The proposed hybrid stage shop scheduling (HSSS) model, inspired from a real case in the high-fashion industry, aims to fully exploit the potential of parallel resources, splitting and overlapping concurrent operations among teams of multifunctional machines and operators on the same job. The HSSS formally extends mixed shop scheduling (a combination of flowshop and open shop), which is able to...

The present study endeavors to unravel the enigma of the psycholinguistic mechanisms underpinning bilingual mental lexicon by analyzing the issue of L1 lexicalization as a construct epitomizing an overarching framework. It involves 78 juniors at the Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Branch. The study inspects the impact of the interventionist/noninterventionist treatments on both sets of lexica...

We have previously shown that a ubiquitously expressed RNA splicing factor, RNA-binding motif 7 (RBM7), cloned from a testis complementary DNA library, enhances messenger RNA (mRNA) splicing in vitro and is expressed in a cell-restricted fashion. Herein, we detail its mRNA and protein expression in the rodent testis. RNA in situ hybridization shows that Rbm7 expression in rat germ cells closely...

This Study describes a six degree -of-freedom hybrid simulation for the optimum design of a space vehicle re entry flight control system, utilizing the E A I HYDAC ® 2400 Combined Hybrid Computing System. The specific purpose of the simulation is the evaluation of a temperature-rate flight control system (TRFCS) which utilizes temperature sensors to provide shortperiod stabilization and long te...

In modern high-tech machinery, lubrication has nearly the same signifi cance as the machine itself. Its main function is to minimize wear on moving parts even in the harshest environments. Due to its essential role in modern engines lube oil degradation can lead to costly failure of the equipment if not detected at an early stage. A continuous oil condition monitoring program helps to avoid unn...

low water consumption in autumn sugar beet sowing is an important strategy for sugar beet production, especially in arid regions like iran. for the development of a new monogerm triploid hybrid called sharif which is bolting tolerant and suitable for autumn sowing in khuzestan province, a breeding program was started in 1994 and continued for16 years. this program had two stages; the first stag...

although several papers have studied no-idle scheduling problems, they all focus on flow shops, assuming one processor at each working stage. but, companies commonly extend to hybrid flow shops by duplicating machines in parallel in stages. this paper considers the problem of scheduling no-idle hybrid flow shops. a mixed integer linear programming model is first developed to mathematically form...

In this paper, a Job shop scheduling problem with a parallel assembly stage and Lot Streaming (LS) is considered for the first time in both machining and assembly stages. Lot Streaming technique is a process of splitting jobs into smaller sub-jobs such that successive operations can be overlapped. Hence, to solve job shop scheduling problem with a parallel assembly stage and lot streaming, deci...

In this paper, we present an overview of the 3D object retrieval method that we employed in our participation to the Generic Models track of SHREC 2008 organized by the AIM@SHAPE network of excellence. The proposed methodology is detailed in [2]. Our method is based on a hybrid scheme where 2D features as well as 3D features are extracted from a 3D model which has been previously normalized for...