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Reactive power plays an important role in supporting real power transmission, maintaining system voltages within proper limits and overall system reliability. In this paper, the production cost of reactive power, cost of the system transmission loss, investment cost of capacitor banks and absolute value of total voltage deviation (TVD) are included into the objective function of the power flow problem. Then, by using particle swarm optimization algorithm (PSO), the problem is solved. The proposed PSO algorithm is implemented on standard IEEE 14-bus and IEEE 57-bus test systems and with using fuzzy satisfying method the optimal solutions are determined. The fuzzy goals are quantified by defining their corresponding membership functions and the decision maker is then asked to specify the desirable membership values. The obtained results show that solving this problem by using the proposed method gives much better results than all the other algorithms.

Background and Objective: Collection and disposal of waste has an important role in public health. Isolation and separation procedures at the origin is considered as one of the most important and least costly methods of isolation and separation of waste. This study was aimed to culture and educate those involved in recycling and waste reduction in the Kalaeh City using two educational methods. . Materials and Methods: This semi-experimental study was conducted in Kalaleh City. In the social and cultural context, Kalaleh was divided into six regions. Using cluster sampling, regions were selected randomly. In each area, 120 samples were used. The first group was face-to-face trained and the second group received training through the training package. Waste collection period was 60 days. After this time, the questionnaires were again filled up and the impact of teaching methods were investigated. Results: Face-to-face training resulted in increasing waste separation from 70.8 (before training) to 95%. Whereas, this figure in the group receiving training package increased from 57.5 (before training) to 86.7%. Waste recycling rate was between 0.6 to 1 Kg per person per week. These wastes included paper, glass, plastic, and metal containers. On average, the waste recycled in face-to-face training group and training package group was 91 and 83 Kg per week. Conclusion: Knowledge, attitude and cooperation in waste separation increased after training in both groups. However, in the face-to-face training group, the knowledge and participation in waste separation was more compared with training package group. Continuous training and organizing waste separators could be helpful to re-use waste. It causes less pollution of the environment, reduce the transmission of diseases associated with non-systematic disposal of solid waste, reduce costs and increase awareness about the problems and issues of solid waste, and reduce the solid waste volume.

Aims: One of the influence factors of Dyslexia’s students are self- regulation and Academic achievement.The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of academic self –regulation strategies in dyslexic students Academic achievement in third primary school. Methods: An experimental method using pre – test and post –test with control group was employed. The statistical population consisted of third grade primary school students in Neka. 30 students with reading disorder (Dyslexia) were identified through relevant tests. Using multiple stage cluster sampling they were randomly divided into groups. (One experimental group and one control group). After performing pretests in both groups the experimental group received Self –regulation strategies instruction for 6 sessions of 45 minutes but the control group didn't receive any instruction. The Academic achievement post –test was administered in both groups and after two months of instruction Academic achievement post – test was administered. Data was analyzed using repeated measurement analysis. Findings: Data analysis indicated that after instruction the anxiety of experimental group comparing with control group decreased significantly. Conclusion:In one hand instruction self-regulation strategies was effective on improvement of primary dyslexic students' Academic achievement and on the other hand, using these strategies caused learning permanency in this group(after 2 months).

Air pollution is a challenging issue in some of the large cities in developing countries. In this regard, data interpretation is one of the most important parts of air quality management. Several methods exist to analyze air quality; among these, we applied the Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) and Radial Basis Function (RBF) methods to predict the hourly air concentration of benzene in 14 districts in the municipality of Tehran. Input data were hourly temperature, wind speed and relative humidity. Both methods determined reliable results. However, the RBF neural network performance was much closer to observed benzene data than the MLP neural network. The correlation determination resulted in 0.868 for MLP and 0.907 for RBF, while the Index of Agreement (IA) was 0.889 for MLP and 0.937 for RBF. The sensitivity analysis related to the MLP neural network indicated that the temperature had the greatest effect on prediction of benzene in comparison with the wind speed and humidity in the study area. The temperature was the most significant factor in benzene production because benzene is a volatile liquid.

Background and Objective: Different coagulants including aluminum sulfate (Alum) and Polyaluminum Chloride (PAC) are used for water clarification process and deposition of colloidal particles. The use of coagulants causes some residual aluminum in water. The residual aluminum higher than 0.2 mg/l, has adverse effects on human health and environment. This study was conducted to determine the amount of residual aluminum by applying Polyaluminium chloride and aluminum sulfate for turbidity removal from turbid water. Methods: In this laboratory study, the experiments were run by using synthetic water having low (10-30 NTU), medium (100-130 NTU) and high (200-230 NTU) initial turbidities. Synthetic turbid water was prepared by adding stock kaolin suspension into distilled water. Samples of 1 liter of water were poured on 6 Jars. After adjusting of pH, coagulant was added into each beaker at various doses and agitated at 100 rpm for 30s. The mixing speed was then reduced to 20 rpm and kept for another 15 minutes. The suspensions were left for sedimentation and after 30 minutes of sedimentation, clarified samples were collected from the top of the beakers. Residual turbidity and residual aluminum was measured. The residual turbidity was measured using a Turbidimeter according to Nephlometric method. The residual aluminum was determined by Eriochrome cyanine R method. Results: Residual alminium in low, medium and high turbidities was 0.006 mg/l, 0.05 mg/l and 0.07 mg/l by applying Polyaluminum Chloride and 0.065 mg/l, 0.15 mg/l and 0.22 mg/l by applying alum, respectively. There was a significant correlation between dosage of Alum and Polyaluminum Chloride with residual aluminium (P

زمينه و هدف: اين مطالعه با هدف ارزيابي کيفيت آب رودخانه زرين گل با استفاده از شاخص‌هاي کيفي آب با توجه به وجود فعاليت‌هاي کشاورزي ، تفريحي و پرورش ماهي در اطراف اين رودخانه، طراحي و اجرا گرديد. مواد و روش‌ها: با توجه به فعاليت‌هاي کشاورزي و دامداري اطراف رودخانه، 9 ايستگاه نمونه برداري مشخص شده و نمونه برداري با تناوب دو هفته يکبار در تابستان و پاييز انجام شد و پارامترهاي مورد نياز جهت محاسبه شاخص‌هاي کيفي آب طبق روش استاندارد اندازه گيري شد. با توجه به پارامترهاي اندازه گيري شده شاخص کيفي آب (NSF WQI) و شاخص کيفيت آب هاي سطحي ايران (IRWQISC) محاسبه شد. پارامترهاي اندازه گيري شده شامل پارامتر کليفرم گرماپاي، اکسيژن مورد نياز بيوشيميايي، نيترات، اکسيژن محلول، هدايت الکتريکي، اکسيژن مورد نياز شيميايي، فسفات، کدورت، سختي کل، pH و کل جامدات بود. به دليل کاربردي بودن اين طرح پژوهشي و ارزيابي وضعيت منابع آب استان گلستان و برنامه ريزي و مديريت منافاتي با مسائل اخلاقي نداشت. يافته‌ها: نتايج حاصل از مطالعه بر اساس هر دو شاخص نشان داد که اين شاخص براي تمام ايستگاه‌ها بين 54 تا 61 بوده و براساس شاخص NSF WQI متوسط (70-50) و بر اساس شاخص IRWQISCدر دو طبقه متوسط(55-45) و نسبتا خوب(70 – 55/1) قرار مي‌گيرد. نتيجه‌گيري: پارامترهاي تاثيرگذار شامل کل جامدات، کدورت، نيترات، درجه حرارت و کلي فرم مدفوعي بوده است. با توجه به شاخص به دست آمده مشخص شد که کيفيت آب رودخانه براي کشاورزي مناسب بوده، ولي براي مصارف شرب بايد تصفيه شود.

Background and Objective: In recent years, chitosan and Moringa oleifera Coagulant Protein a natural coagulant were used in order to reduce the problems occure from chemical coagulants. This investigation was done to determine effectiveness of Moringa Oleifera Coagulant Protein and Chitosan as natural coagulant aids in removal of colloidal particles and bacteria from turbid waters. Materials and Methods: In this interventional- quasi experimental study, the experiments were run by using synthetic water having low(10-20NTU), medium(100-120NTU) and high (200-220NTU) initial turbidities. In order to determine optimum pH and dosage of coagulant and coagulant aids, a conventional jar test apparatus was employed. Turbidity reading were carried out using a Hach model 2100P Turbidimeter. The samples were taken from the top four inch of the suspension for turbidity and bacteria removal measurement. Results: Optimum dose of alum for waters with three different initial turbidities were 20, 40, and 20 mg/l, respectively. Optimum pH was between 7-7.5. Moringa oleifera Coagulant Protein and chitosan were reduced the required dosage of alum from 12.5% to 62.5% and from 50% to 87.5%, respectively, in different turbidities and residual aluminum was reduced to standard limit (0.2mg/l). The bacteria removal efficiency were from 90% to 99.9999%. It was found when samples were stored during 24 hours regrowth of E.coli was not observed. Conclusion: This study showed that natural coagulant aids can reduce the turbidity to below 5NTU without filtration in optimum condition.

Regarding the long-term toxic effects of Pb (II) ions on human health and its bioaccumulation property, taking measures for its reduction in the environment is necessary. The MMT-K10 (montmorillonite-k10) nanoclay was characterized by XRD, XRF, BET, FESEM, and FTIR. The effects of pH, initial concentrations, reaction time, and adsorbent dosage were studied. The experimental design study was carried out with RSM-BBD method. Results prediction and optimization were investigated with RSM and artificial neural network (ANN)-genetic algorithm (GA) respectively. The RSM results showed that the experimental data followed the quadratic model with the highest regression coefficient value (R2 = 0.9903) and insignificant lack of fit (0.2426) showing the validity of the Quadratic model. The optimal adsorption conditions were obtained at pH 5.44, adsorbent = 0.98 g/l, concentration of Pb (II) ions = 25 mg/L, and reaction time = 68 min. Similar optimization results were observed by RSM and artificial neural network-genetic algorithm methods. The experimental data revealed that the process followed the Langmuir isotherm and the maximum adsorption capacity was 40.86 mg/g. Besides, the kinetic data indicated that the results fitted with the pseudo-second-order model. Hence, the MMT-K10 nanoclay can be a suitable adsorbent due to having a natural source, simple and inexpensive preparation, and high adsorption capacity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, a four-level microwave-driven system is proposed for the transfer of the topological charge from an optical vortex light to a freshly created signal light. By adjusting the microwave field's intensity, we first investigated the exchange efficiency of the created light. We talked about the exchange efficiency versus the propagation distance and the probe detuning, respectively. We came to the conclusion that the microwave light's strong value makes it possible to achieve significant exchange efficiencies. Next, we talked about how the created light's absorption and dispersion spectra varied depending on azimuth. We discovered that altering the azimuthal angle of the vortex light allows the absorption curve to be transformed into the gain spectrum. Additionally, we demonstrated how altering the azimuthal angle might alter the dispersion's slope. Topological charge of the vortex light has also been used to explain the spatially dependent absorption spectrum of the generated light. We've discussed the spatial dependence of the intensity and phase distributions of the created light in the conclusion. We have established that the topological charge can be exchanged very effectively from optical vortex light to newly produced light. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: The brown-banded cockroach, Supella longipalpa is known as a carrier of pathogenic bacteria in urban environments, but its role is not well documented regarding the carriage of antibiotic-resistant pathogenic bacte- ria in Iran. The aim of this study was to determine the resistance bacteria isolated from the brown-banded cockroach in Ahvaz, south west of Iran. Methods: Totally 39 cockroaches were collected from kitchen area of houses and identified. All specimens were cultured to isolate the bacterial agents on blood agar and MacConky agar media. The microorganisms were identified using necessary differential and biochemical tests. Antimicrobial susceptibility tests were performed for isolated or- ganisms by Kirby-Bauer’s disk diffusion according to NCLI guideline, using 18 antibiotics. Results: From the 39 collected S. langipalpa, 179 bacterial agents were isolated, 92 of alimentary ducts and 87 of external body surfaces. Isolated bacteria from cockroaches were identified as Enterobacter spp., Klebsiella spp., Citrobacter spp., Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., Proteus spp., coagulase negative staphylococci, Serratia marcescens, Staphylococcus aureus, and Bacillus species. The pattern resistance rates were determined for gram negative bacilli and gram positive cocci regarding 18 antibiotics. Conclusion: The brown-banded cockroach can be involved in the spread of drug resistant bacteria and increases the possibility of contacting human environment to drug resistant bacteria. Therefore, the potential of removing this in- sect should be improved. This is the first original report of drug resistant bacteria isolated from the brown-banded cockroach of Iran.

Magnetic bentonite (MBt) and Ti/TiO2 nanotube/PbO2, for the first time, were investigated as particle electrodes and anode of three dimensional electro-Fenton process (3DEF) for the degradation of diclofenac (DCF) and naproxen (NPX). The characteristics of the electrodes were determined by X-ray diffraction(XRD), scanning electron microscope(SEM) and energydispersive X-ray spectroscopy(EDS) analyses and the effects of operating parameters on degradation were studied. The results showed that adsorption and electrochemical processes have lower removal efficiency than the 3DEF process at neutral pH. This efficiency was due to the greater production of hydroxyl radical (•OH) through the anode and MBt surface. The results of the scavenging experiments confirmed an increase in the amount of production of •OH. The maximum removal efficiency of DCF and NPX was obtained at pH of 6, MBt dosage of 500 mg/L, current density of 25 mA/cm2and electrolysis time of 120 min. The electrodes reusability was confirmed by consecutive reaction cycle and the Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and SEM-mapping analysis explained their stability. The results of continuous electro-oxidation reactor showed proper removal of the chemical oxygen demand(COD) from real wastewater. The degradation by-products were identified by gas chromatography mass-spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis coupled with dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction (DLLME). Based on comparative tests and products identification, the possible mechanism and pathway of drugs degradation were suggested. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The CS-TPP nanoparticles were synthesized and their efficiency for removal of arsenic (V) ions at the optimum conditions was investigated. The optimum conditions for CS-TPP nanoparticles were obtained with the mass ratio of tripolyphosphate to chitosan of 1: 2 and pH = 5.0. The experimental data for the adsorption of As (V) ions followed the Freundlich adsorption isotherm and the maximum adsorption capacity was 77 mg/g at pH = 6.0. All isotherm experiments were performed at room temperature (25 °C). The crosslinking of sodium tripolyphosphate with the chitosan led to a decrease in crystallinity of the formed particles which then resulted in an improvement in metal ion sorption properties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background and Aim: A large group of genes associated with extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL) and AmpC expression is involved in inducing antibiotic resistance in various bacteria. Identifying these genes and assessing their harboring will be crucial in determining the pattern of antibiotic resistance. This study aimed to characterize genetic variants in extended-spectrum beta-lactamases, AmpC-producing gram-negative bacilli, and associated antibiotic resistance. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional research was conducted on clinical samples of patients admitted to Rasool-e- Akram Hospital, Tehran, Iran (2019 and 2020). The genetic variants were assessed by the Polymerase chain reaction method. The pattern of durability to antibiotics was determined by the disk diffusion system. Results: Of the 80 isolates that produced ESBL and AmpC beta-lactamase, 75 cases were ESBL producers and 5 cases co- producers of ESBL and AmpC. The most common cultivated strains included Escherichia coli (61.2%) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (31.3%). The highest antibiotic resistance in ESBL producers was related to cefotaxime, trimethoprim- sulfamethoxazole, and cefazolin, and the lowest resistance level was related to colistin, cefoxitin, and ceftriaxone. The total frequencies of common genes of ESBL-producing gram-negative bacilli were bla CTX-M (76.0%), blaTEM (46.7%), and blaSHV (26.7%), while multigenic harboring was also observed in 49.3%. The level of drug resistance to Imipenem, Amikacin, and Ceftazidime in people who harbored the blaSHV gene was significantly higher than in other cases. Conclusion: The most common cultivated strains included E. coli and K. pneumoniae. bla CTX-M, blaTEM, blaSHV, and multigenic expression were observed. The detection of the blaSHV gene is associated with increased antibiotic resistance to Imipenem, Amikacin, and Ceftazidime. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]