This paper presents the research efforts that seek to improve efficiency of conducting advanced thermal simulations in detailed design stage process. A prototype for an application facilitates a quick and inexpensive setup EnergyPlus (EP) models Danish office buildings was developed co-creation process involving simulation practitioners. The is designed mitigate barriers migrating from current ...

Based on evolutionary computation (EC) concepts, we developed an adaptive evolutionary planner/navigator (EP/N) as a novel approach to path planning and navigation. The EP/N is characterized by generality, flexibility, and adaptability. It unifies off-line planning and on-line planning/navigation processes in the same evolutionary algorithm which 1) accommodates different optimization criteria ...

X-ray crystallography showed that the title compound, C(6)H(12)O(5), crystallizes in the α-pyran-ose form with the six-membered ring in a chair conformation. The crystal structure exists as a three-dimensional hydrogen-bonded network of mol-ecules with each mol-ecule acting as a donor and aceptor for four hydrogen bonds. The absolute configuration was determined by the use of l-fucose as starti...

Two evolutionary programming (EP) methods are proposed for handling nonlinear constrained optimization problems. The first, a hybrid EP, is useful when addressing heavily constrained optimization problems both in terms of computational efficiency and solution accuracy. But this method offers an exact solution only if both the mathematical form of the objective function to be minimized/maximized...

A feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of two different sizes of extruded pellets (EP) (EP1 3 mm or EP2 5 mm) and a moist pellet (MP) in olive flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus, reared in semi-recirculation system. A total of 450 fish with an average initial weight of 5.0 ± 0.2 g (mean ± SD) were fed one of the three experimental diets in triplicate groups. At the end of a 6-week ...

Because there is a close relationship between plant physiological response and crop performance, the current study aims to evaluate photosynthetic efficiency productive performance of vegetable versus conventional soybean cultivars for edamame production. The was conducted at School Agriculture (FCA UNESP), Botucatu-SP, Brazil. treatments in this included cultivars: vegetable-type BRS 267, BRSM...

Background: Ectopic pregnancy (EP) is a common condition which presents a major health problem for women of childbearing age. This study aims to analyze and identify risk factors that have the potential for EP and evaluating the contribution of the risk factors associated EP. Materials and Methods: In this case control study, performed from 2006 to 2011 at Arash hospital, the casepatients were ...

This paper aims to define the energy and economic performance of a district heating (i.e., DH) considering the impact of cost-optimal refurbishment solutions of the connected buildings. The possibility to shift to a lowtemperature DH is considered a feasible solution to reduce thermal losses and hence increasing the network efficiency that is connected with a systematic approach to the refurbis...