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- Güsten, R., et al.
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APEX - The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment
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In: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. - : SPIE. - 0277-786X .- 1996-756X. ; 6267 I
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- APEX, the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, has been successfully commissioned and is in operation now. This novel submillimeter telescope is located at 5107 m altitude on Llano de Chajnantor in the Chilean High Andes, on what is considered one of the world's outstanding sites for submillimeter astronomy. The primary reflector with 12 m diameter has been carefully adjusted by means of holography. Its surface smoothness of 17-18 μm makes APEX suitable for observations up to 200 μm, through all atmospheric submm windows accessible from the ground.
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- Schaap, M. M., et al.
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Effect of nationwide tobacco control policies on smoking cessation in high and low educated groups in 18 European countries
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In: Tobacco Control. - : BMJ. - 0964-4563 .- 1468-3318. ; 17:4, s. 248-255
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Background: Recently a scale was introduced to quantify the implementation of tobacco control policies at country level. Our study used this scale to examine the potential impact of these policies on quit ratios in European countries. Special attention was given to smoking cessation among lower educational groups. Methods: Cross-sectional data were derived from national health surveys from 18 European countries. In the analyses we distinguished between country, sex, two age groups (25-39 and 40-59 years) and educational level. Age-standardised quit ratios were calculated as total former-smokers divided by total ever-smokers. In regression analyses we explored the correlation between national quit ratios and the national score on the Tobacco Control Scale (TCS). Results: Quit ratios were especially high (> 45%) in Sweden, England, The Netherlands, Belgium and France and relatively low (< 30%) in Lithuania and Latvia. Higher educated smokers were more likely to have quit smoking than lower educated smokers in all age-sex groups in all countries. National score on the tobacco control scale was positively associated with quit ratios in all age-sex groups. The association of quit ratios with score on TCS did not show consistent differences between high and low education. Of all tobacco control policies of which the TCS is constructed, price policies showed the strongest association with quit ratios, followed by an advertising ban. Conclusion: Countries with more developed tobacco control policies have higher quit ratios than countries with less developed tobacco control policies. High and low educated smokers benefit about equally from the nationwide tobacco control policies.
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- Barata, J., et al.
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Evolvable Assembly Systems : A Development Roadmap
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In: Information Control Problems in Manufacturing 2006. - : Elsevier. - 9780080446547 ; , s. 167-172
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- A new paradigm, the Evolvable Assembly Systems (EAS), was recently proposed. This paradigm provides a complete new view on how assembly systems should be designed and developed. Because the control system is one of the key aspects for a successful implementation of EAS this chapter proposes a development roadmap to pinpoint directions of research on how control systems should be developed. It is expected that with this information the industry can envision the potential benefits in terms of competitiveness of this approach. The chapter focuses on the issues that highlight the importance self-organization, dynamical systems, complexity theory, collaborative networks theory, swarm intelligence, and Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI) have in the future of EAS. The chapter emphasizes the importance of these mechanisms in solving the increasing challenges imposed upon automatic precision assembly companies that constantly battle to attain agile or evolvable assembly systems.
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- Barata, José, et al.
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Evolvable Assembly Systems : A Development Roadmap
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In: IFAC Proceedings Volumes. - : Elsevier BV. - 1474-6670. - 9783902661043
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A new paradigm, the Evolvable Assembly Systems (EAS), was recently proposed. This paradigm provides a complete new view on how assembly systems should be designed and developed. Because the control system is one of the key aspects for a successful implementation of EAS this paper proposes a development roadmap to pinpoint directions of research on how control systems should be developed. It is expected that with this information the industry can envision the potential benefits in terms of competitiveness of this approach; still, this paper is especially targeted to motivate researchers from self-organisation and distributed assembly systems to engage in this endeavour together. In particular, topics on self-organisation, emergence, dynamical systems, and distributed artificial intelligence can be the backbone of truly self-adapting assembly systems. In fact EAS seems to be a really demanding and grounded case-study for the referred research communities.
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