Expectations to New Carbons

The Gasification Reactivity of Carbons - New Developments

The reactions of chars (or “carbons”) with oxidizing gases are among the most important of industrial reactions. Basic to utilization of any solid fuel, and important in processes ranging from activated carbon production to steel-making, they have been extensively studied for more than a century, e.g., 1,2. It is a tribute to the complexity of the processes involved that they have not yet yield...

New Expectations for Transportation Data

Are There New BM25 Expectations?

In this paper, we present some ideas about possible directions of a new interpretation of the Okapi BM25 ranking formula. In particular, we have focused on a full bayesian approach for deriving a smoothed formula that takes into account a-priori knowledge on the probability of terms. In fact, most of the efforts in improving the BM25 were done in capturing the language model (frequencies, lengt...

New Perspectives on the Structure of Graphitic Carbons

Graphitic formsof carbonare important inawidevariety of applications, ranging frompollution control to composite materials, yet the structure of these carbons at the molecular level is poorly understood. The discovery of fullerenes and fullerene-related structures such as carbon nanotubes has given a new perspective on the structure of solid carbon. This review aims to show how the new knowledg...

New expectations: Pediatric cochlear implantation in Japan

UNLABELLED FUNDING FOR COCHLEAR IMPLANTS: The Japanese health-care system provides universal health coverage for the entire 127 million population of Japan. This includes all aspects of cochlear implantation, from diagnosis to implantation to mapping and habilitation aftercare. Japan has the third largest developed economy; however, the uptake rate for cochlear implants is lower than that of co...