The Vehicle Positioning Problem (VPP), also know as the shunting problem, is a classical combinatorial optimization problem in public transport planning. It has been investigated using several models and approaches, which work well for small instances, but not for large ones. We propose in this article a novel set partitioning model and an associated column generation approach for the VPP and f...

In this study we developed, characterized and validated in vitro a functional superparagmagnetic iron-oxide based magnetic resonance contrast agent by conjugating a commercially available iron oxide nanoparticle, Molday ION Rhodamine-B Carboxyl (MIRB), with a deimmunized mouse monoclonal antibody (muJ591) targeting prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA). This functional contrast agent is int...

To evaluate the spin relaxation time in silicon films, multi-dimensional integrals over the subband electron momenta before and after scattering must be evaluated. The electronphonon and surface roughness spin relaxation matrix elements describing the spin-flip scattering events are computed numerically by using accurate subband wave functions which are obtained with the help of a two-band k·p ...

whereas in electrical discharge machining (edm) the heat flux entering the workpiece is extremely high, the fourier heat conduction model may fails. this article reports on determination of temperature distribution in the workpiece due to edm using non-fourier heat conduction model. equations are solved by deriving the numerical solution. the temperature layers and profiles of sample calculatio...

PURPOSE Establishment of regional longitudinal (T1 ) and transverse (T2 ) relaxation times in awake pigeons and rats at 7T field strength. Regional differences in relaxation times between species and between two different pigeon breeds (homing pigeons and Figurita pigeons) were investigated. METHODS T1 and T2 relaxation times were determined for nine functionally equivalent brain regions in a...

The transients of fast free-carrier recombination and of multi-trapping processes due to different species of defects have been investigated by photoluminescence and by contact and microwave photoconductivity. Three distinct stages of relaxation, namely, of stimulated emission, of recombination due to point defects and capture into trapping centers associated with dislocations, and a non-expone...