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Optimization of performance and emission characteristics of CI engine fueled with Jatropha biodiesel produced using a heterogeneous catalyst (CaO)
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2020 , Article)
This study includes the use of heterogeneous catalyst (CaO) for the production of Jatropha biodiesel through transesterification reaction. The heterogeneous transesterification delivered a yield of 81.6% at 5 wt% catalyst ...
A Novel Proportional Navigation Based Method for Robotic Interception Planning with Final Velocity Control
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2021 , Article)
This paper presents a new method for robot interception planning based on the proportional navigation. Guidance laws are basically developed for aerospace applications where a pursuer impacts a target using these methods, ...
On Designing Smart Agents for Service Provisioning in Blockchain-powered Systems
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IEEE Computer Society
, 2021 , Article)
Service provisioning systems assign users to service providers according to allocation criteria that strike an optimal trade-off between users Quality of Experience (QoE) and the operation cost endured by providers. These ...
Performance of THz Communications Over Cascaded RISs: A Practical Solution to the Over-Determined Formulation
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2022 , Article)
As a last resort for radio frequency communication, Terahertz bands (0.1-10 THz) are targeted thanks to their ability to provide ultra-wide bandwidth satisfying varieties of emerging applications. However, the waves ...
Theorizing the Performance of Blackness: Relations, Processes, and Possibilities
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Johns Hopkins University Press
, 2022 , Article)
Through a summation of representative critical works that challenge us to think of new ways of imagining performing bodies and racial performance, this essay gestures towards a process-oriented approach for theorizing the ...
Achieving energy efficiency in data centers with a performance-guaranteed power aware routing
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2017 , Article)
Nowadays, data centers are designed to offer the highest performance in case of high traffic load and peak utilisation of the network. However, in a realistic data center environment, the peak capacity of the network is ...
COVID-19 infection localization and severity grading from chest X-ray images
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2021 , Article)
The immense spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has left healthcare systems incapable to diagnose and test patients at the required rate. Given the effects of COVID-19 on pulmonary tissues, chest radiographic ...
Bio-carrier and operating temperature effect on ammonia removal from secondary wastewater effluents using moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR)
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2019 , Article)
This study investigates the impact of bio-carriers' surface area and shape, wastewater chemistry and operating temperature on ammonia removal from real wastewater effluents using Moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBRs) operated ...
External resource provision and the international performance of SMEs – A contextual analysis
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2022 , Article)
This paper investigates whether different categories of links (core and discretionary) to external resource providers are associated with the international performance of SMEs, as well as the perceived importance of external ...
A Multilayer Perception Trained Method in Speed Control of a Linear Switched Reluctance Motor
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2022 , Article)
Switched reluctance motors are nonlinear systems with some uncertainties and unmodeled dynamics. Propulsion force and speed in these motors have inherently high fluctuations complicating their applications. The conventional ...