Optimal design of maintenance service contract considering preventive maintenance, random repair cost and time value of money by Majeed Heydari, Amir Yousefli

“…Due to the time delay between selling the contract and paying the repair bills, the time value of service cost at the time of selling the contract is derived. …”
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Assessing the impacts of coal-to-electricity transition in China’s regional power system and “2 + 26” cities by Lei Zhu, Zhuang Liang, Lizhong Zhang, Wenjun Meng, Xing Yao, Bin Su, Shu Tao

“…However, electricity prices fluctuate more in such scenarios, possibly increasing heating bills. CtE loads could increase the loss of load possibility in some provinces, especially with temperature drops and renewable capacity expansions. …”
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Design of a Rain Water Harvesting System at Faculty of Engineering, Technology, Applied Art and Design, Kabale University. by Nyanzi Ibrahim

“…This project aimed at designing a Rain water harvesting system at Kabale Univeristy,Faculty of Engineering as the solution to overcome the problem of the intermittent water supply from the main water supply by National water and sewerage corporation in addition to high water bills at the Faculty. The methods used in this project include Reconnaissance surveying (site attending) aimed at determining rainwater harvesting components available within the area of study eg.roof material and capturing the water demand at the faculty ,Data collection and analysis ie rainfall data captured from kabale district Meteological department.and finally designing the rainwater harvesting system after having all the necessary data at hand. …”
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Design of a Rain Water Harvesting System at Faculty of Engineering, Technology, Applied Art and Design, Kabale University. by Nyanzi, Ibrahim

“…This project aimed at designing a Rain water harvesting system at Kabale Univeristy,Faculty of Engineering as the solution to overcome the problem of the intermittent water supply from the main water supply by National water and sewerage corporation in addition to high water bills at the Faculty. The methods used in this project include Reconnaissance surveying (site attending) aimed at determining rainwater harvesting components available within the area of study eg.roof material and capturing the water demand at the faculty ,Data collection and analysis ie rainfall data captured from kabale district Meteological department.and finally designing the rainwater harvesting system after having all the necessary data at hand. …”
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Design of a Rain Water Harvesting System at Faculty of Engineering, Technology, Applied Art and Design, Kabale University. by Nyanzi, Ibrahim

“…Rain water harvesting is a technology used to collect,convey and storing rain water for later use from relatively clean surface such as roofs,the land surface or rock catchments.This project aimed at designing a Rain water harvesting system at Kabale Univeristy,Faculty of Engineering as the solution to overcome the problem of the intermittent water supply from the main water supply by National water and sewerage corporation in addition to high water bills at the Faculty. The methods used in this project include Reconnaissance surveying (site attending) aimed at determining rainwater harvesting components available within the area of study eg.roof material and capturing the water demand at the faculty ,Data collection and analysis ie rainfall data captured from kabale district Meteological department.and finally designing the rainwater harvesting system after having all the necessary data at hand. …”
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The World of Evaluation: Challenges Faced by Student Evaluators by Meghan Billings

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Health Care Fraud and Abuse: Lessons From One of the Largest Scandals of the 21st Century in the Field of Spine Surgery by Thomas Szewczyk, BS, Michael S. Sinha, MD, JD, MPH, Jack Gerling, BS, Justin K. Zhang, MD, MSCI, Philippe Mercier, MD, PhD, Tobias A. Mattei, MD, FACS

“…We review the surgical background regarding the kyphoplasty procedure, as well as its billing and reimbursement details. We also explore the official legal complaint brought by the US Department of Justice to tell the story of how one of the most significant medical innovations in spine surgery in the 21st century turned into a widespread fraudulent marketing scheme. …”
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Comparing and Analyzing Policy Formulation of Proposed and Final Public Policies by Catherine Chen, Christopher M. Weible, Tanya Heikkila, Jennifer A. Kagan

“…This paper builds on arguments in policy formulation, the institutional grammar, and comparative public policy by comparing and analyzing the initial and passed versions of 105 bills in six U.S. state legislatures from 2007 through 2017. …”
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Procedural Aspects of Handling the Electronic Evidence: the Ukrainian Context by O. V. Manzhai, A. O. Potylchak, I. V. Manzhai

“…The method of recording electronic evidence in the framework of covert investigative (search) action to remove information from electronic information systems is analyzed. Some bills aimed at normalizing the peculiarities of working with electronic traces of crimes in criminal proceedings are studied.…”
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Optimal Scheduling Strategy for Regional Microgrid considering Large-Scale Access of Electric Vehicles by Tengfei Zhang, Yiling Cheng, Chen Peng, Fumin Ma, Deliang Zeng, Gregory M. P. O’Hare

“…Furthermore, compared with no scheduling method, the proposed strategy reduces the whole-day electricity bills of the regional MG.…”
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Ventricular Habronemiasis in Aviary Passerines by Jennifer N. Niemuth, Joni V. Allgood, James R. Flowers, Ryan S. De Voe, Brigid V. Troan

“…The number and species affected were 5 Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea), 2 Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonicus), 2 Golden-headed Manakin (Pipra erythrocephala), 1 Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus), and 1 Emerald Starling (Coccycolius iris). …”
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Network Packet Sniffer: A Case Study of Kabale University. by Mugarurebye, Shawn, Gumoshabe, Rebecca

“…As a fundamental procedure of network security measurement, network data collection executes real-time network monitoring, supports network performance evaluation, assists network billing, and helps traffic testing and filtering. …”
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The Utility of Circulating Tumor DNA (ctDNA) Monitoring in Cancer Patients Who Are Pregnant or Planning to Become Pregnant by Stacey A. Cohen, Anup Kasi, Nicole Hook, Michael Krainock, Griffin Budde, Allyson Koyen Malashevich, Jeffrey Meltzer, Russ Jelsema, Perry Olshan, Paul R. Billings, Alexey Aleshin, Andrew S. Poklepovic

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Practices and pain points in personal records by Matt Balogh, William Billingsley, David Paul, Mary Anne Kennan, Melanie Robertson-Dean

“…For example, respondents who saved records on a computer or in the cloud reported higher levels of satisfaction with how they managed their personal records and experienced fewer adverse incidents such as losing documents or failing to pay bills on time. Conclusion. The paper concludes by identifying some specific personal records management practices that are likely to improve satisfaction with that task, such as saving and sorting records that need to be retained outside of email in a structured filing system.…”
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Developing automated strategy of life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) with building information modeling (BIM) integration for building projects by Muhammad Altaf, Rabeea Jaffari, Wesam Salah Alalaoul, Muhammad Ali Musarat, Syed Ammad

“…Following the algorithm, an LCCA-BIM tool is developed using C# programming language that automates the extraction of bills of quantities and facilitates the incorporation of cost data associated with a project with the LCCA parameter to determine life cycle cost. …”
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Gut bacterial communities in roadkill animals: A pioneering study of two species in the Amazon region in Ecuador. by Manuel Alejandro Coba-Males, Magdalena Díaz, C Alfonso Molina, Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno, David Brito-Zapata, Sarah Martin-Solano, Sofía Ocaña-Mayorga, Gabriel Alberto Carrillo-Bilbao, Wilmer Narváez, Jazzmín Arrivillaga-Henríquez, Manuela González-Suárez, Sandra Enríquez, Ana Poveda

“…Here, we used metabarcoding for the V3-V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene in gut samples of nine roadkill samples collected from a road in Ecuador representing two vertebrate species: the speckled worm lizard (Amphisbaena bassleri) and the smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani). We successfully identify microbial phyla in both samples including Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, and Proteobacteria for A. bassleri, and Firmicutes and Actinobacteria for C. ani. …”
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PCIU: Hardware Implementations of an Efficient Packet Classification Algorithm with an Incremental Update Capability by O. Ahmed, S. Areibi, K. Chattha, B. Kelly

“…Packet classification plays a crucial role for a number of network services such as policy-based routing, firewalls, and traffic billing, to name a few. However, classification can be a bottleneck in the above-mentioned applications if not implemented properly and efficiently. …”
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Analysis and impact of electrical energy consumption in the academic sector. A case study of the university of Castilla-La Mancha by Aarón Ortiz-Peña, Andrés Honrubia-Escribano, Inmaculada Gallego-Giner, Álvaro Galán, Emilio Gómez-Lázaro

“…It was observed that, thanks to the energy-saving measures implemented, electricity consumption decreased by 18% in 2022 and 20% in 2023 compared to 2021. Regarding billing, there was a 28.55% increase in 2022 compared to 2021 due to the high price of energy despite a reduction in electricity consumption compared to the previous year. …”
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With big data comes big responsibility: Strategies for utilizing aggregated, standardized, de‐identified electronic health record data for research by Veronica R. Olaker, Sarah Fry, Pauline Terebuh, Pamela B. Davis, Daniel J. Tisch, Rong Xu, Margaret G. Miller, Ian Dorney, Matvey B. Palchuk, David C. Kaelber

“…Abstract Electronic health records (EHRs), though they are maintained and utilized for clinical and billing purposes, may provide a wealth of information for research. …”
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Influence of window design and environmental variables on the window opening behavior of occupants and energy consumption in residential buildings by Sivapriya Chelliah, Subbaiyan Gnanasambandam, Srinivas Tadepalli

“…Energy consumption data is obtained from utility bills and weather data from the meteorological department. …”
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