Ms M. a 13 years old class III student presented with one year history of petrol fumes inhalation dependence and six months history of kerosene inhalation dependence. She liked the smell of fumes getting pleasant feeling of well-being and increased confidence. She though fulfilled all the criteria of inherent dependence differed from typical cases described in published reports. Like male prepo...

This paper considers a generalized version of the trip packing problem that we encountered as a sub-problem of the petrol stations replenishment problem. In this version we have to assign a number of trips to a fleet composed of a limited number of non-identical tank-trucks. Each trip has a specific duration, working time of vehicles is limited and the net revenue of each trip depends on the tr...

Blood lead levels have been monitored since 1974 and have shown a significant decrease (p less than 0.001) from 1978 to 1985 in 2830 subjects from Christchurch and environs. From a baseline in August 1978-81 to August 1985 blood lead levels in a population which had no relevant exposure to lead other than that from the general environment have fallen in adult males and females (greater than 17 ...

This paper uses an ant colony meta-heuristic optimization method to solve the cost-optimization problem in petrolum industry. This problem is known as total investment-cost minimization of series-parallel transportation pape lines. Redundant Electro-Pumpe coupled to the papes lines are included to achieve a desired level of availability. System availability is represented by a multi-state avail...

In the Multi-Period Petrol Station Replenishment Problem (MPSRP) the aim is to optimize the delivery of several petroleum products to a set of petrol stations over a given planning horizon. One must determine, for each day of the planning horizon, how much of each product should be delivered to each station, how to load these products into vehicle compartments, and how to plan vehicle routes. T...

In economies that are dependent on fossil fuel revenues, Realization of long-term plans, mid-term and annual budgeting requires a fairly accurate estimation of the amount of consumption and its price fluctuations. Accordingly, the present study is using machine learning techniques to predict the usage of fossil fuels (Diesel, Black oil, Heating oil, and Petrol) in mid-term. Exponential Smoothin...

In the Petrol Station Replenishment Problem with Time Windows (PSRPTW) the aim is to optimize the delivery of several petroleum products to a set of petrol stations using a limited heterogeneous fleet of tank-trucks. More specifically, one must determine the quantity of each product to deliver, the assignment of products to truck compartments, delivery routes, and schedules. The objective is to...

Lead concentrations were determined in the exhumed teeth of 28 people who lived in the Cape Town area before the combustion of leaded petrol (i.e. before 1922). The lead content of circumpulpal dentine was analysed by graphite-furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. The mean lead level in the dentine of primary teeth (N = 6) was 109 micrograms/g, while that in secondary teeth (N = 22) was 315 m...

the objective of the study was to determine the effect of the process of natural bioremediation, and bioremediation supported by zb-01 microbiological preparation on the occurrence of collembola and araneae in conditions of soil contaminated by petroleum-derived substances. the studies were conducted in 2010-2012, in the area of the experiment station of the university of agriculture, near krak...