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Stochastic modeling of unloading and loading operations at a container terminal using automated lifting vehicles
(Elsevier, 2018-05-01)
With the growing worldwide trade, container terminals have grown in number and size. To increase operational efficiency, many new terminals are now automated. The key focus is on improving seaside processes, where a ...
The low politics of higher education: saffron branded neoliberalism and the assault on Indian universities
(Routledge, 2018)
Through an examination of recent events and controversies at
Indian universities, this article reflects on the neoliberal creep
taking over academia. The narrative connects the suicide note of
a Dalit caste doctoral ...
Does school climate mean the same thing in the United States as in Mexico? A focus on measurement invariance
(Sage, 2018)
School climate is an important construct for guiding violence prevention efforts in U.S. schools,
but there has been less consideration of this concept in its neighboring country Mexico, which
has a higher prevalence of ...
Design, modeling, and analysis of vertical robotic storage and retrieval systems
(Transportation Science, 2018)
Autonomous vehicle-based storage and retrieval systems are commonly used in many fulfillment centers (e.g., e-commerce warehouses), because they allow a high- and flexible-throughput capacity. In these systems, roaming ...
The1.5°C target and coal sector transition: at the limits of societal feasibility
(Taylor and Francis, 2018)
National and global mitigation scenarios consistent with 1.5°C require an early phaseout
of coal in major coal-dependent countries, compared to standard technical and
economic lifetimes. This appears particularly apparent ...
The effects of volunteerism on self-deception and locus of control
(Springer, 2018)
This study examines whether volunteering for not-for-profit Organizations (NPOs) which are involved in providing social welfare services and which actively promote sociobehavioral factors like social responsibility, ...
A review on bilevel optimization: from classical to evolutionary approaches and applications
(IEEE, 2018)
Bilevel optimization is defined as a mathematical
program, where an optimization problem contains another optimization
problem as a constraint. These problems have received
significant attention from the mathematical ...
Relationships between job characteristics, work engagement, conscientiousness and managers’ turnover intentions: a moderated-mediation analysis
(Emerald insight, 2018-03-02)
Purpose – Integrating the job demands-resources theory and the conservation of resources theory, the purpose
of this paper is to develop and test a moderated-mediation model examining the relationships between
motivating ...
A Statistical model for helices with applications
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2018-09)
Motivated by a cutting edge problem related to the shape of α-helices in proteins, we formulate a parametricstatistical model, which incorporates the cylindrical nature of the helix. Our focus is to detect a “kink,” which ...
Solving semi-open queuing networks with time-varying arrivals: an application in container terminal landside operations
(Elsevier, 2018-06-16)
Semi-open queuing networks (SOQNs) are widely applied to measure the performance of manufacturing, logistics, communications, restaurant, and health care systems. Many of these systems observe variability in the customer ...