News tagged with simulation model
Call center optimization
A research report in the current issue of the International Journal of Engineering Systems Modeling and Simulation suggests that help desks can be optimized by adding very few extra staff.
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Super-sized tiny proteins
What are the causes of illness? How can the effect of medication be improved? Molecular biologists can now gain new insights by the virtual simulations generated with a new type of software.
Aug 21, 2009 |
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A hard rain's gonna fall: Analysis shows climate change to yield more extreme rainfall
(PhysOrg.com) -- Heavier rainstorms lie in our future. That's the clear conclusion of a new MIT and Caltech study on the impact that global climate change will have on precipitation patterns.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 17, 2009 |
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New research sheds light on freak wave hot spots
Stories of ships mysteriously sent to watery graves by sudden, giant waves have long puzzled scientists and sailors. New research by San Francisco State professor Tim Janssen suggests that changes in water depth and currents, ...
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Intel boosts Facebook users power for research
Intel unveiled a software program that lets Facebook users devote spare computer processing power to researching diseases or climate change.
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Scientists assess flooding and damage from 2008 Myanmar cyclone
Tropical cyclone Nargis made landfall in the Asian nation of Myanmar on May 2, 2008, causing the worst natural disaster in the country's recorded history - with a death toll that may have exceeded 138,000. ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 17, 2009 |
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Virtually engineering power plants
Photovoltaic and wind energy plants, hydroelectric power stations and biogas plants supply energy without polluting the environment. However, they are complex to design and maintain. Virtual reality makes ...
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Assembling the virtual human
It could mean the end of animal testing and eventually even clinical patient drug trials. The Virtual Physiological Human is a 21st century pan-European project that's gaining momentum and takes a major step forward this ...
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Immigration makes Spanish pensions system more sustainable
Researchers from the University of Valladolid have constructed a demographic and economic simulation model called 'Carrión', which projects the costs of pensions, Social Security contributions and GDP ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2009 |
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Simulating pharmaceutical and personal care product transport
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) carried in biosolids (i.e., treated sewage sludge) may reach surface waters or groundwater when these materials are applied as fertilizer to agricultural land. During the ...
May 19, 2009 |
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Scientists: No link cloud coverage and global warming
With the U.S. Congress beginning to consider regulations on greenhouse gases, a troubling hypothesis about how the sun may impact global warming is finally laid to rest.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 11, 2009 |
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Non-wovens as scaffolds for artificial tissue
(PhysOrg.com) -- In future, cartilage, tendon and blood vessel tissue will be produced in the laboratory, with cells being grown on a porous frame, such as non-wovens. A new software program helps to characterize ...
May 04, 2009 |
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Birds of a feather: Study finds particles, molecules prefer not to mix
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the world of small things, shape, order and orientation are surprisingly important, according to findings from a new study by chemists at Washington University in St. Louis.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 04, 2009 |
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National Science and Technology Council releases strategy for digital scientific data
The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) released a report describing a strategy to promote preservation and access to digital scientific data. The report, Harnessing the Power of Digital Data for ...
Mar 23, 2009 |
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'Cyber footballers' cloned
A team of IT scientists from the Carlos III University in Madrid (UC3M) has managed to programme clones that imitate the actions of humans playing football on a computer, according to the online version of ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 20, 2009 |
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