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João Paulo Oliveira Marum, H. Conrad Cunningham, J. Adam Jones and Yi Liu
Two recent studies addressed the problem of reducing transitional turbulence in applications developed in C# on .NET. The first study investigated this problem in desktop and Web GUI applications and the second in virtual and augmented reality applicatio...
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Helena M. Ramos, Modesto Pérez-Sánchez, Prajwal S. M. Guruprasad, Armando Carravetta, Alban Kuriqi, Oscar E. Coronado-Hernández, João F. P. Fernandes, Paulo J. Costa Branco and Petra Amparo López-Jiménez
The world?s water infrastructures suffer from inefficiencies, such as high energy consumption and water losses due to inadequate management practices and feeble pressure regulation, leading to frequent water and energy losses. This strains vital water an...
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Sílvia de Castro Pereira, Eduardo J. Solteiro Pires and Paulo B. de Moura Oliveira
A new algorithm based on the ant colony optimization (ACO) method for the multiple traveling salesman problem (mTSP) is presented and defined as ACO-BmTSP. This paper addresses the problem of solving the mTSP while considering several salesmen and keepin...
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Eduardo M. Calvo, Mario J. Pinheiro and Paulo A. Sá
This work aims to optimize a previous self-consistent model of a single stage electrohydrodynamic (EHD) thruster for space applications. The investigated parameters were the thruster performance (propulsion force T, the thrust to power ratio T/P, the ele...
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Mario A. Leiva, Alejandro J. García, Paulo Shakarian and Gerardo I. Simari
Decision support tools are key components of intelligent sociotechnical systems, and their successful implementation faces a variety of challenges, including the multiplicity of information sources, heterogeneous format, and constant changes. Handling su...
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P. Mendonça dos Santos, António J. Serralheiro, Beatriz Borges, João Paulo N. Torres and Ana Charas
This work studies two circuit topologies to step-up the voltage supplied by an organic photovoltaic (OPV) cell. Comparison and validation of the proposed topologies are accomplished throughout analytical, simulation, and experimental results. Two circuit...
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Diogo E. Moreira da Silva, Eduardo J. Solteiro Pires, Arsénio Reis, Paulo B. de Moura Oliveira and João Barroso
In Portugal, the dropout rate of university courses is around 29%. Understanding the reasons behind such a high desertion rate can drastically improve the success of students and universities. This work applies existing data mining techniques to predict ...
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João Paulo Costalonga, Robert J. Kingan and Sandra R. Kingan
A 3-connected graph is minimally 3-connected if removal of any edge destroys 3-connectivity. We present an algorithm for constructing minimally 3-connected graphs based on the results in (Dawes, JCTB 40, 159-168, 1986) using two operations: adding an edg...
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Maria A. Neto, Luis Roseiro, Ana Messias, Rui I. Falacho, Paulo J. Palma and Ana M. Amaro
The findings of this work might be used in the design of restorations of premolars.
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Pedro J. Sousa, Francisco Barros, Paulo J. Tavares and Pedro M. G. P. Moreira
Rotating structures are important and commonly used in the transportation and energy generation fields, where a better understanding of the deformations these structures endure is essential for both the design and maintenance phases. This work presents a...
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