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Mamadou Kaba Traoré
Other affiliations: Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Nancy-Université, University of Paris
Bio: Mamadou Kaba Traoré is an academic researcher from Blaise Pascal University. The author has contributed to research in topics: DEVS & Modeling and simulation. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 72 publications receiving 960 citations. Previous affiliations of Mamadou Kaba Traoré include Centre national de la recherche scientifique & Nancy-Université.
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TL;DR: The modelling allowed clarifying the bacterial sensitivity of toxic agents at different stages of their population evolution kinetics and it was concluded that the bacterial suppression is most effective at the exponential growth phase while it is of a lower effectiveness at the lag and stationary phases.
132 citations
TL;DR: In this article, an experimental investigation was carried out on the influences of dust concentration, particle size distribution and humidity on aluminum dust explosion, and the results stressed the predominance of the specific surface area on the mass median particle diameter.
Abstract: An experimental investigation was carried out on the influences of dust concentration, particle size distribution and humidity on aluminum dust explosion. Tests were mainly conducted thanks to a 20 L explosion sphere. The effect of humidity was studied by storing the aluminum particles at constant relative humidity until the sorption equilibrium or by introducing water vapour in the explosion vessel. The tested particles sizes ranged from a volume median diameter of 7 to 42 μm and the dust concentrations were up to 3000 g m−3. Among other results, the strong influence of the particle size was pointed out, especially when the Sauter mean diameter is considered. These results stressed the predominance of the specific surface area on the mass median particle diameter. The effect of water on aluminum dust explosion was decoupled: on the one hand, when water adsorption occurs, hydrogen generation leads to an increase of the explosion severity; on the other hand, when the explosion of dried aluminum powder occurs in a humid atmosphere, the inhibiting effect of humidity is put forward. A model based on mass and heat balances, assuming a shrinking core model with chemical reaction limitation, leads to a satisfactory representation of the pressure evolution during the dust explosion.
110 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the effect of hybrid mixtures on explosion severity and the maximum rate of pressure rise, and showed that the maximum explosion pressure as a function of combustibles concentrations is perceptible even for vapour amounts or dust concentrations lower than the explosion limits of pure compounds.
Abstract: This article underlines the peculiar behaviour of hybrid mixtures towards explosions. It should notably be noticed that there are more than additive effects on explosions severity, especially on the maximum rate of pressure rise. Moreover, the evolution of the maximum explosion pressure as a function of combustibles concentrations shows that the impact of hybrid mixtures is perceptible even for vapour amounts or dust concentrations lower than the explosion limits of the pure compounds.
70 citations
TL;DR: It becomes easier to capture and to manipulate some M&S fundamental and advanced concepts, and then to enhance the authors' understanding about them, and a significant improvement is gained in the M &S process by systematically accompanying the specification of the system with the specifications of the context.
66 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors demonstrate the particular aspects of the explosion of hybrid mixtures with respect to either vapour or dust explosions, and demonstrate that the explosion behavior of such hybrid mixture reveals significant differences with respect both vapour and dust explosions; especially a promotion effect on combustion kinetics and on the rate of pressure rise for poor mixtures.
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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne1, Centre national de la recherche scientifique2, Ghent University3, French Institute of Health and Medical Research4, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health5, Blaise Pascal University6, Vrije Universiteit Brussel7, University of California, Los Angeles8, Samsung Medical Center9, University of Massachusetts Medical School10, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center11, Delft University of Technology12, Claude Bernard University Lyon 113, Joseph Fourier University14, Forschungszentrum Jülich15, University of Santiago, Chile16, Curie Institute17
TL;DR: A detailed description of the design and development of GATE is given by the OpenGATE collaboration, whose continuing objective is to improve, document and validate GATE by simulating commercially available imaging systems for PET and SPECT.
Abstract: Monte Carlo simulation is an essential tool in emission tomography that can assist in the design of new medical imaging devices, the optimization of acquisition protocols and the development or assessment of image reconstruction algorithms and correction techniques. GATE, the Geant4 Application for Tomographic Emission, encapsulates the Geant4 libraries to achieve a modular, versatile, scripted simulation toolkit adapted to the field of nuclear medicine. In particular, GATE allows the description of time-dependent phenomena such as source or detector movement, and source decay kinetics. This feature makes it possible to simulate time curves under realistic acquisition conditions and to test dynamic reconstruction algorithms. This paper gives a detailed description of the design and development of GATE by the OpenGATE collaboration, whose continuing objective is to improve, document and validate GATE by simulating commercially available imaging systems for PET and SPECT. Large effort is also invested in the ability and the flexibility to model novel detection systems or systems still under design. A public release of GATE licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License can be downloaded at http:/www-lphe.epfl.ch/GATE/. Two benchmarks developed for PET and SPECT to test the installation of GATE and to serve as a tutorial for the users are presented. Extensive validation of the GATE simulation platform has been started, comparing simulations and measurements on commercially available acquisition systems. References to those results are listed. The future prospects towards the gridification of GATE and its extension to other domains such as dosimetry are also discussed.
1,899 citations
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TL;DR: A framework for model driven engineering is set out, which proposes an organisation of the modelling 'space' and how to locate models in that space, and identifies the need for defining families of languages and transformations, and for developing techniques for generating/configuring tools from such definitions.
Abstract: The Object Management Group's (OMG) Model Driven Architecture (MDA) strategy envisages a world where models play a more direct role in software production, being amenable to manipulation and transformation by machine. Model Driven Engineering (MDE) is wider in scope than MDA. MDE combines process and analysis with architecture. This article sets out a framework for model driven engineering, which can be used as a point of reference for activity in this area. It proposes an organisation of the modelling 'space' and how to locate models in that space. It discusses different kinds of mappings between models. It explains why process and architecture are tightly connected. It discusses the importance and nature of tools. It identifies the need for defining families of languages and transformations, and for developing techniques for generating/configuring tools from such definitions. It concludes with a call to align metamodelling with formal language engineering techniques.
1,476 citations
TL;DR: An overview on the state‐of‐the‐art antimicrobial nanosized metal‐based compounds is provided, including metal and metal oxide nanoparticles as well as transition metal nanosheets, and their biomedical applications such as catheters, implants, medical delivery systems, tissue engineering, and dentistry.
352 citations
TL;DR: A comprehensive review of the advances made over the past few decades in the areas of synthesis, properties, and applications of metal-based energetic nanomaterials is provided in this paper.
268 citations