Database cracking has been an area of active research in recent years. The core idea of database cracking is to create indexes adaptively and incrementally as a side-product of query processing. Several works have proposed different cracking techniques for different aspects including updates, tuple-reconstruction, convergence, concurrency-control, and robustness. However, there is a lack of any...

The efficiency of the application of high-emissivity coatings on the furnace walls in steam cracking technology can only be evaluated on the asis of a description of radiative heat transfer distinguishing between the frequency bands. To this end, a non-grey gas radiation model based on he exponential wide band model (EWBM) has been developed and applied in the context of three-dimensional CFD s...

Cold in-place recycling (CIR) is a cost-effective treatment for deteriorated pavements, and a recent FHWA policy statement recommends recycled materials be considered for all paving projects. A survey of 38 state departments of transportation by the Rocky Mountain User Producer Group found that many routinely use the technique, but there are some problems with performance reliability, specifica...