The quality of joint achievable through ultrasonic welding is highly dependent on the process input parameters. In this study an artificial neural network (ANN) is combined with a genetic algorithm (GA) to develop a ...

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With the advent of genomic selection, bulls are being used in the artificial insemination industry during early puberty. These young bulls produce ejaculates of low volume and low spermatozoa concentration that are ...

Variable angle tow (VAT) laminates that generally exhibit variable stiffness properties not only provide extended design freedom, but also offer beneficial stress distributions. In this paper, the prospect of VAT composite ...

Temperature regulation of liquid bovine semen can be difficult in field situations. Two experiments were carried out to assess the effect of storage temperature on in vitro sperm characteristics and 60-d nonreturn rate ...

One of the cost-intensive issues in managing warehouses is the order picking problem which deals with the retrieval of items from their storage locations in order to meet customer requests. Many solution approaches have ...

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of alkanethiols on gold are a commonly used platform for nanotechnology owing to their ease of preparation and high surface coverage. Unfortunately, the gold−sulfur bond is oxidized at ...

Research on the piezoelectric response of biomolecules has intensified following demonstration of open circuit voltages of over 20 V in biopiezoelectric generators. Organic piezoelectric nanotubes, fibers, and micro-islands ...

Metal-organic materials (MOMs) that contain molecular building blocks (MBBs) or supermolecular building blocks (SBBs) have attracted considerable attention in the field of materials science due to their modular nature ...

This paper presents a study of the software development processes of very small software companies, with a focus on the company’s Software Process Improvement (SPI) activities. SPI has gained an increasing importance in ...