Municipal solid waste incineration has been identified as a major source of dioxins in the air, leading to the closure of many European incinerators. While gasification of waste and biomass has been considered a more environmentally friendly alternative, ...

The current climate crisis and human overpopulation demands more sustainable technologies for industrial chemical synthesis, such as biorefineries. The aim of this project was to study the potential of two non-model microorganisms to produce industrially ...

We study the M/D/1 queue when jobs have firm deadlines for waiting (or sojourn) time. If a deadline is not met, a job-specific deadline violation cost is incurred. We derive explicit value functions for this M/D/1 queue that enable the development of ...

The effectiveness of a drug treatment regimen relies on the efficient delivery to afflicted target areas. Drug delivery devices aim to achieve a sustained release and maintain a steady drug concentration level that falls within a therapeutic range. ...

The scope of this study is processing onboard fresh fish trawlers, focusing on bleeding and cooling processes and the effects on product quality and shelf-life. In recent years there has been a shift from less valuable frozen products to higher value ...

Software engineers routinely use sketches (informal, ad-hoc drawings) to visualize and communicate complex ideas for colleagues or themselves. We hypothesize that sketching could also be used as a novel interaction modality in integrated software ...

Introduction: Ultimate strength-density relationships for bone have been reported with widely varying results. Reliable bone strength predictions are crucial for many applications that aim to assess bone failure. Bone density and bone morphology have ...

Rhodothermus marinus has the potential to be well suited for biorefineries, as an aerobic thermophile that produces thermostable enzymes and is able to utilize polysaccharides from different 2nd and 3rd generation biomass. The bacterium produces valuable ...

The design, development and deployment of scientific computing applications can be quite complex as they require scientific, High-Performance Computing (HPC), and software engineering expertise. Often, HPC applications are however developed by end users ...

Wood and forestry residues are usually processed as wastes, but they can be recovered to produce electrical and thermal energy through processes of thermochemical conversion of gasification. This study proposes an equilibrium simulation model developed ...