In this work, we consider the problem of optimizing the retrieval of containers from a bay in a fixed sequence. When there are other containers on top of the container to be retrieved, there may be alternative locations for those containers to be relocated. So it is essential to develop algorithms that find “good” locations in order to minimize the total time of the retrieval. In the literature...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission among people who inject drugs remains a challenging public health problem. We investigated the risk of HCV transmission by analyzing the direct association of HCV with filters, water to dilute drugs, and water containers. METHODS Experiments were designed to replicate practices by people who inject drugs and include routinely used injection equi...

Waste is a byproduct of human life. Nowadays, municipal solid waste is being produced in excessive amounts and in this way, both developing and developed countries are facing challenges regarding generation of waste. Economic development, urbanization and improved living standards in cities have contributed to increase in the amount and complexity of solid waste produced. The present stud...

The terrorist use of a cargo container to smuggle a nuclear weapon or radiological material which could be used in a radiological dispersion device (RDD) is a serious threat currently being addressed by the US and other governments. The US government has negotiated through the Container Security Initiative (CSI) placing Customs and Border Protection inspectors in 20 major overseas ports to help...

In chunk-based deduplication systems, logically consecutive chunks are physically scattered in different containers after deduplication, which results in the serious fragmentation problem. The fragmentation significantly reduces the restore performance due to reading the scattered chunks from different containers. Existing work aims to rewrite the fragmented duplicate chunks into new containers...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effect of storage on expressed colostrum kept at room and refrigeration temperature in 2 different types of containers (steel and plastic) at different time intervals (0 hours to 7 hours). DESIGN Prospective immunological study. SETTING Maternity ward. METHODS Colostrum was collected from 60 healthy lactating mothers and tested for total and differential cell coun...