Rapid increasing logistics demands call for high efficiency delivery in cities. Effective city planning of distribution centers is crucial. This paper first analyzes the current situation and constraint of Shanghai distribution centers. Then investment proposal is made for Shanghai distribution center relocation. The facility site selection and layout plan are proposed, and the commitment is ca...

Paraphrase recognition is used in a number of applications such as tutoring systems, question answering systems, and information retrieval systems. The context of our research is the iSTART reading strategy trainer for science texts, which needs to understand and recognize the trainee’s input and respond appropriately. This paper describes the motivation for paraphrase recognition and develops ...

The research of congestion control for Internet reliable multicast is one of the most active fields in reliable multicast protocol research. Many reliable multicast congestion control mechanisms have been put forward. In this paper we present principal problems of congestion control for Internet reliable multicast, analyze solutions and difficulties of solving these problems, and then give a cl...

The computer is a very specialized environment, but money systems have been flexible enough to survive in all kinds of environments. One benefit of using a money system is that they generally result in fair and efficient allocation. Another benefit is that each entity can make its own decision of how much each resource is worth to it. Lastly, money systems have advantages in distributed systems...

In this work we use the concept of a n-valued refined neutrosophic soft sets and its properties to solve decision making problems, Also a similarity measure between two n-valued refined neutrosophic soft sets are proposed. A medical diagnosis (MD) method is established for n-valued refined neutrosophic soft set setting using similarity measures. Lastly a numerical example is given to demonstrat...

Acknowledgements Many thanks to Sam Joseph for discussion, encouragement and ideas of how to put the components of the model together. Many thanks to Al Reid for discussion, encouragement and insights into mental illness. Thanks to my rst and second supervisors, Dr Mark Ellison and Dr Alex Lascarides. Lastly I acknowledge the support of my friend Ruth Cornick. \Happy the Hare in the morning, fo...

The macroanatomy, histology, and fine structure of the avian oviduct is reviewed and related to its role in fertile egg production. The avian oviduct functions as a biological assembly line, beginning sequentially with the deposition of the albumen around the fertilized or unfertilized ovum, then the shell membrane, and lastly, the shell, all within 25 hr of ovulation. While in transit through ...

A 38 years female presented with three episodes of venous thrombosis over one year--first in left femoral vein, next in splenic vein causing haematemesis and malena and lastly in inferior vena cava causing Budd-Chiari syndrome. During third episode, endoscopic cholangiopancreatography and guided biopsy established a diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma at the mid portion of common bile duct. The dis...

Abstract: We first calculate the heat capacities of the nonlinear electrodynamics (NED) black hole for fixed mass and electric charge, and the electric capacitances for fixed mass and entropy. Then, we study the properties of the Ruppeiner thermodynamic geometry of the NED black hole. Lastly, some discussions on the thermal stability of the NED black hole and the implication to the flatness of ...

In the present study, we investigate the symmetry groups of Benney equations that are the system of nonlinear integro-differential equations. We first investigate the symmetry groups of the Benney equations by using the method. Then we obtain all reduced forms of the system of integro-differential equations with fewer variables based on symmetry groups; and lastly, we seek a similarity solution...