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NFC based inventory management solution
Smart Closet Inventory: NFC based usage tracking system to organize clothes Sadaf Hussain Syed, MSE The University of Texas at Austin, 2015 Supervisor: Adnan Aziz Clothes become worn, their colors fade, and sometimes they do not fit well. Wardrobes and closets require reorganization every season to …
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TEMPO-oxidized Nanofibrillated Cellulose Film (NFC) incorporating Graphene Oxide (GO) Nanofillers
… never-dried wood nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC). GO was incorporated through high intensity homogenization and ultrasonication with varying degree of oxidation (0.5X, 1X, and 2X) of NFC and GO percent loadings: 0.4, 1.2, and 2.0wt %. As a result, despite the presence of carboxylate groups …
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Impacto da implementação da NFC-e na arrecadação da BAHIA e avaliação do programa Nota Premiada Bahia
… of the Electronic Consumer Invoice (NFC-e), a digital tax document that is mandatory for transactions with final consumers. In a complementary way, it also evaluated the impact of a state program of tax lotteries for consumers (Nota Premiada Bahia - NPB). The mandatory determination …
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Partitioning of nitrogen by lactating cows fed diets varying in nonfibrous carbohydrate and rumen undegradable protein
… effects of dietary nonfibrous carbohydrate (NFC) and rumen undegradable protein (RUP) on metabolic and lactational parameters. Diets were isonitrogenous (17.4% CP) and structured in a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement with levels of NFC at 41 or 47% of dietary OM and RUP at 27 or 41% of dietary CP …
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The Adaptive Memory Effect: Exploring Need for Cognition and Survival Processing
… a difference in individuals Need for Cognition (NFC) in regards to adaptive memory. Need for Cognition is characterized as the differences in individual’s preference for engaging in thought that requires effort. Specifically, individuals high in NFC could think of numerous ways to survive, thus …
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Development of Natural Filling Cystometer and Comparison with Conventional Cystometry
… a newly developed natural filling cystometry (NFC) and compare its difference with the conventional retrograde filling cystometry (RFC) on spinal cord injured patients with neurogenic bladder. Three persons (two spinal cord injuries and one stroke) with voiding symptoms were recruited for …
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Investigating failure to implement contactless payments: a case of Near Field Communication payment systems in South Africa
Near Field Communication (NFC) contactless payment systems are being touted as the future for retail payments and public transport fare-collection systems. Studies have shown that such initiatives require many organisations from different industries to work together for the goal to be realised. The …
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Durability of cement and concrete matrices incorporating nanocellulose fibers (NCF)
L'introduction des nanofibres de cellulose (NFC) représente une avancée significative dans le domaine des matériaux de construction, offrant des propriétés mécaniques, une durabilité et une rentabilité supérieures par rapport aux fibres traditionnelles. Face aux inquiétudes concernant la durabilité …
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The Intersection of Threat, Disposition, and the Political
… lay epistemic – specifically need for closure (NFC) – is a valuable and understudied theoretical tool in understanding the link between threat, disposition, and mass political attitudes.</p> <p>This linkage is examined over the three empirical chapters. The first empirical chapter lays out the …
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Facilitating idea generation in a team context: the effects of technique, perceived organizational support, individual differences and satisfaction with idea generation
… problem-solving style (BPS), need for cognition (NFC) and satisfaction with idea generation (SJG) on idea generation in a team context. Previous brainstorming research has shown that more ideas are generated when a nominal group IGT is employed, when compared to an interactive IGT. However, the …
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Effects of diet on phosphorus digestion in dairy cattle
… effects of forage and non-fiber carbohydrate (NFC) content on total P (TP) and inositol phosphates-P (IPs-P) digestion. Samples of feed, duodenal digesta and feces from a previously conducted study were analyzed for TP and IPs-P. In this study, eight lactating Holstein cows were fed diets …
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Methods to Reducing Weaning Stress in Early Weaned Spring Beef Calves
… CON (control; no creep feed and no nose flap), NFC (nose flap with creep feed), NF (nose flap without creep feed), and CF (creep feed without nose flap). All measurements on performance were analyzed using the MIXED procedure of SAS. Significance was declared at P ≤ 0.05 and tendencies at 0.05 < …
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Influence of dietary component manipulation and feed management strategies on growth and rumen development of weaned dairy heifers
… diets differing in non-fiber carbohydrate (NFC) content. Overall, calves fed a high plane of nutrition pre-weaning with a low NFC post-weaning diet were 9.8 kg and 12.4 kg lighter than calves fed low or high planes of nutrition pre-weaning, respectively, with a high NFC post-weaning diet. …
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A hybrid global surrogate modeling software for nuclear reactor cross section estimation
Nuclear fuel cycle (NFC) simulators track the amount and composition of materials as they move through facilities such as mines, fuel fabrication plants, and nuclear reactors. A major task of a NFC simulator is to calculate the evolution of compositions of batches of nuclear materials as they are …
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Fuel cycle transition simulation capabilities in CYCLUS
… necessary to model complex nuclear fuel cycles (NFCs) and advanced reactor technologies. This thesis demonstrates the capability of CYCLUS , the agent-based fuel cycle simulator, to model, simulate, and analyze real-life fuel cycle transition scenarios. I introduce new methods and tools that use …
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Utilising Contactless Communications for the next Generation of Mobile Ubiquitous Applications.
… it investigates the use of Bluetooth and NFC in to locate the mobile user. The approach taken by this research is to look at utilisation of implied location technologies across a range of applications and services through real world experimentation. In particular their effectiveness has …
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Wirelessly addressable chemiresistors : carbon nanotube-based chemical sensors and dosimeters
… an adaption of near-field communication (NFC) technology toward portable, wireless, non-line-of-sight gas phase chemical sensing. The result is a Chemically Actuated Resonant Device (CARD). We demonstrate the ability to convert inexpensive commercial NFC tags into chemical sensors that …
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Manufacture and Characterization of Micro-/Nano-fibrillated Composites and their Applications
Micro-/nano-fibrillated composites (M/NFC) are a new generation of composites containing well-dispersed, high aspect ratio polymeric fibrils. The novel composites have shown great promise as next-generation materials for construction, gas barrier packaging, and foaming applications. However, it is …
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Molecular Design and Structural Optimization of Nanocellulose-Based Functional Films
… allyl-functionalized nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) enabled photoluminescence activity. Additionally, flexible, strong, and electrically conductive nanocellulose-based polythiophene nanofilms were fabricated. The results reveal that cellulose nanofibers changed their nature from insulator to …
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Future contactless payment options for transport for London : demand, cost, equity, and fair policy implications
… bankcards and near-field communication (NFC) mobile phones. Five fare payment options based on these three technologies are proposed. Options 1-3 use contactless bankcards and NFC phones as the fare medium. Option 1 requires tap-in only and uses flat fares; it is a standard retail …
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