ESCAPE 18 Bertrand Braunschweig and Xavier Joulia (Editors) © 2008 Elsevier B.V./Ltd. All rights reserved. Optimization of Preventive Maintenance Scheduling in Processing Plants DuyQuang Nguyen and Miguel Bagajewicz The University of Oklahoma‚ R. T-335 SEC‚ 100 E. Boyd‚ Norman‚ OK 73019‚ USA Abstract A new methodology designed to optimize both the planning of preventive maintenance and the amount of resources needed to perform maintenance in a process plant is presented. The methodology is based
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b The U.S. Border Patrol By Ricardo Ortiz 11/9/2010 Border and Coastal Security CJ453 Robert Wynne Written Assignment: The U.S. Border Patrol Examine the current status of the U.S. Border Patrol along the Mexican border. What makes the duties and responsibilities of this position one of the most important and dangerous of any law enforcement position in the country? What measures could be implemented to make the border a safer and more secure environment for all U.S. Citizens
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two things – reality and imagination – are perhaps the only commonality all human beings have had a taste of. That is why everyone can somehow associate their own life with whatever they are watching‚ and thus‚ different perspectives emerge. "Out of Kansas" is an essay written by Salman Rushdie about a rather unorthodox perspective on the timeless classic‚ The Wizard of Oz. The everlasting fascination with The Wizard of Oz raises inquiry of why the movie is so wonderfully enchanting‚ even though according
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Allocation of Police Patrol Officers and Vehicles in Baguio City Using Optimization Models Baguio City is one of the famous tourist destinations visited in the Philippines by local tourists and even with foreigners for its cool climate‚ clean‚ and green environment. However‚ crime rates and accidents have been increasing yearly in Baguio City????? In order to reduce the likelihood of these incidents from happening‚ one excellent way is by implementing an effective police patrol system. A system that
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leader I have to learn from what happened and try to make it better for next time. As a leader of a Boy Scout Patrol can be stressful when dealing with young scouts‚ around 12-14‚ that usually do not like to respect their leaders. At the age around 12 and 13‚ they will listen to what you are saying‚ but will not do that action that you asked of them. This is challenging for me‚ and many other Patrol leaders or any other type of leader‚ because as a leader you want to be heard and when you are not being
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1 English 1013 10/18/10 In nineteen sixty-three‚ Stanley Milgram conducted an experiment on obedience to authority figures. It was a series of social psychology experiments which measured the willingness of the study participants to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts that conflicted with their personal conscience and confronted them with emotional distress. The experiment resulted in twenty-six out of forty of the participants administering the final massive
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Environmental Science The Scientific Method Amber Steadham October 31‚ 2012 Abstract: We conducted several experiments using the Scientific Method. We made observations‚ recorded them and used our observations to propose a hypothesis. The experiments included chemical and physical reactions dealing with torn news paper‚ appearance of rock salt crystals‚ the appearance of sand‚ oil and water on plastic‚ and making iodine in water and mineral oil. We found that all these included four physical
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Biotechnology‚ Mapua Institute of Technology ABSTRACT In this experiment‚ solubility class of various organic compounds are to be determined. The main objective of the experiment is to identify an unknown compound through the use of preliminary tests such as examination of physical state‚ color‚ odor‚ and ignition properties. Also‚ solubility tests were used to further examine an unknown compound’s solubility class. In this experiment‚ the apparatus used are micro test tubes and droppers for mixing
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Title Antimicrobial properties in different type of plants. Introduction A substance that kills or prevents the growth of microorganisms for example bacteria‚ fungi or protozoans is called an antimicrobial. This substance has 2 major roles which are to either kill microbes (microbiocidal) or prevent the growth of microbes (microbiostatic). Disinfectants are antimicrobial substances used on non-living objects outside the body. This substance included antibiotics‚ antifungals‚ antiprotozoals and
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Introduction In this experiment I aim to find out if caffeine has an effect on the heart rate of daphnia. Daphnia are water fleas that have a sort of heart that we can see in magnification. We can count the number of heart beats in a minute of a regular daphnia and try and get a new one with the same specifications as the old one that may have died. It is also a good idea to get a new one as we want to see how much it affects it from ordinary instead of adding the caffeine one after another
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