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A biomechanical approach to investigate the effects on the lumbosacral joint, pelvis, and knee joint while of carrying asymmetrical loads, during ground walking.
(2020-08-31)Spinal pain is reasonably considered among the expensive and impairing problems critically disturbing the health of individuals, especially the workforce, in industrially developed countries (Steele et al., 2003). The pain ... -
A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF CO2 EMISSION BETWEEN GASOLINE, ELECTRIC, AND HYBRID VEHICLES: A WELL-TO-WHEEL PERSPECTIVE USING AGENT-BASED MODELING
(2020-08-18)Road transports in the U.S. are almost entirely dependent on the consumption of fossil fuel. This high dependency on fossil fuel is significantly contributing to carbon dioxide (CO2) emission, one of the leading Green House ... -
A design and analysis of computer experiments approach for green building
(2016-12-07)The coming shortage of energy sources and critical environmental impacts are two major factors that have forced a change in product design processes. The shortage of energy sources is related to the limitation on non-renewable ... -
A Dynamic Policing Simulation Framework
(2018-12-11)Crime is a serious problem to a society, and its costs are an economic burden. With the help of technology and developed tools, law enforcement agencies are making significant efforts to combat crime, so as to create a ... -
A HYBRID SYSTEMS MODEL FOR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT BOARDING MANAGEMENT
(2022-08-04)The purpose of this research is to examine methods for minimizing the influence of boarding on emergency department (ED) crowding outcomes. To accomplish this purpose, this research uses a hybrid systems model framework ... -
A MULTI-AGENT DEMAND RESPONSE PLANNING AND OPERATIONAL OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK
(2019-08-29)This research describes a real-time optimization model for multi-agent demand response (DR) from a Load Serving Entity (LSE) perspective. We formulate two infinite horizon stochastic optimization models; specifically, an ... -
A NEW METHOD TO ESTIMATE THE IMPACT ON THE L5/SI SPINAL DISC FROM SPEED LIFTING OF UNSTABLE LOADS, ASYMMETRICALLY
(2020-08-10)Background: The most significant causes of lower back injuries at work are probably from manual lifting activities. Lifting unstable loads pose a significant strain to the lower back and can cause debilitating lumbar spine ... -
A PARAMETRIC PROCESS-BASED COST ESTIMATION FRAMEWORK TO SUPPORT CONCEPTUAL PRODUCT FAMILY DESIGN AND PRODUCTION
(2018-12-13)In today’s globally competitive environment, production costs estimation is a challenging task. This competitive market has brought specific strategies in the manufacturing sector, such as introducing more new products ... -
A SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACH APPLIED TO WIND ENERGY SYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY
(2016-05-18)Sustainability of energy systems is one of the most important challenges currently facing humanity. Access to energy is critical to ensure economic and social development of a nation (UNDP et al., 2000); however, extraction, ... -
A Systematic Stakeholder-Driven Framework for Empirical Characterization and Parameterization of Human Agents for Agent-Based Modeling of Older Adults' Transportation
(2021-12-01)Standard of living for health and well-being of oneself and of one’s family is a human right. Vulnerable populations are incapable of maintaining an adequate standard of living due to several reasons, such as financial ... -
A TWO-STAGE STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING MODEL FOR ENHANCING SEISMIC RESILIENCE OF WATER PIPE NETWORKS
(2020-09-03)Earthquakes are sudden and inevitable disasters that can cause enormous losses and suffering, and having accessible water is critically important for earthquake victims. To address this challenge, utility managers do ... -
ACCELERATED AGING OF A SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY PROTOTYPE
(2018-12-13)The LVPS (Low Voltage Power Supply) is a switching power supply custom designed for the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva Switzerland. Over one thousand of these LVPS, also called ’bricks’, will ... -
Adaptive Dynamic Programming For High-dimensional, Multicollinear State Spaces
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2013-03-20)Dynamic programming (DP) is a mathematical programming method for optimizing a system changing over time and has been used to solve multi-stage optimization problems in manufacturing systems, environmental engineering, and ... -
Adaptive Pain Management Decision Support System
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2011-03-03)Pain management is an international health issue. The Eugene McDermott Center for Pain Management at the University of Texas Southwestern MedicalCenter at Dallas conducts a two-stage interdisciplinary pain management program ... -
Additive Manufacturing of Stretchable Piezo-Resistive Sensors: Fabrication and Performance Evaluation
(2022-12-19)Additive manufacturing provides a distinctive layer-wise production method, which is efficient and effective, especially when fabricating products with complex designs and/or multiple materials. One of the promising ... -
Adjusting for Time Varying Confounding in Adaptive Interdisciplinary Pain Management Program
(2018-09-10)Interdisciplinary pain management combines multiple disciplines of professionals to understand the biological and psychosocial factors causing a patient's pain and to determine the best treatments among many to administer. ... -
Affordable Autonomous Vehicles for Deployment after Disastrous Events
(2022-05-18)In disastrous events such as hurricanes and tornadoes, it has been observed that people get stranded and helpless without a feasible way to escape during those emergency situations. This became very evident during hurricanes, ... -
AGENT-BASED MODEL SIMULATION FOR POLICE DEPLOYMENT DECISION-MAKING IN PATROL OPERATIONS
(2021-08-10)Police patrolling plays a key role in responding to 911 calls and reducing crimes. The effectiveness of patrol operations heavily depends on the deployment of police officers – e.g., the number of officers assigned to ... -
An Analytical Performance Management Framework Enabiling Enterprise Strategy Management
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2007-08-23)Performance management has gained noticeable interest from both researchers and executive in the past two decades. Financial measures are no longer a primary emphasis for researchers and executives. One of the most popular ... -
ANALYZING COLLABORATION IN FOOD ASSISTANCE NETWORKS USING AGENT-BASED MODELING
(2019-08-05)To address the issue of food insecurity, many small independent agencies, known as food pantries, collect and distribute donated food to food-insecure clients. However, the supply of donated food varies significantly from ...