In case of leasing, the user rents equipment for a predetermined time. During this period, all maintenance actions are performed by the lessor. In this research paper, the aim consists to determine an optimal maintenance policy for ensuring a minimum reliability, required by the customer. Two strategies are proposed: the first consists to perform preventive actions whenever the system reliabili...

The objective of the research is to develop a robot farming system using multiple robots. The research will discuss the application of multiple robots in Japan agriculture for rice, wheat and soybean. The robot farming system includes a rice planting robot, a seeding robot, a robot tractor, a combine robot harvester and various implements attached on the robot tractor. One of the key elements o...

The purpose of this study is to determine the cost-effectiveness of various ways of providing housing services for low-income families through the leased public housing approach, whereby a local housing authority leases from the private sector and·sublets to tenants for no more than 25 percent of their adjusted incomes. The paper compares the cost-effectiveness of programs involving the leasing...

Organic farming provides many benefits in Indonesia: it can improve soil quality, food quality and soil carbon sequestration. This study was designed to compare soil carbon sequestration levels between conventional and organic rice farming fields in west Java, Indonesia. The results from soil analysis indicate that organic farming leads to soil with significantly higher soil carbon storage capa...

Sustainable supply of food and energy without posing any threat to environment is the current demand of our society in view of continuous increase in global human population and depletion of natural resources of energy. Cyanobacteria have recently emerged as potential candidates who can fulfill abovementioned needs due to their ability to efficiently harvest solar energy and convert it into bio...

Socio-economic improvement of rural people especially women is one of the challenges in Bangladesh. While integrated farming system is the potential area of working opportunity of the women to improve their socio-economic conditions. Considering this issue, this paper was to examine the improvement of socio-economic status of women with increased participation in so-called “Integrated Farming S...

An approach of iterative predictive learning control (IPLC) is studied with consideration to both precise train trajectory tracking and energy efficient operation. Through designing the predictive cost function, the IPLC approach for input-affine nonlinear systems is formulated and solved in this paper. Its application to train operation is detailed to compromise between punctuality and energy ...

My wife leased a 2002 Acura MDX with one of the first OEM in-dash nav systems. I have been a convert ever since – we’ve leased four Acuras now with in-dash nav, and I will not own a car without it. The software has improved with every vehicle. Even in my hometown, I use the “go home” feature constantly. GPS user testimonial circa 2005. (Cooley, 2005) Jeff Robbins Rutgers University, USA GPS: A ...

this article which is aimed at regulating the change of laws in legislative system of islamic republic of iran, intends to shed light over a significant change which has recently been taken place in the inheritance law of iran. (articles 946-949 of civl law of iran). this is analyzed from various view points such as historical, political, social, economic, legal and juridical aspect. the probab...