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In this Paper, the Fuzzy Transportation Problem is investigated with the aid of Triangular Fuzzy Numbers. A new relevant numerical example is included.

Lithium sulphate doped urea thiourea crystals were grown by slow evaporation method at 30 °C. The method of growing 1:3:2 UTLS crystals is explained. The structural studies on the grown crystals were carried out by X-ray diffraction analysis. The grown crystals are found to be in orthorhombic structure and the lattice parameters of pure urea thiourea crystal are a =7.657 Å, b = 8.588 Å and c= 5.485 Å. The lattice parameter is distorted due to the incorporation of lithium ion into the lattice sites of the urea thiourea crystal. The functional groups of the grown crystals have been identified by the Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. Optical transmittance and thermal stability of the materials were carried out by UV-Vis-NIR and TG/DTA analysis. The nonlinear nature of the crystal is confirmed by SHG test.

The present study was conducted to determine the effect of industrial effluents on biochemical parameters of Cicer arietinum crop. Water samples were collected from a common outlet of different industries of Kota. The biochemical parameters studied were phenol, protein, starch, total soluble sugar, pigments (chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, carotenoid, and total chlorophyll) and antioxidative enzymes like catalase and peroxidase. These parameters were compared between plants grown in industrial waste water and controls. Results showed that industrial waste water irrigated crops significantly affect some biochemical contents. Result showed that total chlorophyll, protein and catalase content is decreased in plants irrigated with waste water in comparison to that with control water crop, Whereas starch , total soluble sugar, carotenoid, phenol and peroxidase contents were increased in plants irrigated with waste water in comparison to that with control water crop. Significant changes are seen in total carbohydrate content of industrial waste water irrigated crop as compared to control. Study showed that industrial waste water irrigation stress induces the changes in biochemical parameters and antioxidative enzymes content in Cicer crop.

Artocarpus heterophyllus (Jackfruit), the widely cultivated and popular food throughout the tropical regions of the world and its nativity roots to a part of south and South East Asia. The need for an alternative feedstock for biodiesel production due to consumption of vegetable oil for humans led to the study of jackfruit seed oil. This study includes the optimization of oil from feasible methods with respective solvents and the optimization is based on the amount of oil yield. The oil extraction process aided in this report namely, microwave oven, soxhlet extraction and mechanical shaker. The solvents used were petroleum ether, cyclohexane, methanol and ethyl acetate. The most efficient yield was obtained in microwave oven extraction process resulting in 27% of yield using methanol as solvent. The biodiesel yield obtained was about 92% by transesterification of Artocarpus heterophyllus (Jackfruit) seed oil at the following conditions: 65oC of reaction temperature, 1:9 molar ratio of oil : methanol and 400 rpm of stirring speed for 120 minutes with 1 wt% of sodium hydroxide as catalyst.

Synthesized a series of new Ni complexes by using Enrofloxacin and dicoumarol derivatives. Physico-chemical, spectroscopic and thermal properties of the complexes have been studied on the basis of infrared spectra, mass spectra, NMR spectra, electronic spectra, elemental analyses. All the compounds were screened for their antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis and antifungal activity against Candida albicans, Aspergillus clavatus and Aspergillus niger. Ferric-reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) of all complexes were measured. Also the compounds against Mycobacterium tuberculosis shows clear enhancement in the antitubercular activity upon Nickel complex.

The aim of this research is to study the effect of using information technology on the transferring explicit knowledge and empowering the employees of Oil Company in Ardabil province. This study is a field research and is based on applied, descriptive methods. The subjects of this study are 420 staff of the oil company in Ardebil province that 201 of them are included in the statistical sample selected by using random and stratified sampling method. In this study, the questionnaires of applying information technology, organizational empowering and transferring the explicit knowledge is used .The questionnaire is a researcher- made one. The data was analyzed using the software spss16 and to explore the relationship among the data and the degree of relationship, the test of regression and correlation coefficient were used. Generally the results show that there is meaningful relationship between applying information technology and empowering the employees and also between the use of information technology and transferring explicit knowledge.

The main purpose of this study is analysis of the correlation between organizational justice and organizational commitment. This study also analyzes the correlation between organizational justice components as encompassed by three specific forms of justice perceptions; distributive justice, procedural justice, and interactional justice with organizational commitment. Statistical population includes employees of Mellat Bank supervisory branch in Tehran borough 5 with B. A. and M. A. degrees. The quantity of statistical population is 112. Data collection tool is questionnaire. Collected data were analyzed by and Pearson correlation test and Friedman test by SPSS software. Findings indicated significant relationships between organizational justice and organizational commitment. Correlation analysis for the three components of organizational justice showed that three components of organizational justice had relations with organizational commitment.

This paper presents structural and tectonic analysis of Udi and Okigwe part of the Anambra basin using aeromagnetic data and Landsat imagery. The study targets to achieve the following objectives: to delineate major surface and subsurface structural lineaments and their trends, to determine the influence of structure on the sedimentation in the area as well the delineation of the basement topography. The aeromagnetic data processing was carried out by subjecting it to low pass filtering and the use of some analytical methods such as reduction to pole, upward continuation, trend surface analysis and first vertical derivative. Similarly, the Landsat imagery processing involves enhancement and transformation routines. Result of the study revealed that the dominant structural trend directionof the study area is in the NE-SW direction. The NE-SW trend is suspected as a continental extension of the Chain and Charcot Oceanic fracture system. Other structural trends are in the NW-SE, NNE-SSW and N-S directions. Lineament density map revealed a suspected megafracture zone around Lokpaukwu and environs. The 3-D basement map revealed a folded topography which reflects the level of tectonism within the study area. The residual polynomial surfaces revealed deep seated anomalies around Lokpaukwu. Finally, the abundance of pyroclastics within part of the study area makes the area viable for ore mineral and quarrying explorations.

Geophysical investigations are increasingly applied to urban planning development for mapping and monitoring. Vertical electric sounding method and seismic refraction technique were used in Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKIA) Iran, in an attempt to define the subsurface structure, variation in thickness and strength of layers and also, determine the earthquake prone zones in the area. Distribution of electrical resistivity indicated that the study area can be divided into two parts of northern-southern or northeast-southwest. The fine grain silt, clay, marble and chalk deposits with low resistivity are created thick layers in southern and southwest parts of area. In depths 30, 50, 100 and 150 m we are faced to change in soil materials, in the other word change in layer composition mainly occurred at these depths. Also, the real and vast aquifer cannot be considered for this site and just local small mounding of groundwater in some positions such as northern part of area, in deep old alluvial deposits can be guessed. It seems that fault or discontinuity is passed from northwest to the southeast of the study area and is caused the change in geology and sedimentary conditions. According to Iranian Seismic Code (Standard 2800), most of the land around the airport are in class 2 and 3 and the future construction in this region will be required to comply with the standard design principles.

The aim of this study is to identify factors that leads to the importance of priority banking services in Indonesia through available secondary data found in the literature. The factors include bank customer’s characteristics, the amount of bank deposits and investments made in retail banks, and the range of products/services offers by different banks. The study also describes the definitions and characteristics of priority banking services. Using categorization of customer’s segments, the authors explain why this service and customers are both important to the Indonesian banking industry in particular retail banks to date and in future.