6. SUSTAINABILITY AND MATERIAL MANAGEMENT

2019 ◽  
pp. 81-90
Keyword(s):  
Material Management

scholarly journals The Use of Lasers in Dental Materials: A Review

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 3370
Author(s):  
Emmanouil-George C. Tzanakakis ◽  
Evangelos Skoulas ◽  
Eudoxie Pepelassi ◽  
Petros Koidis ◽  
Ioannis G. Tzoutzas
Keyword(s):  
Energy Levels ◽  
Dental Materials ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Surface Characteristics ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Zirconia Ceramics ◽  
Material Management ◽  
Laboratory Procedures ◽  
Laser Devices ◽  
Exact Point

Lasers have been well integrated in clinical dentistry for the last two decades, providing clinical alternatives in the management of both soft and hard tissues with an expanding use in the field of dental materials. One of their main advantages is that they can deliver very low to very high concentrated power at an exact point on any substrate by all possible means. The aim of this review is to thoroughly analyze the use of lasers in the processing of dental materials and to enlighten the new trends in laser technology focused on dental material management. New approaches for the elaboration of dental materials that require high energy levels and delicate processing, such as metals, ceramics, and resins are provided, while time consuming laboratory procedures, such as cutting restorative materials, welding, and sintering are facilitated. In addition, surface characteristics of titanium alloys and high strength ceramics can be altered. Finally, the potential of lasers to increase the adhesion of zirconia ceramics to different substrates has been tested for all laser devices, including a new ultrafast generation of lasers.

scholarly journals Special Issue on “Bioenergy Systems, Material Management, and Sustainability”

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 590
Author(s):  
Fernando V. Lima ◽  
Gerardo J. Ruiz-Mercado
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Material Management ◽  
Environmental Challenges ◽  
Material Sources ◽  
Bioenergy Systems

The growing worldwide demand for energy and resources, combined with the stringent environmental challenges and regulations, means that the efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable use of energy and material sources, including bio-based, has become increasingly important [...]

scholarly journals Roles and effects of utilizing recent technologies on material management for construction work in South Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 640 ◽  
pp. 012023
Author(s):  
A E Oke ◽  
T B Odubiyi ◽  
C O Aigbavboa ◽  
W D Thwala ◽  
Z T Nelwamondo
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Construction Work ◽  
Material Management

A RFID-Based Monitoring System for Abnormal Logistics Events in Internal Material Supply Chain

2011 ◽  
Vol 179-180 ◽  
pp. 949-954 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Hua Cao ◽  
Juan Wan
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Monitoring System ◽  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Prototype System ◽  
Rfid Technology ◽  
Material Management ◽  
Production Logistics ◽  
Material Supply ◽  
Frequency Identification

Internal material supply management for manufacturing workshops usually suffers from message delay and abnormal logistics events, which seriously holdback the reactivity capability of production system. As a rapid, real-time, accurate information collection tools, Radio Frequency identification (RFID) technology has become an important driver in the production and logistics activities. This paper presents a new idea that uses RFID technology to monitor real-timely the abnormal logistics events which occur at each work space in the internal material supply chain and proposes its construction method in details. With the experimental verification of prototype system, the proposed RFID-based monitoring system can find in time the abnormal logistics events of internal material supply chain and largely improve the circulation velocity of production logistics, and reduce the rate of mistake which frequently occurred in traditional material management based on Kanban.

Progress and Prospects for the Development of Computer-Generated Actors for Military Simulation: Part 1-Introduction and Background

2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin R. Stytz ◽  
Sheila B. Banks
Keyword(s):  
Research Area ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Life Cycle Costs ◽  
Material Management ◽  
Reasoning System ◽  
Force Structure ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Level Training ◽  
Made In

The development of computer-generated synthetic environments, also calleddistributed virtual environments, for military simulation relies heavily upon computer-generated actors (CGAs) to provide accurate behaviors at reasonable cost so that the synthetic environments are useful, affordable, complex, and realistic. Unfortunately, the pace of synthetic environment development and the level of desired CGA performance continue to rise at a much faster rate than CGA capability improvements. This insatiable demand for realism in CGAs for synthetic environments arises from the growing understanding of the significant role that modeling and simulation can play in a variety of venues. These uses include training, analysis, procurement decisions, mission rehearsal, doctrine development, force-level and task-level training, information assurance, cyberwarfare, force structure analysis, sustainability analysis, life cycle costs analysis, material management, infrastructure analysis, and many others. In these and other uses of military synthetic environments, computer-generated actors play a central role because they have the potential to increase the realism of the environment while also reducing the cost of operating the environment. The progress made in addressing the technical challenges that must be overcome to realize effective and realistic CGAs for military simulation environments and the technical areas that should be the focus of future work are the subject of this series of papers, which survey the technologies and progress made in the construction and use of CGAs. In this, the first installment in the series of three papers, we introduce the topic of computer-generated actors and issues related to their performance and fidelity and other background information for this research area as related to military simulation. We also discuss CGA reasoning system techniques and architectures.

scholarly journals Los Alamos National Laboratory Nuclear Material Management and Storage Program Storage Health Metrics

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristy Lynn Abeyta ◽  
Denice Crenshaw-Smith ◽  
Simon Balkey ◽  
Michael Charles Baker ◽  
Tresa Faye Yarbro
Keyword(s):  
National Laboratory ◽  
Nuclear Material ◽  
Alamos National Laboratory ◽  
Material Management ◽  
Los Alamos ◽  
Los Alamos National Laboratory ◽  
And Storage
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