This study has designing the model that uses case-based reasoning (CBR) in order to use materials model and cost mode in management application. It intends to improve system effect through expression the method for case, the method for retrieving materials model and cost model, the method for materials model, and cost modeling procedure through case-based reasoning then it ultimately aims at im...

this paper presents a simple methodology for cost estimation of a near optimal heat exchanger network, which comprises mixed materials of construction. intraditional pinch technology and mathematical programming it is usually assumed that all heat exchangers in a network obey a single cost model. this implies that all heat exchangers  in a network are of the same type and use the same materials...

this research aims to apply a model to the study and analysis of environmental and natural resource costs created in supply chains of goods and services produced in thailand, and propose indicators for environmental problem management, caused by goods and services production, based on concepts of sustainable production and consumer behavior. the research showed that the highest environmental co...

Rail transportation plays a critical role to safely and efficiently transport hazardous materials. A number of strategies have been implemented or are being developed to reduce the risk of hazardous materials release from train accidents. Each of these risk reduction strategies has its safety benefit and corresponding implementation cost. However, the cost effectiveness of the integration of di...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW In February 2006, this journal summarized the scientific and psychosocial data generated about the first generation of prophylactic human papilloma virus vaccines. Since then, the world has held its breath, as the first vaccine to be aimed at the prevention of cancer has made its global debut. We look at this debut in the context of recent findings. RECENT FINDINGS Many coun...

With an increased use of composite materials follows a need for rational, cost-efficient manufacturing processes. This paper explores how off-the-shelf solutions, developed for other purposes than composite manufacturing, can be used to build systems for automated composite manufacturing. Three demonstrators, each of them dealing with a specific type of material and all of them representing dif...

INTRODUCTION The Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital Hemobiotherapy Department, Paris, France, has been providing extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) since November 2011, and started using the Therakos® CELLEX® fully integrated system in 2012. This report summarizes our single-center experience of transitioning from the use of multi-step ECP procedures to the fully integrated ECP system, considering the ...