... hydrocarbons (PAH), including the labeled PAHs used in this method as internal standards, are rapidly oxidized and/or chlorinated in water containing residual chlorine Therefore, residual chlorine must ... the sample into the solvent reservoir The water sample will drain into the cartridge, and from the exit into the suction flask Maintain the packing material in the cartridge immersed in water at ... container with water from a representative area Sampling equipment, including automatic samplers, must be free of plastic tubing, gaskets, and other parts that may leach interfering analytes into...
... Okumura, 1995), and liquid chromatography/ tandem spetrometry (Quintana and Reemtsma, 2007) To simplify Japan’s recommended method of EDTA determination by using gas chromatography- mass spectrometry, ... Chemical Industries, Ltd (Osaka, Japan) All chemicals and solutions were of analytical grade Milli-Q water was used in all experiments Gas chromatography/ mass spectrometry analysis Gaschromatography ... carried out by using HP6890 series gaschromatography system (Hewlett Packard, Wilmington, DE, USA) with an HP6890 series auto sampler and split/splitless injector The analytical column was a DB-5...
... www.it-ebooks.info Teamwork in Multi- Agent Systems cooperating teams of software agents Nowadays there is a growing need for teams consisting of computational agents working hand in hand with humans in multi- agent ... coined the term bounded rationality, ‘boundedly rational agents experience limits in formulating and solving complex problems and in processing (receiving, storing, retrieving, transmitting) information’ ... Alechina, 2007a) Teamwork in Multi- Agent Systems: A Formal Approach 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Barbara Dunin-Keplicz and Rineke Verbrugge ¸ www.it-ebooks.info 12 Teamwork in Multi- Agent Systems...
... estimation, [13] discussed it in the single cell MIMO systemsin detail and it can be simply extended here 3.2.3 Multi- cell joint processing Full CSIT and data sharing are assumed in MC-JP As full cooperation ... mode switching can be found in [19] service; MIMO: multiple input multiple output; MU-MIMO: multiuser MIMO; DTX: discontinuous transmission; SON: self-organizing network Conclusion Maximizing NEE ... (GreenCom), Online (2011) J Xu, L Qiu, C Yu, Improving energy efficiency through multimode transmission in the downlink MIMO systems, in EURASIP J Wireless Commun and Networking (2011, in press) J...
... 1998) Hyphenated gaschromatography also include coupling of gas chromatographs orthogonally - multidimensional gaschromatography (MDGC or GCGC) Hyphenated techniques ingaschromatography This ... stationary phase: Chromatography (C); Liquid chromatography (LC); Gaschromatography (GC); Paper chromatography (PC); Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) Columnchromatography (CC) Gas- liquid chromatography ... triple quadrupole instrument Typical applications are mainly found in contaminations in environment and foods such pesticides Hyphenated Techniques inGasChromatography 15 and PCBs in foods and biological...
... main frameworks and investigates the multi- agent coordination problem by ILC Chapter Introduction 1.2 Introduction to Multi- agent Systems Coordination In the past several decades, multi- agent systems ... domain, is introduced to the problem In addition, the inherent nature of multi- agent systems such as heterogeneity, information sharing, sparse and intermittent communication, imperfect initial ... in the Chapter Optimal Iterative Learning Control for Multi- agent Consensus Tracking form of a matrix norm inequality, and learning gain is designed by solving a set of LMIs Nevertheless, owing...
... estimate the hopping frequency and hop transition time at the same time 1.2.4 Typical Types of Jamming Against FHSS In FHSS systems, there are four main kinds of intentionally jamming sources These ... jamming induces a quite insignificant effect on FHSS systems since the instantaneous FHSS frequency bandwidth is small and changes continuously For FHSS systems, a more effective tone jamming ... presence of jamming signals and white noise in FHSS communication systems Taking the effect of follower jamming and flat fading into account, two jamming rejection algorithms are proposed in this dissertation...
... spill incidents between 1993 and 2002, including a major spillage of 28,500 tones of crude oil in the Singapore Straits in October 1997 [28] With continued industrial development and shipping activity ... carefully withdrawn into the syringe and then injected into the GC-MS 15 1.2.2.5.1.2 Basic principles of LPME In LPME, the principles of LLE and the miniaturized nature of SPME are combined to realize ... known major contributing factors to the burden of PAH in the environment [23, 24] For example, during the widespread forest fire incident in Indonesia in 1997, air quality in Southeast Asia was...
... Access Interference) in OFDM systems is an interesting research area For future work, using the proposed system to eliminate multi access interference (MAI) in OFDM systems can be considered In this ... experiences fading is called as a fading channel The two main reasons for fading in wireless systems are multipath propagation (referred to as multipath fading) and shadowing from obstacles affecting the ... good in a quasi static flat fading channel The technique proposed in [24] performs better in a jamming dominant scenario But in this technique, the received jamming signals are treated as deterministic...
... mechanisms for inferring reputation When the acquaintances are in the parallel networks as in Figure 2.6, the reputation can be inferred as follows: 25 Literature Review Chain a Chain b Chain k Figure ... the task of combining incoming evidence and outputting some aggregation of the inputs The noisy-OR model is the most accepted and widely applied model to solve the multi- causal interactions network ... ai’s action • Increase in ai’s reciprocating actions to other agents in its embedded social network A should also increase ai’s reputation in A The reputation in this work is defined as the perception...
... the engine with the ECD-V4 has been improved (by atomizing the fuel into finer particles and optimizing the rise rate of the injection pressure), and providing the injection volume and injection ... the fuel fills the injection pump, it lubricates and cools the moving parts in the injection pump After the fuel is pressurized, it is injected into the engine cylinder by the injection nozzle ... determine the operating conditions of the engine and the driving conditions Then, the engine ECU calculates the fuel injection volume and the injection timing that are necessary for operating the...
... effective when multiple versions of the signal are available Maximal ratio combining and equal gain combining both use more than one path in two distinct ways In maximal ratio combining each branch ... power in the probing pulse s(t) to the total power received in a multipath delay profile [1] Chapter discusses obtaining the channel impulse response and multipath information using the sliding ... before combining (all ak = 1) In general, maximal ratio combining provides the best performance gain, followed by equal gain combining and selection diversity for the same number of paths in a Rayleigh...
... paintings had been a well-known phenomenon since Roman times, and such paintings would create the illusion of, for instance, walls containing a window to the outside world or a ceiling containing ... rendering Image cube trajectory Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Internet Engineering Task Force Interaural intensity difference Interaural level difference Infrared light-emitting ... devices ranging from inflatable pressure pads in data gloves or body suits to force-feedback arms or exoskeleton systems Although there is an increasing interest in engineering truly multisensory...
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... Technology She received her B.S in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University, Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering and Master of Business Administration from the University ... the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology Prior to joining Missouri S&T she was an Assistant Professor in the Departments of ... sustainability plan In addition, using the energy efficiently and following ISO norms can minimize infrastructure costs The proposed energy and environmental management program, in coordination...
... understanding ability of the method are considered important” in decision making In addition he added, “The quantity and quality of information (input data) needed and difficulty in obtaining them, ... in Civil Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia Her educational background in civil engineering/ water resources Dr Lariyah’s major field in hydrology/ urban drainage ... educational background in civil engineering/ water resources Prof Mohamed Nor’s major field in hydrology/ urban drainage Professor Mohamad Nor has earned his PhD in civil engineering from Lund University,...
... departments/processes, – to determine and coordinate necessary trainings such as on-job training, seminars, – to publish and revise the project plan, – interdepartmental communication When comparing to other sectors, ... today in increasingly complex environments In more and more cases the use of experts in various fields is necessary, different value systems are to be taken into account, etc In U Cebeci / Expert Systems ... Defined? Define the Strategies with Top Management No Yes Are Key Performance Indicators Defined? No Define the Key Performance Indicators Yes Are Human Resources Qualified for Information Systems? ...
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... (chs-cn.inf) and the Chinese-Keyboard Plugin (keyboard_cn.inf) in the XPE Chinese Edition not only enable displaying of Chinese Characters, but input of Chinese characters as well * Under Win32 ... worked WinPE on Hard-Drive only) * A Chinese Plugin (chs-en.inf) has been applied to all WinPE's for displaying Chinese Characters in BIG5 or GB coded web pages The Simplified Chinese Plugin (chs-cn.inf) ... C:\MININT Copy C:\MININT\TXTSETUP.SIF to C:\cmdcons, copy X:\autorun0reg_pehd.cmd to C:\MININT\autorun0reg.cmd, overwrite the existing files Copy the folder X:\"Documents and Settings" to C:\MININT...
... of innovation: networks of learning in biotechnology Administrative Science Quarterly 41: 116–145 Prelec D 2001 Readings packet on the Information Pump Including ‘Instructions for playing the Information ... organization has to qualify by giving and receiving gifts Exchanging gifts means initiating and maintaining interactions It is not only digital products or services being affected by ‘gift economy ... CONCEPTUALIZATION Using existing theories, this section presents our conceptualization of knowledge managing within the context of inter-organizational networks Our epistemological starting point is in business...