This paper presents a technique for comparing the results of different assembly line balancing strategies by using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Initially, several heuristics— which can be thought of as assembly line balancing strategies—were used to solve seven line-balancing problems. The resulting line balance solutions provided two pieces of information that were of particular interest: ...

In this paper a transformerless Static Synchronous Series Compensator (SSSC) to increase the power capacity of a 230 kV transmission line is proposed. In order to eliminate the transformer, a 15-level cascade H Bridge (CHB) inverter is employed within the proposed compensator structure to inject reactive power to the transmission line. The theory of instantaneous p-q power using in the compensa...

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in function and balance after Kinesio Taping application in stroke patients. [Subjects and Methods] Thirty subjects were randomly divided into an experimental group and control group. The experimental group was applied taping before therapeutic exercise, and the control group received only therapeutic exercise. Functional gait was meas...

Reproductive fitness in many animals relies upon a tight balance between the number of cells that proliferate in the germ line and the number of cells that enter meiosis and differentiate as gametes. In the Caenorhabditis elegans germ line, the GLP-1/Notch signaling pathway controls this balance between proliferation and meiotic entry. Here we describe the identification of the proteasome as an...

The map overlay-operation is one of the most important and most time consuming operations in the Geographic Information System. In general, a map consists of a huge number of line segments. The major cost for overlaying two maps is that of computing the intersection points between the line segments. Parallel processing is one of the ways to reduce the computing time. If one can partition the li...

An intelligent production line design scheme for 3C products is introduced amid the current situation of low automation in assembly, testing, packaging and other contacts manufacturing industry, high demand upgrades fierce market competition, taking a electronic product as an example to investigate its overall layout, workstation structure, architecture system control system. In addition, accor...