atom-bond connectivity index of a graph G (ABC index for short) is defined as the summation of quantities $\sqrt{\frac{d(u)+d(v)-2}{d(u)d(v)}}$ over all edges of G. A cactus graph is a connected graph in which every block is an edge or a cycle. The aim of this paper is to obtain the first and second maximum values of the ABC index among all n vertex cactus graphs.