Valuing the flexibility of flexible manufacturing systems by Kulatilaka, Nalin

“…It emphasizes the importance of ex ante economic justification of flexible manufacturing systems and proposes a way to modify existing capital budgeting techniques to incorporate the special features of flexibility. …”
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An aggregate model of petroleum production capacity and supply forecasting by Adelman, Morris Albert, Paddock, James Lester

“…The relationships between geologic and economic characteristics are analyzed and a system of equations representing the inertial process model are derived. …”
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Creating an Interdisciplinary Introductory Chemistry Course without Time-Intensive Curriculum Changes by Taylor, Elizabeth Vogel, Mitchell, Rudolph, Drennan, Catherine L.

“…Additionally, early exposure to the applications of chemistry may be particularly relevant for the recruitment of underrepresented minorities and students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds into the sciences, since research indicates that students from lower economic backgrounds value college majors with clear career applications (5).…”
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Quantification of excess risk for diabetes for those born in times of hunger, in an entire population of a nation, across a century by Szell, Michael, Thurner, Stefan, Klimek, Peter, Duftschmid, Georg, Endel, Gottfried, Kautzky-Willer, Alexandra, Kasper, David C.

“…We show that diabetes rates exhibit nontrivial, age-specific sex differences, and correlate with the economic wealth of the region. Our results might be of relevance for establishing higher awareness in the health system for those born in high-risk years, and underline the importance of ensuring sufficient nutrition in prenatal and early stages of life.…”
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Disconnected from Discourse: Women's Radio Listening in Rural Samangan, Afghanistan by Kamal, Sarah

“…Understanding women’s radio access and listening, particularly in economically depressed, remote areas of Afghanistan is an important step in understanding the impact and effectiveness of the investments being made in the media sector. …”
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Solving water quality management problem through combined genetic algorithm and fuzzy simulation by Xu, T. Y., Qin, Xiaosheng

“…A conservative planning scheme could bring a more reliable system, but would be less economically attractive. Conversely, planning towards a higher system benefit would lead to a higher risk of system failure. …”
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A hierarchical cooperation formation model for downlink data transmission in mobile infostation networks by Li, Yifan, Wang, Ping, Niyato, Dusit, Han, Zhu

“…Mobile infostation network is proposed as a new network paradigm to provide users with wireless data services, and a good tradeoff between the connectivity requirement and economic investment can be achieved. Mobile infostation network can offload delay-tolerant traffic from cellular network leaving more resource for mobile real-time applications. …”
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Platform chemical production from food wastes using a biorefinery concept by Uçkun Kıran, Esra, Trzcinski, Antoine P., Liu, Yu

“…Compared with animal feed or traditional fuel for transportation, platform chemicals obviously have higher economic value, i.e. more profitable. Recently, technologies for production of value added bio-products (e.g. organic acids, biodegradable polymers, etc.) from various kinds of food wastes have gained more and more interest. …”
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An exploratory study on consumers' purchase of counterfeits in the context of luxury designer brands. by Koh, Christabel Sze Yinn., Lim, Serene Joo Shi., Ng, Carine Kai Ling.

“…Counterfeiting has become an economic problem that is of international importance and it has led to the formulation of various countermeasures that are based on lawful, political, administrative/business techniques. …”
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EMRQ : an efficient multi-keyword range query scheme in smart grid auction market by Lu, Rongxing, Li, Hongwei, Yang, Yi, Wen, Mi, Luo, Hongwei

“…With the increasing electricity consumption and the wide application of renewable energy sources, energy auction attracts a lot of attention due to its economic benefits. Many schemes have been proposed to support energy auction in smart grid. …”
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Development of 3D printable construction materials by Toh, Fen Hui

“…This comes from the fact that the construction industry is risk adverse and conservative in its practice, but it is also due to some technical, economic and social challenges that need to be overcome to unlock the possible opportunities from 3DCP in the building sector. …”
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The history of the Kallang River and Kallang Basin : filling in a gap in Singapore’s colonial historiography by Cheang, Tze Mun

“…It argues that the Kallang Basin developed into a regional hub for Southeast Asia and the Kallang River developed into a waterway connecting the inland settlements economic activities with the regional trade at the Basin while becoming a centre of new industries and local infrastructure. …”
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The life of a matriarch : a social history of Nyonyas in British Singapore, 1880-1940 by Yew, Charmaine Qian Le

“…The advantages reaped by Chinese baba men and their role in perpetuating this communal identity have been widely studied to justify their high socio-economic status under the British colonial administration. …”
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The value of sharing inland transportation services in a dry port system by Qiu, Xuan, Lam, Jasmine Siu Lee

“…Numerical studies are conducted to investigate the sensitivity of the economic and environmental value of sharing with respect to various system parameters. …”
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Cloud asset-enabled integrated IoT platform for lean prefabricated construction by Xu, Gangyan, Li, Ming, Chen, Chun-Hsien, Wei, Yongchang

“…Its operation model has also been worked out to enable SMEs to adopt IoT technologies economically and flexibly. Besides, to make the platform compatible and scalable on managing diverse physical assets in different companies and scenarios, a unified cloud asset data model is proposed. …”
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Climate change and conflict in West Africa by Raji, Rafiq

“…West Africa is particularly vulnerable due to its high climate variability, heavy reliance on rain-fed agriculture and limited economic and institutional capacity to offset the consequent scarcity and conflict effects.This paper identifies evidence linking climate change and conflict, traces the impact on the population of the West African region, and describes a case, set in West Africa, of conflicts arising from climate change. …”
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Icephobic materials : fundamentals, performance evaluation, and applications by Shen, Yizhou, Wu, Xinghua, Tao, Jie, Zhu, Chunling, Lai, Yuekun, Chen, Zhong

“…Ice accretion may cause malfunction or serious performance degradation in outdoor facilities and structures, such as aircraft, ship, locks and dams, offshore platforms, solar panels, wind turbines, power transmission towers and lines, and sports facilities, leading to huge economic loss or even loss of human lives. Icephobic materials, typically applied in the form of coatings, have received growing attention in the last decade. …”
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Soft clay stabilization using ladle slag-ground granulated blastfurnace slag blend by Xu, Bo, Yi, Yaolin

“…There is a great amount of LS generated worldwide every year and the current solution is simply landfilling it, which causes both economic and environmental issues. This study attempts to use LS to activate ground granulated blastfurnace slag (GGBS) for stabilization of soft clay, as well as immobilization of heavy metals in LS. …”
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On the robustness of complex systems with multipartitivity structures under node attacks by Cai, Qing, Alam, Sameer, Liu, Jiming

“…Complex systems in the real world inevitably suffer from unpredictable perturbations, which can trigger system disasters, wreaking significant economical losses. To exploit the robustness of complex systems in the face of disturbances is of great significance. …”
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Traversing history through translating colloquial names of old streets and places in Singapore by Yong, Chui Yi

“…Despite this being a translation of a local text for the local audience, rendition of the text is carefully crafted considering the cultural strangeness in respect of the spatial and temporal gap ergo the dynamic evolutions in local language and socio-economic landscapes. It is therefore befitting that the translation adopts the German functionalist approach with a locus on the skopos of the target text and the socio-cultural context. …”
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