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Finding the Best: Mathematical Optimization Based on Product and Process Requirements
The challenge of finding the best solution for a given problem plays a central role in many fields and disciplines. In mathematics, best solutions can be found by formulating and solving optimization problems....
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The Result: A New Design Paradigm
One of the key challenges faced by engineers is finding, concretizing, and optimizing solutions for a specific technical problem in the context of requirements and constraints (Pahl et al. 2007). Depending on ...
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Ionostats
Devices for maintaining constant ionic conditions in experimental solutions while simultaneously monitoring uptake and extrusion activities of specimens in the medium are a research tool of increasing importan...
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Effect of auxin on growth, proton secretion and transmembrane electron transfer in intact maize roots
Auxin is a phytohormone known to inhibit root growth. The scheme of the acid growth hypothesis, originally developed for the stimulation of growth of shoots and coleoptiles (Hager et al., 1971), has also been app...