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Number of pages: 100 Category: Electronic Engineering

Master's Thesis Abstract: Short-term load forecasting, in the form of one-hour to several days load forecasting, has a significant impact on the operation of power systems. Because many energy management measures, such as setting up a cost-effective plan to use existing power plants, planning the purchase of fuel needed by power plants, entering and exiting units, developing ...

Number of pages: 99 Category: Electrical Engineering

Master's Thesis Abstract: Short-term load forecasting, in the form of one-hour to several days load forecasting, has a significant impact on the operation of power systems. Because many energy management measures, such as setting up a cost-effective plan to use existing power plants, planning the purchase of fuel needed by power plants, entering and exiting units, developing ...

Number of pages: 138 Category: Electronic Engineering

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Abstract: In this thesis project, a new analytical approach is proposed for planning electric energy production and determining the amount and storage location of rotating storage corresponding to the risk level of subscriber load points through profit/cost analysis in the optimization program of shared ...

Number of pages: 123 Category: Electronic Engineering

Dissertation for master's degree in electrical engineering, power orientation. Abstract The limitation of fossil fuel resources and the possibility of running out of fossil energy reserves, global warming, environmental pollution, price instability, as well as the increasing need of industrial and urban centers for energy, have made the international community think of suitable ...

Number of pages: 151 Category: Electronic Engineering

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Abstract: During the last two decades, the electricity industry has undergone fundamental changes in the way it is produced, transmitted and distributed, which is referred to as restructuring. With the restructuring in the electricity industry, reactive power has been introduced as one of the most ...

Number of pages: 91 Category: Civil Engineering

Master's thesis in the field of civil engineering, river engineering, abstract, the lack of water resources and the poor quality of drinking water in the city of Qom, due to the predicted warming of the climate and the increase in the population, as well as the lack of a reliable water source within the limits of this province, reveal the necessity of carrying out the water ...

Number of pages: 117 Category: Civil Engineering

Master's thesis in the field of civil engineering - hydraulic structures Abstract: Rivers are one of the most important and common sources of drinking, agricultural and industrial water supply. These resources have many qualitative fluctuations due to passing through different platforms and direct connection with the surrounding environment. Therefore, predicting the quality of ...

Number of pages: 103 Category: Biology - Environment

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Abstract: In this thesis project, a new analytical approach is proposed for planning electric energy production and determining the amount and location of storage of rotating storage corresponding to the risk level of subscriber load points through profit/cost analysis in the optimization program for the ...

Number of pages: 127 Category: Physical Education - Sports

Master's Degree in Physical Education (Sports Physiology) Abstract Objective: The aim of the research was to determine the time-dependent effect of short-term intense interval training on the dynamics of oxygen absorption in girls. Methodology: For this purpose, 40 female students of Arak University with an average age of 25 ± 5 years, weight 54.30 ± 10.390 kg and height 162.5 ± ...

Number of pages: 126 Category: Physical Education - Sports

Master's Degree in Physical Education (Sports Physiology) Abstract Objective: The aim of the research was to determine the time-dependent effect of short-term intense interval training on the dynamics of oxygen absorption in girls. Methodology: For this purpose, 40 female students of Arak University with an average age of 25 ± 5 years, weight 54.30 ± 10.390 kg and height 162.5 ± ...

Number of pages: 235 Category: Civil Engineering

Doctoral dissertation in civil engineering – Earthquake Engineering 2013 Abstract The inappropriate performance of columns in concrete buildings designed and built in the past years causes concern and attention to the amount of A

Number of pages: 90 Category: Art - Graphics

Master's Thesis of Ardakan Faculty of Art and Architecture, Carpet Department (Primary Materials and Dyeing) Mehr 2013 Abstract: During the period of its use, the hand-woven carpet may be affected by various factors and conditions

Number of pages: 181 Category: Geography - Urban Planning

Dissertation for Master's degree (M.A) Major: Climatology Abstract: Geographically, Iran has little rainfall due to its proximity to the subtropical high pressure center of STHP and the prevailing weather conditions of this system. In the southern regions of the country, as a result of the longer rule of this system, the drought phenomenon becomes more acute. Rainfall changes ...

Number of pages: 166 Category: Librarianship

Dissertation for receiving the master's degree ""M.A."" Accounting - Abstract accounting is a main factor of successful investment, management's ability to predict the efficiency of projects; Because forecasting plays a major role in investment evaluation methods. Therefore, corporate investment decisions require managers to predict expected cash flows from potential ...

Number of pages: 153 Category: Educational Sciences

Dissertation for obtaining a master's degree in educational technology, abstract; The aim of the current research was to investigate the external cognitive load created in multimedia based on Merrill's educational design model in the biology course. In terms of purpose, this research is practical and in terms of methodology, it is among quasi-experimental researches. The ...

Number of pages: 159 Category: Librarianship

Master's Thesis in Accounting Abstract: The strength and credibility of financial and credit institutions is the money that depositors have deposited in them, and the progress and survival of each of the mentioned institutions depends on the share of the total market resources, and increasing the share of the market resources requires continuous effort and a strong, ...

Number of pages: 192 Category: Management

Master's thesis in industrial management, financial orientation, abstract of the vision document and the general policies governing it, is a document that the Supreme Leader announced and pointed out that it is mandatory, that is why it is a mandatory document. Considering that the most important goal of the vision document 1404 is to achieve the first economic, scientific and ...

Number of pages: 77 Category: Management

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Abstract In this research, the value of rice imports for the next 5 years has been predicted using the value of imports of these products during the period of 2011-2014. To make the prediction, first, the predictability of the series was checked by the Wald-Wolfwitz ??randomness test. Then non-causal ...

Number of pages: 149 Category: Civil Engineering

Dissertation for receiving the master's degree ""M. Sc."" Field: Agricultural Engineering Major: Water Structures Abstract The sediment transfer process is a completely complex, variable and non-linear phenomenon. So that the behavior of the river in the sediment transfer capacity for a certain discharge is different in different times. Therefore, due to the complexity of the ...

Number of pages: 158 Category: Civil Engineering

Dissertation for Master's Degree Abstract: Dealing with external forces such as earthquakes is one of the most important missions of civil engineers. In order to achieve this goal, the light metal frame system, which has advantages such as the possibility of industrial production, prefabrication and lightness, can be considered as a suitable alternative to traditional systems. ...

Number of pages: 98 Category: Civil Engineering

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Civil Engineering, Marine Structures, Abstract: Tension-based platforms are among economic marine platforms for use in deep waters. The correct prediction of the platform's dynamic response to environmental loads is very important in its economic and safe design. In this research, the dynamic behavior of the tension base platform under the ...

Number of pages: 103 Category: Electronic Engineering

Master's degree thesis in the field of electrical engineering, power orientation. Abstract Today, the discussion of system control and monitoring is one of the most important discussions in the power network, and we need to know the exact state of the power network in order to design control devices. By knowing the state of the network at any moment, you can be aware of changes ...

Number of pages: 120 Category: Civil Engineering

Abstract Underground facilities are an integral part of modern society and are used for many applications, including subways and railway lines, highways, material storage and water and sewage transportation. is used Underground facilities built in areas affected by earthquake activity must withstand both earthquake and static loading. By reviewing the historical cases of ...

Number of pages: 134 Category: Electronic Engineering

Master's Thesis of Electrical Engineering - Restructuring Abstract The trustees of distribution systems, as the last link in the chain of electricity supply to subscribers, face problems in their long-term decisions. Paying attention to electricity markets and rates affected by the performance of electricity market players challenges distribution companies, which are responsible ...

Number of pages: 52 Category: Electrical Engineering

Dissertation for master's degree in electrical field, orientation: power. Abstract The concept of microgrid is a set of loads, sources of production and energy storage that act as a controllable load or generator and can provide power and heat for a local area. Management of production power in microgrid is one of the main current topics in the design and operation of microgrid. ...

Number of pages: 76 Category: Biology - Environment

Master's Thesis of Electrical Engineering - Power Abstract Microgrids are networks with small scales at the low voltage level, which are used to supply thermal and electrical loads to small places and places that do not have access to the main power grid. Microgrids are used to supply energy to all types of consumers such as household, industrial and agricultural, and their cost ...

Number of pages: 85 Category: Electrical Engineering

Master's degree thesis report in the field of electrical engineering, power trend, abstract. Today, the discussion of system control and monitoring is one of the most important discussions in the power network, and we need to know the exact state of the power network in order to design control devices. By knowing the state of the network at any moment, you can be aware of ...

Number of pages: 129 Category: Electrical Engineering

A master's thesis in the field of electrical-power engineering. Time series load distribution. In this research, the application of time series models in the power system is discussed. Time series are used to model different power grid parameters and in various applications. These models are able to consider the time correlation of power grid variables. According to the modeling ...

Number of pages: 92 Category: Electronic Engineering

Dissertation for M.Sc. Degree: Power Electronics Abstract: Distribution networks have various loads that consume different amounts of reactive power. Considering the effect of the type of load on the location and size of capacitor banks in distribution systems, in this thesis, a novel method for modeling different network loads in order to improve the voltage profile and reduce ...

Number of pages: 123 Category: Civil Engineering

Dissertation for obtaining a master's degree in civil engineering, structural orientation, March 2013, abstract of the scope of using FRP materials for shear strengthening of reinforced concrete beams in

Number of pages: 140 Category: Civil Engineering

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Civil Engineering/ Cold Water Engineering 1392 1-1- Introduction In this chapter, an overview of the concept of climate change and its causes and the effect of this phenomenon on natural resources and

Number of pages: 87 Category: Civil Engineering

Dissertation of master's degree in civil engineering, structural orientation, October 1390, first chapter of generalities. 1-1 Introduction In recent years, there have been many advances in the field

Number of pages: 124 Category: Civil Engineering

Dissertation of master's degree in structural engineering, February 2011 Abstract: In the optimal civil engineering ­structure construction‌ for static loadings have been significantly developed. But, in

Number of pages: 104 Category: Civil Engineering

Master's Thesis in Civil Engineering - Earthquake Engineering March 2012 Abstract Reinforced soil is a special material that is created from the combination of soil and reinforcing member. Arming components resistant to N

Number of pages: 108 Category: Civil Engineering

Dissertation for master's degree in civil-structural field winter 2012 Abstract In recent years, the number of buildings that have suffered damage due to the loss of their gravity-bearing members has increased. Therefore, it has become important to design structures so that they are resistant to progressive damage in addition to the effects of earthquakes. One of the factors ...

Number of pages: 124 Category: Architectural Engineering

Master's Degree in Architectural Engineering (M. A) June 2013 Abstract: This article is taken from a research that aims to identify the factors affecting the communication of spaces.

Number of pages: 138 Category: Civil Engineering

Dissertation for M.Sc degree in soil and soil mechanics engineering, summer 2013, first chapter, introduction of micro candles 1-1 Micro-candles in general in dealing with problematic soils

Number of pages: 141 Category: Librarianship

Dissertation for the Master's degree ""M.A."" Accounting major: Accounting Abstract: In this research, the relationship between ownership structure and financing methods of companies accepted in the capital market of Iran has been investigated. The model (Lin et al., 2013) has been used to measure financing methods. Among the financing control mechanisms, institutional ...

Number of pages: 144 Category: Architectural Engineering

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Architectural Engineering Winter 1993 Abstract culture Every nation, birth certificate that nation‌ and civilization Every era of ID‌

Number of pages: 86 Category: Librarianship

Master's Thesis in Accounting (M.A) Abstract The explosive growth of the world's financial markets has created competition among investment institutions, and in order to achieve better investment results, investment institutions must make predictions about their decisions, including the most important issue raised in the field of financial management, assuring real and legal ...

Number of pages: 133 Category: Biology - Environment

Dissertation for receiving the master's degree (M.A.) orientation: energy economy, first chapter: general research, introduction of the income from the sale of oil in oil exporting countries, in increasing prosperity and public welfare

Number of pages: 130 Category: Social Sciences - Sociology

Master's Thesis in Advertising and Cultural Communication Abstract The present research has studied the relationship between the use of social networks and the religious identity of users with the aim of knowing the relationship between the individual characteristics of users and political and social factors with their religious identity and in order to answer the basic question ...

Number of pages: 220 Category: Geography - Urban Planning

Master's Thesis in Geography and Tourism Industry Abstract The topic of tourism and the tourism industry in the contemporary world, especially in developed countries, has grown very significantly in line with other industries and economic sectors. Today, many countries in the world have understood the wide dimensions of the tourism industry in terms of production, employment and ...

Number of pages: 110 Category: Librarianship

Dissertation for M.A. in Accounting. Profit abstract for effectiveness should be available on time. The timeliness of the profit makes the yield real and if it is presented in short intervals, it reduces the information risk. Timeliness is considered one of the most important qualitative features of financial information. If in a potential transaction one party has more ...

Number of pages: 119 Category: Librarianship

Academic Thesis for Master's degree in the field: Accounting. Abstract: monitoring and controlling the price effect is one of the most dynamic research areas in commercial companies and is expanding rapidly. Examining the effects of block trading can be helpful in understanding how the market responds. The scientific purpose of the research is to investigate the impact of block ...

Number of pages: 109 Category: Librarianship

Dissertation for receiving a master's degree, Major: Accounting Abstract: We have started this research with the basic question that adjustments in accounting profit, such as profit smoothing, will have an effect on new indicators of performance evaluation, such as economic added value, or not? For this purpose, we have investigated this issue under the title ""Investigation of ...

Number of pages: 120 Category: Librarianship

Dissertation for obtaining a master's degree, specialization: accounting. Abstract: Forecasting profit per share is of particular importance in investments, because it follows the changes in stock prices and the direct reaction of the capital market. On the other hand, in the current business environment, due to the rapid changes in technology and financial conditions, managers ...

Number of pages: 100 Category: Librarianship

Dissertation to receive a master's degree in accounting, accounting major. Abstract: The strong position of a production gives the company a lot of staying power. Pricing power gives these companies more profit and allows them to maintain their superior position. High security of these companies against lack of cash, their ability to face unfavorable economic situation

Number of pages: 201 Category: Social Sciences - Sociology

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Social Sciences Title: Examining Types of Urban Comprehensive Plan Planning Abstract: Today, urban planning is one of the most important issues in cities. Several factors are effective in city master plans. An effective factor in comprehensive urban plans is social problems. According to the studies, the factors of social damage such as ...

Number of pages: 110 Category: Geography - Urban Planning

Dissertation for Master's Degree (M.Sc) Field: Natural Geography - Hydrology and Synoptic Meteorology Abstract Damages caused by critical cold temperatures are increasing, especially in natural ecosystems and densely populated urban areas. Central Iran is a dry land prone to cold weather, especially during winter, and lacks resources to moderate temperature tensions, such as ...

Number of pages: 110 Category: Management

Thesis for Master's Degree in Educational Management Persian Abstract The main purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between negative emotions and organizational citizenship behavior among the employees of Razi University, Kermanshah. The statistical population studied in this research is all the members of the faculty of Razi University of Kermanshah who ...

Number of pages: 186 Category: Geography - Urban Planning

Dissertation for Master's Degree (M.A) in the field of Geography and Urban Planning Abstract: The increase in the population of cities and how to settle them is one of the problems of today's cities, and due to the need to preserve agricultural and natural lands as well as reduce urban costs, the issue of the optimal distribution of population density is of particular ...

Number of pages: 105 Category: Management

Dissertation for Master's Degree (M.A.) Orientation: ""Strategic"" Introduction Today, the need for proper planning is clear in order to correctly estimate the time and cost of the project and the amount of resources required in a project, which have a direct impact on the implementation, administration and proper exploitation of projects such as dam construction and building. ...

Number of pages: 141 Category: Management

Master's Thesis Field: Public Administration Major: Human Resources Abstract The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of in-service training and its dimensions on the level of job satisfaction of nurses in public hospitals in Rasht city. The independent variable of this research is in-service training. In this research, Latif's 2012 four-dimensional model ...

Number of pages: 210 Category: Art - Graphics

Dissertation for master's degree in handicrafts, Iranian painting. Abstract: The rise of the religion of Islam and the emergence of the word of revelation prompted the Muslims of the beginning of Islam to seek to preserve and record the Qur'an. Therefore, the writing of the Holy Quran in the first centuries of the Hijri began, and calligraphy and gilding were given special ...

Number of pages: 138 Category: Management

Thesis for obtaining a master's degree in the field: business management-financial orientation. Abstract: The purpose of this research is to investigate the role of accruals in evaluating and forecasting cash flows of companies. This research is a library and analytical-causal study and is based on panel data analysis. In this research, the financial information of 103 companies ...

Number of pages: 171 Category: Geography - Urban Planning

Dissertation for master's degree in geography and urban planning. Abstract: The sustainability of sustainable transportation systems is not only limited to their creation. The spaces resulting from these systems are also important due to the evaluation of the efficiency of the above systems that provide the possibility of presence, movement and access in them. For this purpose, ...

Number of pages: 92 Category: Computer Engineering

Master's thesis in the field of computer engineering (artificial intelligence) Today, the success of intelligent transportation systems depends not only on the information of the current traffic situation, but also to a large extent on the knowledge of the traffic situation in the next few minutes. Therefore, a lot of research has been done in the field of short-term prediction ...

Number of pages: 152 Category: Geography - Urban Planning

Academic Thesis for Master's degree in the field: Natural Geography-Climatology in Environmental Planning Abstract Rains of more than 100 mm in one day are one of the causes of floods and natural hazards, and knowing how they occur and the extent of their effects helps greatly in reducing possible environmental damage. The current research was conducted to identify and ...

Number of pages: 99 Category: Electronic Engineering

Dissertation for M.sc degree, field: electricity, orientation: power electronics. Abstract Voltage stability is related to the power system's ability to maintain acceptable voltages in all system buses under normal conditions and after disturbance. The system enters an unstable state when a disturbance, an increase in the required load or a change in the system's position causes ...

Number of pages: 119 Category: Electrical Engineering

Master's Thesis in Electrical Engineering. M.Sc. Major: Power. Abstract: In recent years, two major developments have occurred in power systems. One of these changes is related to the restructuring of the electricity industry and the transformation of the traditional centralized environment into a decentralized one. Another development is in the field of expanding the use of ...

Number of pages: 66 Category: Electrical Engineering

Dissertation for master's degree in the field: Power Electrical Engineering Abstract Due to the extent and complexity of distribution networks, the probability of an accident occurring in them is very high, and the occurrence of an accident can affect many subscribers. Therefore, reliability is one of the key parameters determining the success rate of the system in providing ...

Number of pages: 125 Category: Electronic Engineering

Dissertation for receiving a master's degree, field of study: electricity-power, orientation: electric machines in a synchronous generator, a dc current is applied to the rotor coil to produce a magnetic field. Then the rotor of the generator is rotated by a prime mover to create a rotating magnetic field in the machine. This magnetic field induces a three-phase voltage in the ...

Number of pages: 90 Category: Computer Engineering

Dissertation for obtaining a master's degree in computer engineering, majoring in software. Abstract: Task scheduling algorithm, which is an NP-complete problem, plays a key role in cloud computing systems. The colonial competition algorithm is one of the newest evolutionary optimization algorithms. As its name suggests, this algorithm is based on the modeling of the ...

Number of pages: 82 Category: Computer Engineering

Master's Thesis in Artificial Intelligence Abstract Today, social networks such as Facebook have become very popular, because they allow people around the world to communicate with their friends without physical contact, leave messages for them, and express their opinions on various topics. Identifying organizations in social networks is very useful in different fields, so this ...

Number of pages: 106 Category: Electronic Engineering

Dissertation for M.Sc. Abstract A wireless sensor network is a network consisting of many small nodes. The node receives information about the environment through sensors. The energy consumption of the nodes is usually provided by batteries, which in most cases cannot be replaced. Therefore, the consumption power of nodes is an important issue in these networks. And it is very ...

Number of pages: 89 Category: Electrical Engineering

Dissertation to receive a master's degree in electrical engineering, power trend. Abstract: Flexible power transmission systems, which are known as FACTS[1] compensators, are modern tools that have been used in power systems to strengthen the controllability and develop the transmission capacity of power networks based on power electronic converters during the last decade. In ...

Number of pages: 90 Category: Physical Education - Sports

Master's thesis in the field of physical education and sports science, sports pathology, abstract background: in plyometric exercises, movements simulated with the main skills of the desired sport are used with the aim of increasing the player's power. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of 8 weeks of plyometric training with and without short hurdles on jump height ...

Number of pages: 75 Category: Computer Engineering

Dissertation to receive a master's degree > Dissertation: Fault tolerance software is one of the prominent and important features of today's information systems. Among the various methods of improving fault tolerance, the software method is more complicated than other methods. Here, considering that our target system is business intelligence systems, which play a significant ...

Number of pages: 72 Category: Computer Engineering

Master's Thesis in Computer Engineering (Software) Abstract: Reducing energy consumption in the cloud environment using virtual machine migration Reducing energy consumption is one of the most important issues of the day, especially in the industry sector. In recent years, the ever-increasing human needs for computer systems have caused the creation and expansion of more and ...

Number of pages: 91 Category: Computer Engineering

Computer Engineering (Artificial Intelligence) Master's Dissertation Abstract Recommender systems are software tools and techniques that introduce items according to the user's needs. Content-oriented methods and shared filtering are successful solutions in recommender systems. The content-oriented method is defined based on the characteristics of the items. This method checks ...

Number of pages: 71 Category: Geography - Urban Planning

Thesis for obtaining a master's degree in natural geography majoring in climatology in environmental planning. Abstract Currently, the technology has reached its perfection in order to prevent the occurrence of harmful floods and to create awareness of the factors and elements of climate change. Therefore, any solution should be sought on earth, especially in the area of ??water ...

Number of pages: 71 Category: Computer Engineering

Abstract The growth and development of computer networks is not a secret to anyone. For years, the collection and processing of information is done by computers. In addition, the computer plays an important role in distributing information and communicating through computer networks. We need a backbone to communicate between networks. This infrastructure network, which consists ...

Number of pages: 181 Category: Civil Engineering

Dissertation for Master's Degree > Direction: Hydraulic Structures Abstract: One of the assumptions that is made to simplify the dynamic analysis of the existing weighted concrete dams is the uniformity of the foundation in terms of physical parameters such as modulus of elasticity and damping. This is despite the fact that, in practice, different geological conditions may ...

Number of pages: 124 Category: Civil Engineering

Master's Thesis in Civil Engineering - Roads and Transportation) Overview Pavements are usually affected by various factors that affect their life. Since a road passes through different areas where the subsoil, the type and volume of traffic and the climatic conditions of these areas are different from each other, therefore, various disadvantages and defects arise in different ...

Number of pages: 130 Category: Civil Engineering

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Civil Engineering - Soil and Foundation Mechanics Abstract The purpose of this research is to improve the mechanical and geotechnical properties of windy sand soils. Because one of the major problems of windblown sand is its low resistance under natural and saturated moisture conditions, a laboratory study was conducted to investigate the ...

Number of pages: 109 Category: Civil Engineering

Dissertation for receiving a master's degree in the field of civil engineering with a focus on soil and foundation. Abstract: The compressibility behavior of soils has become an important concern in geotechnical engineering. As buildings, embankments and roads are implemented, significant settlements often occur. Since long-term settlements occur due to creep, therefore, the ...

Number of pages: 116 Category: Civil Engineering

Dissertation for master's degree in the field of civil engineering, road and transportation, the abstract of asphalt failures is one of the problems that are the concern of road and transportation engineers today, and every year huge costs are spent on the maintenance and repair of asphalt roads. Many efforts have been made to increase the strength and life of asphalt, among ...

Number of pages: 81 Category: IT Information Technology Engineering

Master's Thesis of Information Technology Engineering, Information Systems Management, Abstract In today's world, due to the change in lifestyle, people are looking for a way to improve and improve their economic situation, one of the most important ways to improve their financial situation is to increase their income. One of the easiest ways is investment, which has different ...

Number of pages: 107 Category: Civil Engineering

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Civil Engineering, Structures, Abstract: This thesis is the results of a numerical and parametric study on the effect of reinforcing reinforced concrete shear wall with FRP composite and applying the results of the finite element method. The finite element program is compared and calibrated against experimental data. Then, the numerical ...