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Chapter and Conference Paper
Barriers to the Implementation of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM): a Literature Review
Total productive maintenance (TPM) is a methodology used to prepare maintenance plans; however, its implementation poses endless challenges. The present work describes, as background, the current use of TPM. I...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Survey of Intent-Based Networks and a Methodology Based on Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing
Intention-based networks (IBN) have been developed in order to solve the problems of traditional networks such as: inefficient performance management, security and applications, the company spends too many res...
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Article
Open AccessPropagation of seminal toxins through binary expression gene drives could suppress populations
Gene drives can be highly effective in controlling a target population by disrupting a female fertility gene. To spread across a population, these drives require that disrupted alleles be largely recessive so ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Combination of Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Bayesian Model to Identify Criminal Language
In the last few years, different investigations have been developed related to the use of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and especially of information extraction (IE) in criminal matters (Abbass et al., in ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Contribution of Research and Development to the Efficiency of Social Progress in Latin America
Research and development, measured mainly by the production of patents, and by the investment of public expenditure in this sector, are recognized indicators that reflect the economic development of countries....
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Article
Mating success depends on rearing substrate in cactophilic Drosophila
Drosophila buzzatii and D. koepferae coexist in the arid lands of southern South America and exploit different types of cactus as breeding hosts. The former prefers to lay eggs on the rotting pad...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
In-plane Deformation Measurement Using ESPI Carrier Fringes
We present a technique to evaluate in-plane ESPI fringe patterns by the Fourier Transform Method (FTM). The spatial carrier is introduced, as in some contouring techniques, by symmetrically shifting the illumi...
