For edging/trimming operations in hardwood sawmills, an operator examines both sides—or just the waney-edged side—of each board, and makes a quick assessment of grade potential. The operator then decides where to edge and/or trim the board to achieve the intended grade and, presumably, maximum value. However, human operators can only achieve lumber values that are 62-78% of optimal. To achieve ...

The rings considered in this article are commutative with identity $1neq 0$. By a proper ideal of a ring $R$,  we mean an ideal $I$ of $R$ such that $Ineq R$.  We say that a proper ideal $I$ of a ring $R$ is a  maximal non-prime ideal if $I$ is not a prime ideal of $R$ but any proper ideal $A$ of $R$ with $ Isubseteq A$ and $Ineq A$ is a prime ideal. That is, among all the proper ideals of $R$,...

The existence of maximal and minimal solutions for initialboundary value problems and the Cauchy initial value problem associated with Lu — f(x, t, u, Vu) where L is a second order uniformly parabolic differential operator is obtained by constructing maximal and minimal solutions from all possible lower and all possible upper solutions, respectively. This approach allows / to be highly nonlinea...

in this paper, the notion of maximal m-open set is introduced and itsproperties are investigated. some results about existence of maximal m-open setsare given. moreover, the relations between maximal m-open sets in an m-spaceand maximal open sets in the corresponding generated topology are considered.our results are supported by examples and counterexamples.

introduction: good functional capacity has a high negative predictive value (npv) in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease (cad) similar to a normal gated myocardial perfusion imaging (gmpi). aim of this study was to evaluate npv of functional capacity during treadmill exercise in patients with normal gmpi in pakistani population. methods: this was a prospective study which ...

We consider a centralized network model representing a teleprocessing or a centralized computer communication network. The network is topologically described by a tree structure. A single central node represents a data-processing center, while the other nodes correspond to remote terminals. A maximal average message delay value is prescribed. A cost function is assumed to incorporate a term rep...

In this paper, the notion of maximal m-open set is introduced and itsproperties are investigated. Some results about existence of maximal m-open setsare given. Moreover, the relations between maximal m-open sets in an m-spaceand maximal open sets in the corresponding generated topology are considered.Our results are supported by examples and counterexamples.

‎Let $G$ be a finite group‎. ‎By $MT(G)=(m_1,cdots,m_k)$ we denote the type of‎ ‎conjugacy classes of maximal subgroups of $G$‎, ‎which implies that $G$ has exactly $k$ conjugacy classes of‎ ‎maximal subgroups and $m_1,ldots,m_k$ are the numbers of conjugates‎ ‎of maximal subgroups of $G$‎, ‎where $m_1leqcdotsleq m_k$‎. ‎In this paper‎, ‎we‎ ‎give some new characterizations of finite groups by ...

We consider reversible work extraction from two finite reservoirs of perfect gases with given initial temperatures T+ and T−, when the final values of the temperatures are known but they can be assigned to specific reservoirs only probabilistically. Using inference, we characterize the reduced performance resulting from this uncertainty. The estimates for the efficiency reveal that uncertainty ...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the effectiveness of respiratory physiotherapy based on clinical evidence and analyze the improvement in respiratory parameters. METHODS A prospective study was carried out in the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit of the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Two different previously established respiratory physiotherapy protocols were applied from days D-1 to D+7 th...