Bunker Rakes

Aggression in bottlenose dolphins: evidence for sexual coercion, male-male competition, and female tolerance through analysis of tooth-rake marks and behaviour

Aggressive behaviour is rarely observed, but may have a large impact on the social structure, relationships and interactions in animal societies. Long-term behavioural study of Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay, Australia, suggests that males are more aggressive than females, and use sexual coercion during the breeding season, but age and sex-specific patterns of aggression have not...

Reducing Wastage Capacity in OVSF Based CDMA Networks using Dynamic Rake Combiners

-Orthogonal variable spreading factor (OVSF) codes in CDMA networks are designed to handle quantized data rates. Handling non-quantized data rates in such networks leads to code capacity wastage if traditional single code assignment is used. Although, the use of multiple codes reduce this wastage capacity but the use of large number of fixed rake combiners per call increase cost and complexity ...

Routing and Scheduling in Tramp Shipping - Integrating Bunker Optimization Technical report

A tramp ship operator typically has some contracted cargoes that must be carried and seeks to maximize profit by carrying optional cargoes. Hence, tramp ships operate much like taxies following available cargoes and not according to a fixed route network and itinerary as liner ships. Marine fuel is referred to as bunker and bunker costs constitute a significant part of the daily operating costs...

Routing and Scheduling in Tramp Shipping - Integrating Bunker Optimization

A tramp ship operator typically has some contracted cargoes that must be carried and seeks to maximize profit by carrying optional cargoes. Hence, tramp ships operate much like taxies following available cargoes and not according to a fixed route network and itinerary as liner ships. Marine fuel is referred to as bunker and bunker costs constitute a significant part of the daily operating costs...

Matter , Space , Energy , and Political Economy : The Amazon in the World - System Stephen G . Bunker