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Coventry University
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About: Coventry University is a education organization based out in Coventry, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Higher education. The organization has 4964 authors who have published 12700 publications receiving 255898 citations. The organization is also known as: Lanchester Polytechnic & Coventry Polytechnic.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the most suitable available technology for waste PCBs, typically categorized as manually dismantling and automatic approaches in developing and developed countries, respectively, to achieve better sustainability and recyclability for waste printed circuit boards, nonmetal powder and precious metals should be developed for a deep recovery following mechanical treatment.
Abstract: For waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), large quantities of waste printed circuit boards (PCBs) are released into environment. In light of their characteristics including complex structures, high metals content and potential hazards, waste PCBs are regarded as the most difficult parts of WEEE to be recycled. Therefore in recent ten years, the issue has attracted much attention from researchers and enterprises. This article reviews the latest processes of waste PCBs developed from laboratories to pilot engineering applications, and presents the most suitable available technology for waste PCBs, typically categorized as manually dismantling and automatic approaches in developing and developed countries, respectively. Towards achieving the better sustainability and recyclability for waste PCBs, nonmetal powder and precious metals should be developed for a deep recovery following mechanical treatment. Additionally, a significant shift is emerging from dismantling for recycling of printed wiring boards, to disassembling for remanufacturing of electronic components, which will indicate that a new paradigm of reclaiming waste PCBs is shaping.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the information geometry for a number of solvable statistical-mechanical models has been studied and the scalar curvature of a non-interacting model has a flat geometry (R = 0) while R diverges at the critical point of an interacting one.
Abstract: The introduction of a metric onto the space of parameters in models in statistical mechanics and beyond gives an alternative perspective on their phase structure. In such a geometrisation, the scalar curvature, R , plays a central role. A non-interacting model has a flat geometry ( R =0) , while R diverges at the critical point of an interacting one. Here, the information geometry is studied for a number of solvable statistical–mechanical models.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of adding boron nitride (BN) sheets and graphene platelets (GnPs) on the mechanical properties and thermal conductivity of epoxy resin was investigated and compared.
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TL;DR: A new hierarchical, two-level approach to inventory management and control in supply chains (SCs) is presented, which operates under uncertainty in customer demand, which is described by imprecise terms and modelled by fuzzy sets.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined three methods and applied them to six years (2001-2006) of MODIS LST data collected over the region of the 2001 Gujarat (India) earthquake, which previous studies have identified as a site exhibiting possible pre-seismic and post seismic thermal anomalies.
Abstract: [1] There are many reports of land surface temperature (LST) anomalies appearing prior to large earthquakes. A number of methods have been applied in hindcast mode to identify these anomalies, using infrared datasets collected from Earth-orbiting remote sensing satellites. Here we examine three such methods and apply them to six years (2001–2006) of MODIS LST data collected over the region of the 2001 Gujarat (India) earthquake, which previous studies have identified as a site exhibiting possible pre-seismic and post-seismic thermal anomalies. Methods 1 and 2 use an LST differencing technique, while Method 3, the Robust Satellite Technique (RST), has been developed specifically for the identification of thermal anomalies within spatio-temporal datasets. In relation to the Gujarat Earthquake, results from Methods 1 and 2 (LST differencing) indicate that changes previously reported to be potential precursory thermal ‘anomalies’ appear instead to occur within the range of normal thermal variability. Results obtained with Method 3 (RST) do appear to show significant ‘anomalies’ around the time of the earthquake, but we find these to be related to positive biases caused by the presence of MODIS LST data gaps, attributable to cloud cover and mosaicing of neighboring orbits of data. Currently, therefore, we find no convincing evidence of LST precursors to the 2001 Gujarat earthquake, and urge care in the use of approaches aimed at identifying such seismic thermal anomalies.
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Xiang Zhang | 154 | 1733 | 117576 |
Zidong Wang | 122 | 914 | 50717 |
Stephen Joseph | 95 | 485 | 45357 |
Andrew Smith | 87 | 1025 | 34127 |
John F. Allen | 79 | 401 | 23214 |
Craig E. Banks | 77 | 569 | 27520 |
Philip L. Smith | 75 | 291 | 24842 |
Tim H. Sparks | 69 | 315 | 19997 |
Nadine E. Foster | 68 | 320 | 18475 |
Michael G. Burton | 66 | 519 | 16736 |
Sarah E Lamb | 65 | 395 | 28825 |
Michael Gleeson | 65 | 234 | 17603 |
David Alexander | 65 | 520 | 16504 |
Timothy J. Mason | 65 | 225 | 15810 |
David S.G. Thomas | 63 | 228 | 14796 |