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Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Education•Worcester, Massachusetts, United States•
About: Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a education organization based out in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Computer science & Population. The organization has 6270 authors who have published 12704 publications receiving 332081 citations. The organization is also known as: WPI.
Topics: Computer science, Population, Data envelopment analysis, Nonlinear system, Finite element method
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TL;DR: In this article, a mixed-conducting perovskite dense membrane reactor at 850°C was used for the partial oxidation of methane to synthesis gas (syngas, CO + H2).
Abstract: The partial oxidation of methane to synthesis gas (syngas, CO + H2) was performed in a mixed-conducting perovskite dense membrane reactor at 850°C, in which oxygen was separated from air and simultaneously fed into the methane stream. Steady-state oxygen permeation rates for La1-xA′xFe0.8 Co0.2O3-δ perovskite membranes in nonreacting air/helium experiments were in the order of A′x = Ba0.8 > Ba0.6 > Ca0.6 > Sr0.6. Deep oxidation products were obtained from a La0.2 Ba0.8 Fe0.8 Co0.2 O3–δ disk-shaped membrane reactor without catalyst, with a 4.6% CH4 inlet stream. These products were further reformed to syngas when a downstream catalytic bed was added. Packing the 5% Ni/Al2O3 catalyst directly on the membrane reaction-side surface resulted in a slow fivefold increase in O2 permeation, and a fourfold increase in CH4 conversion. XRD, EDS, and SEM analyses revealed structure and composition changes on the membrane surfaces. Oxygen continuously transported from the air side appeared to stabilize the membrane interior, and the reactor was operated for up to 850 h.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an analytical supply chain planning model that can be used to examine the supply chain performance at the tactical/operational planning level under carbon pricing and carbon emissions trading.
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TL;DR: Testing the hypothesis that metal specificity is determined by conserved amino acids located in the equivalent transmembrane segments of P1B-type ATPases showed that although H6 contains characteristic CPX or XPC sequences, conserving amino acids in H7 and H8 provide signature sequences that predict the metal selectivity in each of five P 1B-ATPase subgroups identified.
Abstract: P1B-type ATPases transport a variety of metals (Cd2+, Zn2+, Pb2+, Co2+, Cu2+, Ag+, Cu+) across biomembranes. Characteristic sequences CP[C/H/S] in transmembrane fragment H6 were observed in the putative transporting metal site of the founding members of this subfamily (initially named CPx-ATPases). In spite of their importance for metal homeostasis and biotolerance, their mechanisms of ion selectivity are not understood. Studies of better-characterized P(II)-type ATPases (Ca-ATPase and Na,K-ATPase) have identified three transmembrane segments that participate in ion binding and transport. Testing the hypothesis that metal specificity is determined by conserved amino acids located in the equivalent transmembrane segments of P1B-type ATPases (H6, H7, and H8), 234 P1B-ATPase protein sequences were analyzed. This showed that although H6 contains characteristic CPX or XPC sequences, conserved amino acids in H7 and H8 provide signature sequences that predict the metal selectivity in each of five P1B-ATPase subgroups identified. These invariant amino acids contain diverse side chains (thiol, hydroxyl, carbonyl, amide, imidazolium) that can participate in transient metal coordination during transport and consequently determine the particular metal selectivity of each enzyme. Each subgroup shares additional structural characteristics such as the presence (or absence) of particular amino-terminal metal-binding domains and the number of putative transmembrane segments. These differences suggest unique functional characteristics for each subgroup in addition to their particular metal specificity.
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TL;DR: A discrete time model for dynamic fracture based on crack regularization that naturally recovers several features, such as the elastic wave speed as an upper bound on crack speed, and crack branching for sufficiently rapid boundary displacements is proposed.
Abstract: We propose a discrete time model for dynamic fracture based on crack regularization. The advantages of our approach are threefold: first, our regularization of the crack set has been rigorously shown to converge to the correct sharp-interface energy Ambrosio and Tortorelli (Comm. Pure Appl. Math., 43(8): 999–1036 (1990); Boll. Un. Mat. Ital. B (7), 6(1):105–123, 1992); second, our condition for crack growth, based on Griffith’s criterion, matches that of quasi-static settings Bourdin (Interfaces Free Bound 9(3): 411–430, 2007) where Griffith originally stated his criterion; third, solutions to our model converge, as the time-step tends to zero, to solutions of the correct continuous time model Larsen (Math Models Methods Appl Sci 20:1021–1048, 2010). Furthermore, in implementing this model, we naturally recover several features, such as the elastic wave speed as an upper bound on crack speed, and crack branching for sufficiently rapid boundary displacements. We conclude by comparing our approach to so-called “phase-field” ones. In particular, we explain why phase-field approaches are good for approximating free boundaries, but not the free discontinuity sets that model fracture.
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TL;DR: A sustainable innovation criteria framework for investigating sustainable supply chains in manufacturing companies is proposed and a sample of five Indian manufacturing companies are used to evaluate and prioritise the sustainable innovation management criteria, using the ‘best–worst’ multi-criteria decision-making model.
Abstract: Sustainability is hinged on innovation. The importance of sustainable innovation management in sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) cannot be underestimated. Studies on SSCM have emphasised t...
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Andrew G. Clark | 140 | 823 | 123333 |
Ming Li | 103 | 1669 | 62672 |
Joseph Sarkis | 101 | 482 | 45116 |
Arthur C. Graesser | 95 | 614 | 38549 |
Kevin J. Harrington | 85 | 682 | 33625 |
Kui Ren | 83 | 501 | 32490 |
Bart Preneel | 82 | 844 | 25572 |
Ming-Hui Chen | 82 | 525 | 29184 |
Yuguang Fang | 79 | 572 | 20715 |
Wenjing Lou | 77 | 311 | 29405 |
Bernard Lown | 73 | 330 | 20320 |
Joe Zhu | 72 | 231 | 19017 |
Y.S. Lin | 71 | 304 | 16100 |
Kevin Talbot | 71 | 268 | 15669 |
Christof Paar | 69 | 399 | 21790 |