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Stochastic Orderings of the Idle Time of Inactive Standby Systems [PDF]

open access: goldMathematics, 2023
In this paper, we consider a failed cold standby system and obtain stochastic bounds on the idle time of such systems. We state and prove that if the last spare in the system is exponentially distributed and if the components have log-concave lifetime ...
Mansour Shrahili, Mohamed Kayid
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“‘Idle Talk, Idle Talk, Idle Talk’: Samuel Beckett, Anglo-Ireland, and Heideggerian Thought” [PDF]

open access: yesEstudios Irlandeses, 2021
This essay analyses Samuel Beckett’s Trilogy and Waiting for Godot through the enabling theoretical lens of Martin Heidegger’s Being and Time. Special attention shall be paid to key Heideggerian concepts: idle talk, authenticity, and inauthenticity.
Graham Price
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Idleness

open access: yesDiscover Society: New Series, 2022
UK workers are stuck in a low-pay, low-productivity rut, with far too many people working in poor quality, insecure jobs, with little training or chance of getting on. Katy Jones and Ashwin Kumar question the mantra that 'work is the best way out of poverty' and examine the in-work poverty that now defines employment for many.<br><br>The ...
Katy Jones, Ashwin Kumar
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To the problem of simulation modelling of abnormal and emergency flight situations in the process of Mi-8MTV helicopter pilot simulation training

open access: yesНаучный вестник МГТУ ГА, 2022
The article examines a method of obtaining the required initial data for adequate mathematical modelling of nonstationary processes in the Mi-8MTV helicopter computer and flight simulators. The principle of the method is as follows: the video fixation of
P. N. Rybkin, Yu. M. Сhinynchin
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Rewarding idleness [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Public Economic Theory, 2019
Market wages reflect expected productivity conditional on signals of past performance and past experience. These signals are generated at least partially on the job and create incentives for agents to choose high‐profile and highly visible tasks. When engaging in visible tasks can lead to losses for which the agent is not liable, a principal may ...
Andrea Canidio, Thomas Gall
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To What Extent Does Informal Digital Learning of English Contribute to Learners’ Communicative Competence?

open access: yesTadris: Jurnal Keguruan dan Ilmu Tarbiyah, 2022
The increase accessibility of online resources in day-to-day communication in the digital era offers ample opportunities for informal language learning to enhance learners’ communicative competence. Addressing the issue, this sequential explanatory study
Arif Nugroho   +3 more
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Study on Volatile Organic Compounds from Diesel Engine Fueled with Palm Oil Biodiesel Blends at Low Idle Speed

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2020
This paper presents the combustion and emissions characteristics including volatile organic compound (VOC) of a common rail direct injection diesel engine fueled with palm oil biodiesel blends contained 0%, 10%, 30%, and 100% (by volume) biodiesel at low
Ho Young Kim, Nag Jung Choi
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Ingestive behavior of feedlot finished young bulls fed different concentrate levels in the diet Comportamento ingestivo de tourinhos terminados em confinamento, alimentados com diferentes níveis de concentrado na dieta

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2010
This study was developed to evaluate the ingestive behavior of beef cattle finished in feedlots with different concentrate levels in the diet. Sixteen bulls fed 22, 40, 59, or 79% of concentrate in the diet were assigned to a complete randomized design ...
Regis Luis Missio   +5 more
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Comparisons of Laboratory and On-Road Type-Approval Cycles with Idling Emissions. Implications for Periodical Technical Inspection (PTI) Sensors

open access: yesSensors, 2020
For the type approval of compression ignition (diesel) and gasoline direct injection vehicles, a particle number (PN) limit of 6 × 1011 p/km is applicable.
Barouch Giechaskiel   +4 more
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Comportamento ingestivo de ovinos recebendo dietas com diferentes níveis de bagaço de laranja em substituição à silagem de sorgo na ração Ingestive behaviour of sheep fed with different levels of fresh orange pulp replacing sorghum silage in the diet

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2007
O objetivo neste estudo foi avaliar os efeitos de dietas com diferentes níveis de bagaço de laranja em substituição à silagem de sorgo sobre o comportamento ingestivo de ovinos (alimentação, ruminação e ócio) em ovinos.
César Augusto Barbosa de Macedo   +10 more
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