Pipe re-sizing quarks dsp of water distribution networks (WDNs) aims at improving the service performance to the required level, while minimizing the cost of replacing pipes in the network.The main challenge comes from the identification of the most effective pipes to re-size from a large number of interacting components.Performing a global search
The acquisition of new motor skills is essential throughout daily life and involves the processes of learning new motor sequence and encoding elementary aspects of new movement.Although previous animal studies have suggested a functional importance for striatal dopamine release in the learning of new motor sequence, its role in encoding elementary
Article originally published in Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Quarterly Review, vol.19 n.77, June 1966, pp.99-120.The work provides a first appraisal of the contribution that econometric models can make pure 27 to long-run economic policy.Rather than a detailed exposition or critique of the individual models, a more general analysis is provided.The au
Studies on the application of the lead rubber bearing (LRB) isolation system to nuclear power plants are being carried out as one of the measures to improve seismic performance.Nuclear power plants with isolation systems require seismic probabilistic safety assessments, for which the seismic fragility of the structures, systems, and components need