Maximal modularity and the optimal size of parliaments [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 An important question in representative democracies is how to determine the optimal parliament size of a given country. According to an old conjecture, known as the cubic root law, there is a fairly universal power-law relation, with an exponent equal to
Luca Gamberi +4 more
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On the spillover effect and optimal size of marine reserves for sustainable fishing yields [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Marine reserves are an essential component of modern fishery management. Marine reserves, which represent a management tradeoff between harvesting and conservation, are fundamental to maintenance of fisheries.
Nao Takashina
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Numerical Modelling of Blasting Fragmentation Optimization in a Copper Mine
Mining, 2022 The blasting operation considerably influences the overall productivity of opencast mines, especially when blasting results in oversized fragments that impact the operations ranging from excavation to milling.
Vidal Félix Navarro Torres +4 more
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Methodology of optimization of territorially-branch structure of region in the conditions of economy reforming [PDF]
Экономика региона, 2012 This paper is devoted to the analysis of transition from centralized planning economy to market relations, revealing of problems and working out of necessary macro proportions in placing of productive forces, integration maintenance between ...
Arkadiy Iosifovich Moroz
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DELICATE NEEDLE WITH THE FINEST GAUGE FOR A BUTTERFLY GLAND, THE THYROID:IS IT WORTH MENTIONING?
Sanamed, 2021 Thyroidology has yet to declare the optimal needle size for thyroid fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology. In this respect, the researches on this issue remain restricted in English-language literature.
Sengul Ilker, Sengul Demet
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Optimal and Sustainable City Size by Estimating Surplus Function for Metropolitans of Iran [PDF]
International Journal of Business and Development Studies, 2014 By shouldering the burden of a big chunk of global production, and giving Shelter to half of the world’s population, currently cities play an important role in national economies.
Naser Yarmohammadian +3 more
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Sizing guidelines for grid-connected decentralised energy storage systems: single house application
The Journal of Engineering, 2019 Nowadays, the existing hierarchical, centrally controlled power grid faces new challenges due to the increase penetration of renewable sources, the need of implementing demand-side management and the 2020 and 2050 environmental targets.
Konstantina Panagiotou +2 more
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Optimal-size clique transversals in chordal graphs [PDF]
, 2018 The following question was raised by Tuza in 1990 and Erdos et al. in 1992: if every edge of an n-vertex chordal graph G is contained in a clique of size at least four, does G have a clique transversal, i.e., a set of vertices meeting all non-trivial ...
Andreae, Andreae, Erdős, Gavril, Tuza
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Optimal Placement and Sizing of Battery Energy Storage System Considering the Duck Curve Phenomenon
IEEE Access, 2020 This paper suggests a method to place and size the battery energy storage system (BESS) optimally to minimise total system losses in a distribution system. Subsequently, the duck curve phenomenon is taken into consideration while determining the location
Ling Ai Wong +3 more
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Effects of Polycentricity on Economic Performance and Its Dependence on City Size: The Case of China
Land, 2022 Polycentric planning strategies have often failed to achieve the expected effects. The ensuing uncertainty associated with the desirability of polycentric strategies is also reflected in the early literature which offers no clear conclusion about whether
Bindong Sun +3 more
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