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An Innovative Approach to Predicting the Financial Prospects of a Rainwater Harvesting System
Rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems are one of the most promising technologies for water supply, but the economic viability often barricades their implementation. To assess the economic viability of decentraliz...
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High-Throughput Synthesis and Characterization of a Combinatorial Materials Library in Bulk Alloys
Aiming for the accelerated screening of promising materials for a variety of engineering applications efficiently and cost-effectively, a novel high-throughput micro-synthesis of a combinatorial material libra...
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Open AccessReview of wave forces on bridge decks with experimental and numerical methods
Massive coastal bridges were damaged in Hurricanes Ivan (2004) and Katrina (2005), and considerable efforts have been devoted to the studies of wave forces acting on bridge decks since then. When the hurricane...
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Open AccessNumerical investigation of dynamic responses and mooring forces of submerged floating tunnel driven by surface waves
Based on Navier–Stokes equations, a numerical model for studying the dynamic responses and mooring forces of the moored Submerged Floating Tunnel (SFT) driven by surface waves is presented in this paper. The m...
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Assessment of pollution of potentially harmful elements in soils surrounding a municipal solid waste incinerator, China
We assessed the contamination levels of Mn, Zn, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, As and Hg and the risks posed by these potentially harmful elements in top-soils around a municipal solid waste incinerator (MSWI).We collected 2...
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Concentrations of and health risks posed by polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans around industrial sites in Hebei Province, China
Sintering and steel production as the main emission sources of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) may affect environment and human health. The concentrations, profiles, and distribution...
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Open AccessRemoval of polychlorinated naphthalenes by desulfurization and emissions of polychlorinated naphthalenes from sintering plant
The sintering flue gas samples were collected at the inlets and outlets of the desulfurization systems to evaluate the influence of the systems on PCNs emission concentrations, profiles, and emission factors. ...
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Removal of polychlorinated biphenyls by desulfurization and emissions of polychlorinated biphenyls from sintering plants
The influence of desulfurization on polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from sintering plants was investigated. The concentrations of dioxin-like (dl) PCBs, toxic equivalents (TEQs), indicator PCBs, and total tri...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Big Data Storage Architecture Design in Cloud Computing
To solve the lag problem of the traditional storage technology in mass data storage and management, the application platform is designed and built for big data on Hadoop and data warehouse integration platform...
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Personalized Recommendation System on Hadoop and HBase
In view of the existing recommendation system in the Big Data have two insufficiencies: poor scalability of the data storage and poor expansibility of the recommendation algorithm, research and analysis the IB...
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A method of identifying chronic stress by EEG
There are a lot of studies on chronic stress assessment applying psychology instruments or hormones analysis. However, there are only few studies using electroencephalogram (EEG), which is a non-invasive metho...
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Open AccessSources and migration path of chemical compositions in a karst groundwater system during rainfall events
Physical and chemical dynamics at Jiangjia Spring (JJS), the outlet of the Qingmuguan karst groundwater system in Chongqing, were monitored in situ during rainfall events to acquire a series of high-resolution da...
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Investigation into Stress of Mothers with Mental Retardation Children Based on EEG (Electroencephalography) and Psychology Instruments
This paper proposed a new method, combining EEG and psychology instruments, to detect stress which can contribute in prediction and intervention of major depression. Seven mothers with mental retardation child...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
TRIZ-based Evolution Study for Modular Fixture
TRIZ evolution technology is an important branch of technology system forecasting. The evolution patterns and lines of direct evolution (DE) theory were firstly introduced. As modular fixtures(MFs) are importa...
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Research on Concepts and Technologies of Grid Collaborative Designing to Supporting Cross Enterprises Collaboration
The original Cross Enterprises Grid Collaborative Designing System could not meet industrial demands on dynamic sharing of various and transient manufacturing resources and collaboration due to their inherent ...
