An Integrated Model for Production Planning and Cell Formation in Cellular Manufacturing Systems by Reza Raminfar, Norzima Zulkifli, Mohammadreza Vasili, Tang Sai Hong

“…Many structural and operational issues should be considered for a successful CM design and implementation such as cell formation (CF), production planning, and facility layout. Most researchers have addressed these issues sequentially or independently, instead of jointly optimizing a combination of these issues. …”
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Experimental Study on Temperature Field Evolution Mechanism of Artificially Frozen Gravel Formation under Groundwater Seepage Flow by Tian-liang Wang, Fei Zhang, Yang Wang, Zhen Wu, Ya-meng He, Zu-run Yue

“…The total thickness of the frozen wall decreases by more than 30% when the flow rate increases from 0 to 5.0 m/d. Optimising the layout of the freezing pipes in gravel formations is a reasonable solution for a safe and economical design.…”
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Analysis of the Seismic Performance of a Two-Span Specially Shaped Column Frame by Zhen-chao Teng, Tian-jia Zhao, Yu Liu

“…In traditional building construction, the structural columns restrict the design of the buildings and the layout of furniture, so the use of specially shaped columns came into being. …”
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Analyses of the Design of Multirows Vaneless Staggered Counter-Rotating Turbine by Zhongye Wu, Yukun Zhang, Qingfen Ma, Jingru Li

“…In conventional counter-rotating turbine, HPT is located in the front of LPT, and only a stator row can be eliminated. The layout limits the turbine weight and efficiency. Therefore, the staggered counter rotating turbine is proposed, and the staggered counter rotating turbine can eliminate the all-internal stators, which can greatly improve the turbine weight and efficiency. …”
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Quando i letteratti italiani promuovono ad “eccezione” il teatro (Pirandello, i futuristi, Pasolini, Testori, Maraini) by Giorgio Taffon

“…In particolare è all’incirca nei due decenni 1915-1925 e 1965-1975 che alcune personalità provenienti dal mondo della letteratura, del libro, hanno saputo offrire nuove idee ad un sistema teatrale quasi immobile. …”
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Strategies of GIS-Based Urban Country Park Planning and Ecological Restoration by Li Hong, Songling Pang, Chunfu Zhu, Yuhao Li, Yuxiao Guo, Tingting Lei, Kun Wang

“…Based on the major principle of achieving sustainable development of the ecosystem and the derived concept of building a diversified landscape, we have developed the overall scheme of planning and landscape layout of the country park. Specifically, the area of ecological restoration is further divided into the areas of quarry restoration, bare land restoration, slope protection, vegetation, and dam maintenance, and restorative measures are put forward accordingly. …”
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Liberdade de Imprensa em Moçambique: O caso de influência do poder politico no judiciário by Sarmento Bacelar Leonardo

“…Mediante casos concretos de julgamentos feitos contra jornalistas, editores e proprietários de jornais em Moçambique, o artigo demonstra que a influência do poder político no judiciário ainda é considerável, embora nem sempre uniforme, mudando segundo o contexto (dentro ou fora de Maputo) e a situação política contingente. …”
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In vivo regeneration efficiency of enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman) as affected by age of parent plant and corm proportion by Fikadu Bora, Bewuketu Haile

“…This study was conducted using corms in the range of 12–18, 20–28, 29–38, and 40–50 cm diameter, corresponding to four age classes (1, 2, 3 & 4 years old) and three corm treatments (whole, half and quarter) were arranged in 3 × 4 factorial combination and layout in randomized complete block design with three replications. …”
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Looking closer: the eastern gate of the Early Bronze Age fortifications on Zyndram’s Hill and its relation to ritual practices by Marcin S. Przybyła, Jan Ledwoń, Magdalena Makiel, Aleksandra Wójcik

“…We shall try to justify this assumption based on various categories of evidence: the layouts of the entire defensive system of the settlement on Zyndram’s Hill and of similar fortifications in the Balkans, the landscape and astronomical context, the symbolism of some of the elements used in the gate (stone stelae) and the artefacts discovered in it (anthropomorphic figurines), and finally, the results of archaeological-botanical and microstratigraphic analysis of sediments. …”
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Construction of 3D Indoor Topological Models Based on Improved Face Sorting by Qun Sun, Xinwu Zhan, Pu Tang

“…Indoor location-based services and applications need to obtain information about the indoor spatial layouts and topological relationships of indoor spaces. …”
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Les aménagements de berge romains de l’agglomération de Vieux-Poitiers à Naintré (Vienne) by Morgane Cayre, Nicolas Bernier

“…The ancient city of Vieux-Poitiers in the community of Naintré (Vienne) is located 3 km from the confluence of the Clain river and the Vienne river, about 25 km north-east of the city of Poitiers/Limonum (Vienne), capital of the territory of the Pictones. Although the layout of the antique city and its theatre were known for several decades, remains of its ports were only discovered recently in 2012, during an underwater survey. …”
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Five-Axis Tool Path Generation of Injection Mold Represented by T-Spline Surface by Ce Shang, Hongyao Shen, Jianzhong Fu, Yangfan Sun, Shuhua Yue, Jianfeng Zhang

“…Compared with NURBS, T-splines’ higher-order continuity facilitates the mold quality control especially at the patch boundary. And, its patch layout information can be utilized for tool path planning. …”
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The Study on Large-Diameter Drilling Prevention Method of Rock Burst in the Xinxing Coal by Gao Xu, Zuo Minghui, Shu Yanmin

“…Combined with the real geological conditions, the layout parameters of relief pressure large drilling are simulated, and the result shows that the drilling of 600 diameters and 10 m pitch of hole and throughout the working face is reasonable, and the effect is obvious about pressure relief. …”
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Seismic Performance of Modular Structures with Novel Steel Frame: Light Gauge Slotted Steel Stud Walls by Chao Gong, Dawei Sun, Qixian Chen, Yong Zhu, Mingxu Shang, Faqi Liu

“…Then, parametric studies were conducted to investigate the influences of the layouts of the LGSS shear walls and structure heights on the lateral stiffness, the deformation modes, and the stress states of the modular steel structures. …”
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Design, Analysis, and Control of Biomedical Healthcare Modular Wheelchair with Posture Transformation by Muhammad Zia Ur Rahman, Imran Ali, Asif Ishfaque, Muhammad Tanveer Riaz, Nasir Ahmad, M. M. Sayed Al Mahmud, Rimsha Tanveer

“…This study presents the mechanical layout of a wheelchair that can switch between a sitting and a standing position. …”
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̀ ̀ 'Itànkále̩ ̀ Èrò E̩ ni nínú Às̩ àyàn Fíìmù Yorùbá by Olúbùnmi Tèmítọ́pẹ́Adú

“…  Ìtànkálẹ̀ èrò ẹni tí ọ̀ pọ̀ lọpọ̀ omímọ̀ gbà bí èrò òdì ìpọ́ nrọ́ léwé tàbí irọ́ nípa tó lóòrìn láwùjọ, bákan náà, ni ó sì jẹ́ ohun èlò pàtàkì nínú ìgbékalẹ̀ fíímù Yorùbá. …”
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PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION THROUGH THE CLUSTERING ANALYSIS OF BUS STOPS. CASE STUDY MANIZALES, COLOMBIA by Jorge Alberto MONTOYA, Diego Alexander ESCOBAR, Carlos Alberto MONCADA

“…The main result of this study is that t he current layout of the stops is distributed according to the main characteristics of their environment, allowing us to conclude that the grouping of transport stops facilitates the interpretation of the location and operability of the stops, thus allowi ng to improve decision-making in the implementation of stops, guaranteeing an adequate operation of the service without compromising coverage and travel time of users. …”
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Hear it here: Built environments predict ratings and descriptions of ambiguous sounds. by Brandon J Forys, Emily Qi, Rebecca M Todd, Alan Kingstone

“…Past research suggests a role for the layout and lighting of a space in impacting how stimuli are rated, especially on bipolar valence scales. …”
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Approximate analytical solution of a class of highly nonlinear time–fractional-order partial differential equations by Richard Olu Awonusika

“…This article presents a power series technique for obtaining approximate solutions of the time–fractional-order version of a generalised Newell–Whitehead–Segel initial value problem, with the fractional-order derivative described in the Caputo sense. The method assumes a fractional power series in the time variable whose expansion coefficients are functions of the space variable. …”
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Computational evaluation on spectroscopic (FT-IR, Raman), electronic and biological, and NLO properties of cirsilineol by DFT, ADMET, and molecular docking method by Tirth Raj Paneru, Poonam Tandon, Bhawani Datt Joshi

“…The electrostatic potential mapped with the van der Wall surface predicted effective electrophiles and nucleophiles, allowing for the layout of intra- and intermolecular hydrogen bonds. …”
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