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Showing 1 to 20 of 76 for “"MSR"”.
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Enabling Large-Scale Mining Software Repositories (MSR) Studies Using Web-Scale Platforms
The Mining Software Repositories (MSR) field analyzes software data to uncover knowledge and assist software developments. Software projects and products continue to grow in size and complexity. In-depth analysis of these large systems and their evolution is needed to better understand the …
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Corporate to management social responsibility : extending CSR to MSR guided by Mary Parker Follett
… redefined as management social responsibility: MSR. The contribution of this research comprises two strands. First it addresses the practicalities for managers initiating and implementing MSR as an integral managerial duty. The contentiousness of defining CSR is addressed by applying a …
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Expected Vibration Performance of Wood Floors As Affected by MSR vs. VSR Lumber E-Distribution
… studied and two types of lumber were considered: MSR and VSR lumber where (E is 0.11 and 0.25, respectively. The expected floor vibrational performance of MSR versus VSR lumber floors was evaluated by: 1) the probability that the fundamental frequency is less than 10 Hz and 2) the ratio of the …
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Neutronics and thermal-hydraulics analysis of transatomic power molten salt reactor (TAP MSR) core under load following operations
… the Transatomic Power Molten Salt Reactor (TAP MSR) core under load-following operations using a Monte Carlo code, Serpent 2, as well as a UIUC-developed MOOSE-based code, Moltres. A simulation method was developed to determine the operational bounds of the TAP MSR core and its transient …
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Impact of degradation of the moisture separators on the overall performance of the moisture separator reheater in a nuclear power plant
… forms part of the moisture separator reheater (MSR) component used in a steam cycle in a nuclear power plant, to reduce the risk of erosion of the low-pressure (LP) turbine and to improve cycle efficiency. The performance and optimisation of moisture separators is well studied in literature; …
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Achievement goals, motivational self-regulation and academic adjustment among elite Chinese high school students
… mediating role of motivational self-regulation (MSR) strategies (i.e., mastery self-talk, performance/extrinsic self-talk, performance/relative ability self-talk, interest enhancement, relevance enhancement, efficacy enhancement) in the relationships between achievement goals and cognitive and …
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Age-related Aspects of Mirror-use by Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
… yet they exhibit mirror self-recognition (MSR), a rare cognitive ability in non-human animals. This research investigated the developmental and age-related aspects of MSR in this species. During a longitudinal study, a social group of bottlenose dolphins at the National Aquarium, Baltimore, …
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Reduction of Solid Uranium Dioxide in Calcium Salts
… one of which is the molten salt reactor (MSR). Therefore, the MSR can use the spent nuclear fuel as a fresh fuel when the actinides recycle. That reprocessing of spent fuel could be one of the opportunities to contribute to future nuclear energy goals. This study aims to develop a modified …
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Development and application of new system reliability analysis methods for complex infrastructure systems
… termed the Matrix-based System Reliability (MSR) Method and the Sequential Compounding Method (SCM), and applies the methods to risk assessment of complex structural systems and lifeline networks. Unlike existing system reliability analysis methods, the MSR method is applicable to any general …
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Model systems for the study of active phase evolution in complex bimetallic catalysts (PdZn)
… oxidation coupled with methanol steam reforming (MSR) was used to gain insight into in-situ surface reactivity of PdZn for MSR. Multiple characterization techniques including XRD, Raman Spectroscopy, XPS, EDX along with TEM and STEM were used to gain valuable insight into the nature of the samples …
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Boundary work in the process of informal job seeking : an ethnographic study of Cape Town roadside workseekers
… an NGO called Men on the Side of the Road (MSR) was established to provide men who stand by the side of the road waiting to be offered jobs with job opportunities and skills. The purpose of the ethnographic study described here was to assess members‘ experiences and attitudes towards the …
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Fuel processing simulation tool for liquid-fueled nuclear reactors
… fuel processing components appearing in various MSR (Molten Salt Reactor) systems. Developed using a Python Object-Oriented Programming paradigm, SaltProc can model a complex, multi-zone, multi-fluid MSR operation and is sufficiently general to represent myriad reactor systems. Moreover, SaltProc …
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Provenance and Tectonic Implications of LA-ICP-MS Zircon Depth-Profiling, Nanaimo Basin, British Columbia, Canada
… and Montana), or the Mojave-Sonoran Region (MSR) of the southwestern US and northern Mexico. We distinguish between these potential non-CPC sediment source areas by combining sandstone petrographic observations with detrital zircon depth-profiling of thin zircon rims observed on >30% of …
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Genetic and Biochemical Analysis of Methyltransferase Gene Regulation in Methanosarcina Acetivorans C2A
… these genes methanol specific regulators or msr genes. MsrA and MsrB activate mtaCB1 expression and MsrC, MsrD and MsrE activate mtaCB2 expression. MsrD and MsrE additionally repress expression of mtaCB3 on methanol. MsrD and MsrE emerged as the first archaeal regulators that act as both …
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Estudos genéticos em milho sobre o caráter tolerância no encharcamento do solo
… de parte aérea (MSP) e matéria seca de raiz (MSR), sendo que os coeficientes de herdabilidades estimados foram elevados. Ambos os caracteres revelaram complexidade quanto ao número de genes envolvidos, onde a análise de QTL indicou a presença de pelo menos três locos envolvidos na manifestação …
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Metodologias de superfície de resposta : uma investigação no âmbito da indústria cerâmica e do vido
A metodologia de superfícies de resposta MSR é um conjunto de técnicas estatístico-matemáticas que visa a optimização. No nosso tipo de sociedade, orientada para um mercado globalizado onde impera a lei do mais forte, qualquer ganho de produtividade, qualquer diminuição dos custos de produção, …
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An Investigation of Major Component Disposal Costs for Advanced Nuclear Reactors
… to the core such as the core barrel (PWR) or MSR internals. However, the waste classification was consistent for both methods. The nuclides contributing to the long-term activity of the components throughout the study were Ni-59, Co-60 and Ni-63, while the nuclides with a half-life less than …
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The Function Of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum In The Aged Rat Heart
… 344 rats.;In cardiac membranes enriched in SR (MSR) and its light (LSR) and heavy (HSR) subfractions fractionated by a sucrose density gradient, the rate of ATP-supported and oxalate-facilitated Ca{dollar}sp{lcub}2+{rcub}{dollar} uptake was significantly reduced (24-50%) in the aged (26-30 …
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Impact of thorium based molten salt reactor on the closure of the nuclear fuel cycle
<p>"Molten salt reactor (MSR) is one of six reactors selected by the Generation IV International Forum (GIF). The liquid fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR) is a MSR concept based on thorium fuel cycle. LFTR uses liquid fluoride salts as a nuclear fuel. It uses <sup>232</sup>Th and <sup>233</sup>U as …
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Development of multi-physics capabilities in coupling computational fluid dynamics and thermodynamics for molten salt reactor applications
Existing knowledge gaps in Molten Salt Reactors (MSR), such as understanding fuel salt chemistry and fission product retention, require rigorous investigations to support reactor safety. The objective of this work was to develop a novel computational toolset tailored for multi-physics simulations …
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