In the paper alternatives for expansion of Macedonian electricity supply system are presented. MESSAGE tool is used modelling system, developing scenarios, to analyse cost optimal energy pathways and determine generation technology mix. The calculations period 2020-2050 made in a 5-year interval. Two scenarios developed: Scenario 1 – BAU (Business as Usual) scenario, where current structure pre...

With advances in modern medicine, it is being increasingly realised that therapeutic diet planning is as important as the medical treatment of diseased patients-both acute and chronic. The patient is advised a specific intake of different nutrients, which have to be converted into exact quantities of food items of the patient’s personal choice. This process involves the prescription of various ...

In e-commerce fulfillment warehouses, manual item picking is a labor-intensive and tedious task. Therefore, automation of item picking can improve efficiency and save cost for e-commerce businesses. This paper presents an automated robot picking solution that meets the requirements of automating the picking of items from shelves. The hardware of the proposed system comprises a lightweight robot...

Human diet planning is generally carried out by selecting the food items or groups of food items to be used in the diet and then calculating the composition. If nutrient quantities do not reach the desired nutritional requirements, foods are exchanged or quantities altered and the composition recalculated. Iterations are repeated until a suitable diet is obtained. This procedure is cumbersome a...

BACKGROUND The purpose of the study is to evaluate the long-term clinical outcome through biochemical no evidence of disease (bNED) rates among men with low to intermediate risk prostate cancer treated with two different brachytherapy implant techniques: preoperative planning (PP) and real-time planning (IoP). METHODS From June 1998 to July 2011, 1176 men with median age of 67 years and media...

Temporary flood defenses constitute a supplementary approach to permanent engineering solutions for management. However, their deployment strategy is challenge because it depends on uncertain short-term weather conditions. The strategies that later proved be insufficient or underused can have high social and environmental costs. Real options analysis (ROA) provides mechanism include flexibility...