Improving Kd-tree quality at a reasonable construction cost

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexei Soupikov ◽  
Maxim Shevtsov ◽  
Alexander Kapustin
Keyword(s):  
Construction Cost ◽  
Tree Quality

High-voltage Electron Microscopy: Where it is and where it may be going

1995 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 80-81
Author(s):  
Charles W. Allen
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
High Voltage ◽  
Construction Cost ◽  
Research Community ◽  
High Voltage Electron Microscopy ◽  
Voltage Electron ◽  
High Voltage Electron ◽  
Materials Research

High voltage TEMs were introduced commercially thirty years ago, with the installations of 500 kV Hitachi instruments at the Universities of Nogoya and Tokyo. Since that time a total of 51 commercial instruments, having maximum accelerating potentials of 0.5-3.5 MV, have been delivered. Prices have gone from about a dollar per volt for the early instruments to roughly twenty dollars per volt today, which is not so unreasonable considerinp inflation and vastly improved electronics and other improvements. The most expensive HVEM (the 3.5 MV instrument at Osaka University) cost about 5 percent of the construction cost of the USA's latest synchrotron.Table 1 briefly traces the development of HVEM in this country for the materials sciences. There are now only three available instruments at two sites: the 1.2 MeV HVEM at Argonne National Lab, and 1.0 and 1.5 MeV instruments at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Fortunately, both sites are user facilities funded by DOE for the materials research community.

Cyclanilide Spray Increases Branching in Containerized Whip Production

2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 221-228
Author(s):  
Petra Sternberg ◽  
Daniel K. Struve
Keyword(s):  
Shoot Elongation ◽  
Major Goal ◽  
Mature Tree ◽  
Lateral Branching ◽  
Reduced Height ◽  
Second Year ◽  
One Year ◽  
Tree Quality ◽  
Tree Pruning ◽  
Number Of Branches

Abstract A major goal in the production of tree whips is to produce appropriately sized, well-branched liners with a crown form similar to that of a mature tree. Pruning is used to induce lateral branching. This can result in poor tree quality, reduced growth and the practice is labor intensive. An alternative to mechanical pruning, foliar Cyclanilide® (CYC) sprays at 0, 56, 1 12 and 223 ppm were applied to container grown whips to determine its effect on branching of Amelanchier; Cercis, Malus and Tilia whips. Most species responded to CYC sprays with increased lateral branching if treated during active shoot elongation. Cyclanilide® sprays of 1 12 ppm produced the greatest number of branches. Sprays at 56 ppm resulted in reduced branching (relative to 112 ppm), while sprays of 223 ppm did not increase the number of branches, relative to sprays of 112 ppm, but reduced growth. Cyclanilide® sprays reduced height growth, relative to untreated whips, but did not alter height diameter growth. Cyclanilide® foliar applications to container -grown whips during periods of active shoot elongation increased branching in one-year-old whips that normally do not branch until the second year of production. Further, the origin of lateral branching can be controlled by timing of CYC application. The results indicate that CYC foliar sprays can be an important tool in the production of one-year-old branched whips.

Construction Cost of KP Mill Construction for Bioethanol Production

2015 ◽  
Vol 69 (5) ◽  
pp. 518-531
Author(s):  
Tokiya Yaguchi ◽  
Makoto Iwasaki ◽  
Youichiro Isono
Keyword(s):  
Construction Cost ◽  
Bioethanol Production

scholarly journals The Analysis of Small Investors’ Demands on a Thermal Insulation System for a Family House: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 2491
Author(s):  
Alena Tažiková ◽  
Zuzana Struková ◽  
Mária Kozlovská
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Thermal Insulation ◽  
Construction Cost ◽  
Environmental Cost ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Insulation System ◽  
Insulation Systems ◽  
Small Investors ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Family House

This study deals with small investors’ demands on thermal insulation systems when choosing the most suitable solution for a family house. By 2050, seventy percent of current buildings, including residential buildings, are still expected to be in operation. To reach carbon neutrality, it is necessary to reduce operational energy consumption and thus reduce the related cost of building operations and the cost of the life cycle of buildings. One solution is to adapt envelopes of buildings by proper insulation solutions. To choose an optimal thermal insulation system that will reduce energy consumption of building, it is necessary to consider the environmental cost of insulation materials in addition to the construction cost of the materials. The environmental cost of a material depends on the carbon footprint from the initial origin of the material. This study presents the results of a multi-criteria decision-making analysis, where five different contractors set the evaluation criteria for selection of the optimal thermal insulation system. In their decision-making, they involved the requirements of small investors. The most common requirements were selected: the construction cost, the construction time (represented by the total man-hours), the thermal conductivity coefficient, the diffusion resistance factor, and the reaction to fire. The confidences of the criteria were then determined with the help of the pairwise comparison method. This was followed by multi-criteria decision-making using the method of index coefficients, also known as the method of basic variant. The multi-criteria decision-making included thermal insulation systems based on polystyrene, mineral wool, thermal insulation plaster, and aerogels’ nanotechnology. As a result, it was concluded that, currently, in Slovakia, small investors emphasize the cost of material and the coefficient of thermal conductivity and they do not care as much about the carbon footprint of the material manufacturing, the importance of which is mentioned in this study.

scholarly journals Hospital Construction Cost Affecting Their Lifecycle: An Italian Overview

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 888
Author(s):  
Leopoldo Sdino ◽  
Andrea Brambilla ◽  
Marta Dell’Ovo ◽  
Benedetta Sdino ◽  
Stefano Capolongo
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Construction Cost ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Quality Healthcare ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Early Design Stage ◽  
Hospital Facility ◽  
Italian Context ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Cost Components

The need for 24/7 operation, and the increasing requests of high-quality healthcare services contribute to framing healthcare facilities as a complex topic, also due to the changing and challenging environment and huge impact on the community. Due to its complexity, it is difficult to properly estimate the construction cost in a preliminary phase where easy-to-use parameters are often necessary. Therefore, this paper aims to provide an overview of the issue with reference to the Italian context and proposes an estimation framework for analyzing hospital facilities’ construction cost. First, contributions from literature reviews and 14 case studies were analyzed to identify specific cost components. Then, a questionnaire was administered to construction companies and experts in the field to obtain data coming from practical and real cases. The results obtained from all of the contributions are an overview of the construction cost components. Starting from the data collected and analyzed, a preliminary estimation tool is proposed to identify the minimum and maximum variation in the cost when programming the construction of a hospital, starting from the feasibility phase or the early design stage. The framework involves different factors, such as the number of beds, complexity, typology, localization, technology degree and the type of maintenance and management techniques. This study explores the several elements that compose the cost of a hospital facility and highlights future developments including maintenance and management costs during hospital facilities’ lifecycle.

scholarly journals Experiment and Analysis of Wedge Cutting Angle on Cutting Effect

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Deqiang Yang ◽  
Xuguang Wang ◽  
Yinjun Wang ◽  
Huaming An ◽  
Zhen Lei
Keyword(s):  
Construction Cost ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Tunneling Rate ◽  
Vibration Velocity ◽  
Utilization Rate ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Blasting Vibration ◽  
Cutting Depth ◽  
Vertical Side ◽  
Cutting Angle

In the process of tunnel excavation, large charge wedge cutting blasting is widely used to improve the effect of cut blasting and speed up the excavation rate, which is tantamount to increasing the construction cost. In order to save economic cost and improve cutting blasting effect, wedge cutting models with five different cutting angles were experimented and studied by using concrete materials on the basis of similarity theory analysis. The relationships among cutting depth, blasting volume, blasting fragment, and cutting angle are studied and deduced by the dimensional analysis method. The polynomial fitting of cutting depth, blasting volume, blasting fragment, and cutting angle is carried out according to the experimental data, and the corresponding fitting formula is obtained. The optimum cutting depth, hole utilization rate, blasting volume, and blasting fragment were obtained when the wedge cutting angle was 67° under the same charge. The values were 1.665 × 10−1 m, 92.5%, 8.390 × 10−3 m3, and 49.07 mm, respectively. With the use of TC4850N type blasting vibration meter, the blasting vibrations on the wedge in four directions are tested and analyzed. The results show that when wedge cutting inclination is 65 degrees, the peak vibration velocity is the minimum and the vibration intensity of the wedge cutting inclined side is generally smaller than that of the vertical side. Considering the cutting depth, blasting volume, blasting fragment, blasting vibration hazard, drilling error, tunneling construction cost, and other factors, the 65°∼69° wedge cutting blasting in engineering practice can improve the blasting tunneling rate and increase economic benefits. The experimental results show that the blasting tunneling rate is increased and the economic benefit is increased with the minimum construction tunneling cost, which has certain engineering significance.

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