the paper presents the results of an investigation on the acoustic performance of vertical profile parallel barriers with quadratic residue diffuser tops and faces. a 2d boundary element method (bem) was used to predict the barrier insertion loss. the results of rigid and with absorptive coverage were also calculated for comparisons. using qrd on the top surface and faces of all vertical profil...

in this paper we have proposed an approach for emotion detection in implicit texts. we have introduced a combinational system based on three subsystems. each one analyzes input data from a different aspect and produces an emotion label as output. the first subsystem is a machine learning method. the second one is a statistical approach based on vector space model (vsm) and the last one is a key...

rate allocation has become a demanding task in data networks as diversity in users and traffics proliferate. most commonly used algorithm in end hosts is tcp. this is a loss based scheme therefore it exhibits oscillatory behavior which reduces network performance. moreover, since the price for all sessions is based on the aggregate throughput, losses that are caused by tcp affect other sessions...

purpose the aims of the present study were to investigate (i) the changes in participation and performance and (ii) the gender difference in triple iron ultra-triathlon (11.4 km swimming, 540 km cycling and 126.6 km running) across years from 1988 to 2011. methods for the cross-sectional data analysis, the association between with overall race times and split times was investigated using simple...

This paper outlines the development of an improved approach to the use of lean tools and techniques to improve the performance of manufacturing enterprises. Several research studies attempt to measure the overall leanness score of the manufacturing process; however, they failed to consider the interdependent relationships between lean performance metrics and considered all performance measures ...

overall energy efficiency (oee) is an important indicator of energy consumption in tillage operations. tillage energy was studied objectivity to accurately measure the oee of mf399-4wd tractor. the tractor was equipped with different types of sensors to measure and calibrate the required data including: fuel consumption, actual forward speed, wheel speed and slippage, engine speed, draft and dr...