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Demand response based congestion management in a mix of pool and bilateral electricity market model

Ashwani KUMAR, Charan SEKHAR

Frontiers in Energy 2012, Volume 6, Issue 2,   Pages 164-178 doi: 10.1007/s11708-012-0187-9

Abstract: The linear bid curves have been considered for demand bids to respond to the congestion in the network

Keywords： bid function     congestion management (CM)     demand response     pool+bilateral electricity market     static var    

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Tender evaluation through efficiency analysis for public construction contracts

Stefan NIEWERTH, Peter VOGT, Markus THEWES

Frontiers of Engineering Management 2022, Volume 9, Issue 1,   Pages 148-158 doi: 10.1007/s42524-020-0119-z

Abstract: Given the European Public Procurement Directive 2014/24/EU, policymakers have ordered the inclusion of various criteria, such as the price, life-cycle costs, environmental, and social aspects, in the evaluation of tenders for public construction projects. Consequently, the relevance of non-monetary award criteria has gained significant value. However, the established evaluation formulas, which are used to obtain the best value for money procurement, have resulted in legal disputes. The existing evaluation formulas exhibit mathematical weaknesses, wherein scoring indices do not express economic efficiency adequately. Thus, a conflict is observed between the political requirement of non-monetary award criteria and their evaluation by contracting authorities. To overcome such dilemma, an extensive literature review is conducted. Specifically, this study explores the essential problems of existing evaluation formulas and develops a more reliable method. The technique from the field of efficiency analysis, i.e., Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), is adopted in this study. For contract awarding, the DEA is extended by introducing a decision theoretical framework. For public procurement, the proposed method combines two advantages. First, the proposed method ensures the derivation of a robust tender ranking given that with respect to clients’ preferences, irrelevant and insufficiently tailored tenders do not influence the scoring. Second, the proposed method supports the intention of policy makers to promote public goals, such as sustainable aspects. By disclosing the strengths and weaknesses of bidders with respect to their competitors, all bidders can obtain a precise overview of their performance regarding the award criteria. In sum, the proposed method allows a targeted improvement of certain criteria values in future tenders and consequently leads to an enhancement of public goals.

Keywords： bid evaluation     public procurement     best value for money     data envelopment analysis     contractor selection    

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Construction engineering management culture shift: Is the lowest tender offer dead?

Eric SCHEEPBOUWER, Douglas D. GRANSBERG, Carla Lopez del PUERTO

Frontiers of Engineering Management 2017, Volume 4, Issue 1,   Pages 49-57 doi: 10.15302/J-FEM-2017014

Abstract: The procurement of public construction projects must walk a fine line between the corruption of state officials and collusion of contractors. The method of awarding projects to the lowest responsible tenderer was originally implemented to guard against corruption of state officials. However, an investigation of the construction industry in the Canadian province of Quebec showed that lowest-tender-offer procurement gave rise to collusion of companies tendering for the contracts. Alternatively, best-value procurement has been used for decades, but here problems arise owing to the necessity of subjective judging of measures other than price to compare bids, giving rise to time- and money-consuming protests. The paper proposes a compelling argument that the construction engineering management (CEM) culture should refocus its efforts on enhancing project cost certainty rather than merely searching for means to design a project in a manner that produces the lowest initial cost, and awards the construction to the lowest tender offer that focuses on cost savings during the project development and delivery process. The difference in the two approaches is subtle but extremely important. To make the transition, the engineering management tools must be advanced to the next level. This means that all project control tools for managing cost, schedule, and technical scope must be transformed from working in the deterministic mode to the stochastic mode, thus making the probability of completing the project within or below its official budget the primary decision criterion. To do so, CEMs must accept that there is a benefit in paying more for an alternative that increases cost certainty for the entire project. The authors of this paper hope that it will provide the grist for a more general dialog across all industry sectors where engineering management is practiced.

Keywords： cost certainty     lowest responsible bid     best value     public procurement     construction engineering management    

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Lung function and air pollution exposure in adults with asthma in Beijing: a 2-year longitudinal panel

Frontiers of Medicine 2022, Volume 16, Issue 4,   Pages 574-583 doi: 10.1007/s11684-021-0882-1

Abstract: The effect of air pollution on the lung function of adults with asthma remains unclear to date.The participants were divided into three groups according to their lung function level at every visitA linear mixed-effect model was applied to predict the change in lung function with each unit changeExposure to CO and PM2.5 was negatively associated with the large airway function of adultsPatients with asthma react differently to air pollutants as evidenced by their lung function levels.

Keywords： lung function     asthma     air pollution     adult    

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The function and regulation of OTU deubiquitinases

Jiansen Du, Lin Fu, Yingli Sui, Lingqiang Zhang

Frontiers of Medicine 2020, Volume 14, Issue 5,   Pages 542-563 doi: 10.1007/s11684-019-0734-4

Abstract: These OTUs show great variation in structure and function, which display a series of mechanistic featuresIn this review, we provide a comprehensive analysis of current progress in character, structure and functionFinally, we summarize the structure of viral OTUs and their function in immune escape and viral survival

Keywords： ubiquitin     OTU deubiquitinases     structure     function     regulation    

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Analogue Difference Balanced Function and Its Applications

Zhang Wenying,Li Shiqu

Strategic Study of CAE 2004, Volume 6, Issue 3,   Pages 45-52

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This paper presents the concept of analogous difference of Boolean function, and call the Booleanfunction an analogue difference balanced function if whose analogous difference is balanced at any nonzeroof analogue bent functions, the paper proposes an efficient and sufficient condition for a logical function

Keywords： Bent function     perfect nonlinear function     2-radical expansion     analogue difference     analogue auto-correlationfunction     analogue difference balanced function    

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Quality Function Deployment Implementation in Construction: A Systematic Literature Review

Elizabeth A. Cudney,William L. Gillis

Frontiers of Engineering Management 2016, Volume 3, Issue 3,   Pages 224-230 doi: 10.15302/J-FEM-2016036

Abstract: Quality function deployment has been successfully used in product development to capture the voice ofQuality function deployment then carries these parameters into production and service to ensure the voiceThe house of quality, a tool within quality function deployment, can provide a means for comparison ofQuality function deployment can effectively link the project phases through design and construction andThe research method used is a systematic literature review from databases related to quality function

Keywords： construction     engineering management     quality function deployment     systematic review    

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Design and evaluation of a novel biopsy needle with hemostatic function

Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering 2023, Volume 18, Issue 2, doi: 10.1007/s11465-022-0738-7

Abstract: Biopsy is a method commonly used for early cancer diagnosis. However, bleeding complications of widely available biopsy are risky for patients. Safer biopsy will result in a more accurate cancer diagnosis and a decrease in the risk of complications. In this article, we propose a novel biopsy needle that can reduce bleeding during biopsy procedures and achieve stable hemostasis. The proposed biopsy needle features a compact structure and can be operated easily by left and right hands. A predictive model for puncture force and tip deflection based on coupled Eulerian–Lagrangian (CEL) method is developed. Experimental results show that the biopsy needle can smoothly deliver the gelatin sponge hemostatic plug into the tissue. Although the hemostatic plug bends, the overall delivery process is stable, and the hemostatic plug retains in the tissue without being affected by the withdrawal of the needle. Further experiments indicate that the specimens are well obtained and evenly distributed in the groove of the outer needle without scattering. Our proposed design of biopsy needle possesses strong ability of hemostasis, tissue cutting, and tissue retention. The CEL model accurately predicts the peak of puncture force and produces close estimation of the insertion force at the postpuncture stage and tip position.

Keywords： cancer diagnosis     biopsy needle     hemostatic function     predictive model     coupled Eulerian−Lagrangian    

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Regulation and function of histone acetyltransferase MOF

Yang Yang, Xiaofei Han, Jingyun Guan, Xiangzhi Li

Frontiers of Medicine 2014, Volume 8, Issue 1,   Pages 79-83 doi: 10.1007/s11684-014-0314-6

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The mammalian MOF (male absent on the first), a member of the MYST (MOZ, YBF2, SAS2, and Tip60) family of histone acetyltransferases (HATs), is the major enzyme that catalyzes the acetylation of histone H4 on lysine 16. Acetylation of K16 is a prevalent mark associated with chromatin decondensation. MOF has recently been shown to play an essential role in maintaining normal cell functions. In this study, we discuss the important roles of MOF in DNA damage repair, apoptosis, and tumorigenesis. We also analyze the role of MOF as a key regulator of the core transcriptional network of embryonic stem cells.

Keywords： MOF     histone acetyltransferase     DNA damage repair     tumorigenesis     embryonic stem cells    

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Transfer function solving, simulating and testing of thermal dynamics characteristics of a ballscrew

Junyong XIA, Bo WU, Youmin HU, Tielin SHI,

Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering 2010, Volume 5, Issue 2,   Pages 233-241 doi: 10.1007/s11465-010-0014-0

Abstract: Based on the theory of heat transfer, the transfer function between the thermal deformation of any pointsolving the amplitude-frequency characteristics and phase-frequency characteristics of the transfer functionby and large accord with the theoretical analyzing result, which shows that the method of transfer function

Keywords： ballscrew     Laplace transform     transfer function     thermal dynamic characteristics    

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Comparison in executive function in Chinese preterm and full-term infants at eight months

Yao Feng, Hong Zhou, Yan Zhang, Anthony Perkins, Yan Wang, Jing Sun

Frontiers of Medicine 2018, Volume 12, Issue 2,   Pages 164-173 doi: 10.1007/s11684-017-0540-9

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Executive function (EF) is increasingly recognized as being responsible for adverse developmental

Keywords： executive function (EF)     preterm infant     working memory     inhibition to prepotent response     inhibition to    

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Calculation of collision frequency function for aerosol particles in free molecule regime in presence

Xiaowei LUO, Yannick BENICHOU, Suyuan YU

Frontiers in Energy 2013, Volume 7, Issue 4,   Pages 506-510 doi: 10.1007/s11708-013-0275-5

Abstract: The collision frequency function for aerosol particles has already been calculated for the free molecule

Keywords： aerosol particles     collision frequency function     coagulation    

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Effects of modafinil on vestibular function during 24 hour sleep deprivation

ZHAN Hao, XIE Sujiang, JIA Hongbo, WEI Sihuang, JING Baisheng

Frontiers of Medicine 2007, Volume 1, Issue 2,   Pages 226-229 doi: 10.1007/s11684-007-0044-0

Abstract: this research was to investigate the effects of modafinil, a new wake-promoting agent, on vestibular functionVestibular function was tested at 21:00 on the first day and 1, 3, 5, 7 h after drug administration.The 24 h SD can influence vestibular function to a certain degree, but modafinil may improve OKN.

Keywords： VVOR     modafinil     Vestibular function     vestibular functional     Initially    

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Improved approach to quality function deployment based on Pythagorean fuzzy sets and application to assembly

Huchang LIAO, Yinghan CHANG, Di WU, Xunjie GOU

Frontiers of Engineering Management 2020, Volume 7, Issue 2,   Pages 196-203 doi: 10.1007/s42524-019-0038-z

Abstract: Quality function deployment (QFD) is an effective method that helps companies analyze customer requirementsTo determine the exact score of each PFS in the evaluation matrix, we develop an improved score function

Keywords： quality function deployment     Pythagorean fuzzy sets     group consensus     combined weights     assembly robot design    

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Enhancing the adsorption function of biochar by mechanochemical graphitization for organic pollutant

Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering 2021, Volume 15, Issue 6, doi: 10.1007/s11783-021-1418-2

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• Mechanochemical treatment reduced the calcination temperature for biochar synthesis.

Keywords： Biochar     Mechanochemical treatment     Graphitization     Calcination temperature     Organic pollutant    

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Demand response based congestion management in a mix of pool and bilateral electricity market model

Ashwani KUMAR, Charan SEKHAR

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Tender evaluation through efficiency analysis for public construction contracts

Stefan NIEWERTH, Peter VOGT, Markus THEWES

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Construction engineering management culture shift: Is the lowest tender offer dead?

Eric SCHEEPBOUWER, Douglas D. GRANSBERG, Carla Lopez del PUERTO

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Lung function and air pollution exposure in adults with asthma in Beijing: a 2-year longitudinal panel

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The function and regulation of OTU deubiquitinases

Jiansen Du, Lin Fu, Yingli Sui, Lingqiang Zhang

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Analogue Difference Balanced Function and Its Applications

Zhang Wenying,Li Shiqu

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Quality Function Deployment Implementation in Construction: A Systematic Literature Review

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Design and evaluation of a novel biopsy needle with hemostatic function

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Regulation and function of histone acetyltransferase MOF

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Transfer function solving, simulating and testing of thermal dynamics characteristics of a ballscrew

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Comparison in executive function in Chinese preterm and full-term infants at eight months

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Calculation of collision frequency function for aerosol particles in free molecule regime in presence

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Effects of modafinil on vestibular function during 24 hour sleep deprivation

ZHAN Hao, XIE Sujiang, JIA Hongbo, WEI Sihuang, JING Baisheng

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Improved approach to quality function deployment based on Pythagorean fuzzy sets and application to assembly

Huchang LIAO, Yinghan CHANG, Di WU, Xunjie GOU

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Enhancing the adsorption function of biochar by mechanochemical graphitization for organic pollutant

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