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Jyoti R. Munavalli, Shyam Vasudeva Rao, Aravind Srinivasan and Frits Van Merode
Evolutionary algorithms, such as genetic algorithms have been used in various optimization problems. In this paper, we propose to apply this algorithm to obtain the layout design/redesign in order to improve the patient flow in an outpatient clinic. Layo...
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Knut Lehre Seip, Øyvind Grøn and Hui Wang
We show that oceanic cycle lengths persist across oceanic cyclic time-series by comparing cycles in series that come from ?sister? measurements in the North Atlantic Ocean. These are the North Atlantic oscillation (NAO), the Atlantic multidecadal oscilla...
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Rabab Benotsmane, László Dudás and György Kovács
The application of the Industry 4.0's elements?e.g., industrial robots?has a key role in the efficiency improvement of manufacturing companies. In order to reduce cycle times and increase productivity, the trajectory optimization of robot arms is essenti...
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Mohammed A. A. Desouky and Ossama Abdelkhalik
This paper is concerned with magnetic attitude control of spacecraft. The operation of the magnetic actuators is usually on a duty cycle; during the off times in this duty cycle the magnetometers are used to measure the magnetic field around the spacecra...
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Jose M. Framinan and Rainer Leisten
The goal of manufacturing scheduling is to allocate a set of jobs to the machines in the shop so these jobs are processed according to a given criterion (or set of criteria). Such criteria are based on properties of the jobs to be scheduled (e.g., their ...
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Long Lyu, Ankang Kan, Wu Chen, Yuan Zhang and Bingchun Fu
Recovering the waste heat of a marine main engine (M/E) to generate electricity was an environmental way to minimize the carbon dioxide emissions for ships, especially with organic Rankine cycle (ORC) technology. The M/E had variable loads and operating ...
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Eric S. Hendricks and Justin S. Gray
Aviation researchers are increasingly focusing on unconventional vehicle designs with tightly integrated propulsion systems to improve overall aircraft performance and reduce environmental impact. Properly analyzing these types of vehicle and propulsion ...
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Giovanni Lonati, Senem Ozgen, Giovanna Ripamonti and Stefano Signorini
Cyclists might experience increased air pollution exposure, due to the proximity to traffic, and higher intake, due to their active travel mode and higher ventilation. Several local factors, like meteorology, road and traffic features, and bike lanes fea...
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Kay Teschke, Anna Chinn, Michael Brauer
We studied 2011 cycling mode share at the census-tract level in Montréal and Vancouver, Canadian cities with relatively high mode shares and diverse bike infrastructure. We examined whether mode share variability, for all commuters and male and female co...
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Steffen Axer, Bernhard Friedrich
Pág. 220 - 232
The objective of this paper is to analyze the estimation quality of a staged methodology, that allows the estimation of signal timing information like cycle length, green and red time intervals for time-dependent fixed-time controlled and actuated inters...
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Ricardo Varela,Ana M. Sato,Miguel A.S. Basei,Oswaldo Siga Jr.
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Igneous and metamorphic units formed mainly during the Middle Proterozoic and Early Paleozoic times have been distinguished in the Sierra de Umango crystalline basement. These include granitic orthogneisses, a sequence of schists and marbles, amphibolite...
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Paul E. Hardisty, Tom S. Clark and Robert G. Hynes
Electricity generation is one of the major contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions. Transitioning the World?s energy economy to a lower carbon future will require significant investment in a variety of cleaner technologies, including renewables a...
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Vladimir Modrak, Zuzana Soltysova and Julia Nazarejova
As mass customization becomes more pervasive in many sectors, researchers need to update traditional approaches to the optimization of critical performance and design parameters in order to help companies in their effort to implement this strategy. In ge...
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Anna Livia Paraluppi, Sandra Regina Ceccato-Antonini
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A major concern of ethanol production plants is the control of native microorganisms mainly derived from the sugarcane juice that may reduce the fermentative yield. In the wine industry, the sulphur dioxide (SO2) is commonly used to control the undesirab...
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Anna Livia Paraluppi, Sandra Regina Ceccato-Antonini (Author)
Pág. e36779
A major concern of ethanol production plants is the control of native microorganisms mainly derived from the sugarcane juice that may reduce the fermentative yield. In the wine industry, the sulphur dioxide (SO2) is commonly used to control the undesirab...
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Grace Ding, Perry Forsythe
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In order to make environmentally aware decisions, there is growing interest in the comparative energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) performance of competing construction methods. Little research has been done concerning competing ground floor construction met...
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Grace Ding, Perry Forsythe
Pág. 33 - 49
In order to make environmentally aware decisions, there is growing interest in the comparative energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) performance of competing construction methods. Little research has been done concerning competing ground floor construction met...
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Yuhui Zhang and Yuanyuan Zhao
This paper is centered around the theoretical, experimental, and simulation analysis of safe passage redundancy and the mechanical deformation of the taxiway bridge under the fatigue accumulation state, and we define the redundancy as the remaining times...
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Xuehao Zhai, Fangce Guo and Rajesh Krishnan
Bus bunching is a severe problem that affects the service levels of public transport systems. Most of the previous studies in the field of Bus Signal Priority (BSP) and Transit Signal Priority (TSP) focus on reducing a bus delay at signalised intersectio...
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Elisa Zampieri, Michele Pesenti, Fabio Francesco Nocito, Gian Attilio Sacchi and Giampiero Valè
Water-limiting conditions can severely affect rice yield. Therefore, increasing plant tolerance to water stress is a priority for many rice breeding programs. However, improving rice tolerance to this abiotic stress comes with several complications relat...
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