Solving a stochastic linear programming (SLP) problem involves selecting an SLP solver, transmitting the model data to the solver and retrieving and interpreting the results. After shortly introducing the SLP model classes in the first part of the paper we give a general discussion of these various facets of solving SLP problems. The second part consists of an overview on the model–solver conne...

Chronic and recreational use of cocaine has been shown to impair inhibitory output control (response inhibition) but whether input control is also affected is an open question. For the first time, this study compared the ability to perform a cued target-discrimination task that measured inhibition of return (IOR), a reflexive inhibitory mechanism that delays attention from returning to a previo...

The present study shows that an abrupt onset cue that is not consciously perceived can cause attentional facilitation followed by inhibition at the cued location. The observation of this classic biphasic effect of facilitation followed by inhibition of return (IOR) suggests that the subliminal cue captured attention in a purely exogenous way. Since IOR is not observed following endogenous shift...

Inhibition of return (IOR) is an inhibitory aftereffect visuospatial orienting, typically resulting in slower responses to targets presented area that has been recently attended. Since its discovery, myriad research sought explain the causes and effects underlying this phenomenon. Here, we briefly summarize history phenomenon, describe early work supporting functional significance IOR as a fora...

The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) has become one of the main economic forces globally, and countries within IOR have attempted to promote their intra-regional trade. This study investigates spatiotemporal evolution community structures trade impact determinant factors on formation from 1996 2017 using methods social network analysis. Trade communities are groups with measurably denser intra-trade t...

L. Scheys, A. Leardini, P. Wong, B. Callewaert, J. Bellemans and K. Desloovere European Centre for Knee Research, Smith & Nephew, Leuven, Belgium; Movement Analysis Laboratory, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy; Clinical Motion Analysis Laboratory, University Hospital Pellenberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; Department of Orthopedics, University Hospital Pellenberg, Kathol...

To study improved oil recovery (IOR) via laboratory experiments at the pore scale, we performed waterflooding in a glass 2.5D micromodel (dual depth: 12 and 27 μm) with crude (CRO) brines of variable compositions temperatures ranging from 22 °C (room temperature) to 90 °C. The time-dependent residual saturation (ROS) for various flooding aging protocols was extracted optical microscopy images e...

The Class 2 Project at West Welch was designed to demonstrate the use of advanced technologies to enhance the economics of improved oil recovery (IOR) projects in lower quality Shallow Shelf Carbonate (SSC) reservoirs, resulting in recovery of additional oil that would otherwise be left in the reservoir at project abandonment. Accurate reservoir description is critical to the effective evaluati...

Methanococcus maripaludis is a strictly anaerobic, methane-producing archaeon. Aromatic amino acids (AroAAs) are biosynthesized in this autotroph either by the de novo pathway, with chorismate as an intermediate, or by the incorporation of exogenous aryl acids via indolepyruvate oxidoreductase (IOR). In order to evaluate the roles of these pathways, the gene that encodes the third step in the d...

Conventional crude oil, as the current dominant energy source, is an unrenewable resource. Despite the improvement of alternative energy technology such as wind and solar, there is still a large gap between the capability of these systems for supplying energy and global energy requirements. Therefore, until technological innovations facilitate sufficient energy generation through alternative fu...