Search results for "MCD"

A multi-methodology and sustainability-supporting framework for implementation and assessment of a holistic building renovation

La ristrutturazione degli edifici in futuro dovrà essere condotta secondo una prospettiva più olistica legata alla sostenibilità vista in una più ampia gamma di obiettivi/criteri e facilitata dagli scenari di ristrutturazione possibili. La ristrutturazione degli edifici dovrebbe servire a migliorarne le performance al fine di soddisfare le esigenze degli utenti, rendendo questi ultimi meno vulnerabili in relazione ai futuri costi energetici. Vi è un grande potenziale per ridurre il consumo di energia negli edifici esistenti. Tuttavia, ciò non deve comprometterè i valori architettonici e di qualità che rendono particolari. Pertanto, non possono essere semplicemente rinnovati, ma devono subir…

"McDonald's" lietotnes uzlabošanas iespējas

2021

Bakalaura darba tēma ir “McDonald’s” lietotnes uzlabošanas iespējas”. Bakalaura darba mērķis ir izpētīt esošo “McDonald’s” mobilo lietotni, izstrādāt priekšlikumus kā uzlabot lietotni, lai vairāk pievērst uzmanību lietotnei un vēl vairāk palielināt klientu skaitu. Darbs sastāv no četrām nodaļām. Pirmajā nodaļa tiek analizēta SIA “Premier Restaurants Latvia”, uzņēmuma biznesa procesi un lietotnes ietekme uz tiem. Otrajā nodaļā tiek raksturota esošā mobilā lietotne un analizēti lietotnes statistiskie dati. Trešajā nodaļā tiek analizēta cilvēku aptauja par “McDonald’s” lietotnes uzlabošanas iespējam. Ceturtajā nodaļā tiek izvirzīti priekšlikumi “McDonald’s” mobilās lietotnes uzlabošanā. Bakala…

Visualizations for Decision Support in Scenario-based Multiobjective Optimization

2021

Reproducibility artifacts for: Babooshka Shavazipour, Manuel López-Ibáñez, and Kaisa Miettinen. Visualizations for Decision Support in Scenario-based Multiobjective Optimization. Information Sciences, 2021. doi:10.1016/j.ins.2021.07.025. Abstract: We address challenges of decision problems when managers need to optimize several conflicting objectives simultaneously under uncertainty. We propose visualization tools to support the solution of such scenario-based multiobjective optimization problems. Suitable graphical visualizations are necessary to support managers in understanding, evaluating, and comparing the performances of management decisions according to all objec…

Luontoarvot ja ihmisvaikutukset soiden arvottamisessa : esimerkkinä Keski-Suomen suot

2016

Soita arvotetaan esimerkiksi maankäytön suunnittelua varten. Suunnittelua ohjaavat erilaiset ohjelmat ja tavoitteet, joita seuraamalla pyritään vähentämään turhia selvityksiä. Valtakunnalliset alueidenkäyttötavoitteet luovat päällimmäiset ohjeistukset maakuntakaavoille, joiden avulla voidaan ennalta ohjata käyttöalueita ja suojelualueita. Suunnittelua varten soita pyritään arvottamaan niiden luontotyypin ja luonnontilaisuuden perusteella. Arvottamisessa ihmisen vaikutus näkyy soilla erityisesti niiden luonnontilaisuudessa. Tutkimuksen mukaan suurimpina vaikuttajina luonnontilaisuuteen nähdään olevan mm. metsätalouden, turvetuotannon, suojelualueiden ja sijainnin. Suon muutosherkkyyteen vaik…

Electronic and magnetic properties of Mn 12 molecular magnets on sulfonate and carboxylic acid prefunctionalized gold surfaces

2012

Structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of [Mn 12O 12(bet) 16(EtOH) 4](PF 6) 14·4CH 3CN·H 2O (in short Mn 12bet, bet = betaine = +N(CH 3) 3-CH 2-COO -) single-molecule magnets (SMMs) deposited on previously functionalized gold surfaces have been investigated. Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) either of sodium mercaptoethanesulfonate (MES) or mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) are used as functionalization to avoid the direct interaction between the Mn 12bet molecules and the Au surface with the aim of preserving the main functional properties of the molecules. Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) analysis show deposited Mn 12bet SMMs well-isolated …

An interactive surrogate-based method for computationally expensive multiobjective optimisation

2019

Many disciplines involve computationally expensive multiobjective optimisation problems. Surrogate-based methods are commonly used in the literature to alleviate the computational cost. In this paper, we develop an interactive surrogate-based method called SURROGATE-ASF to solve computationally expensive multiobjective optimisation problems. This method employs preference information of a decision-maker. Numerical results demonstrate that SURROGATE-ASF efficiently provides preferred solutions for a decision-maker. It can handle different types of problems involving for example multimodal objective functions and nonconvex and/or disconnected Pareto frontiers. peerReviewed

Body mass index categories and anxiety symptoms among adults aged =?50 years from low and middle income countries.

2021

Background: Body weight may be a risk factor for anxiety; however, there is a scarcity of studies on this association in older adults especially from low and middle income countries (LMICs). Therefore, we investigated the association between body mass index (BMI) and anxiety symptoms among adults aged ≥ 50 years from 6 LMICs. Methods: Cross-sectional, community-based, nationally representative data from the World Health Organization (WHO) Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) were analyzed. The BMI was based on measured weight and height and was categorized as: < 18.5 kg/m2 (underweight), 18.5–24.9 kg/m2 (normal weight), 25.0–29.9 kg/m2 (overweight), 30.0–34.9 kg/m2 (obesity cla…

Safety of Dietary Guanidinoacetic Acid: A Villain of a Good Guy?

2021

Guanidinoacetic acid (GAA) is a natural amino acid derivative that is well-recognized for its central role in the biosynthesis of creatine, an essential compound involved in cellular energy metabolism. GAA (also known as glycocyamine or betacyamine) has been investigated as an energy-boosting dietary supplement in humans for more than 70 years. GAA is suggested to effectively increase low levels of tissue creatine and improve clinical features of cardiometabolic and neurological diseases, with GAA often outcompeting traditional bioenergetics agents in maintaining ATP status during stress. This perhaps happens due to a favorable delivery of GAA through specific membrane transporters (such as…

Symbolinen leikki ja kielelliset taidot toisen ikävuoden aikana

2000

A hybrid MCDM approach for ranking suppliers by considering ethical factors

2016

One of the negative effects of cooperating with un-ethically behaving suppliers is that it may devastate the companies' credibility among employees, customers and the public. In this paper, a hybrid Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) approach (Disjunctive-WPM method) is proposed to resolve this limitation. The proposed methods consist of the following steps: 1. drop unethical solutions and 2. rank the remaining solutions. Therefore, the aim of this paper is the application of the DisjunctiveWPM method to supplier selection problem by adding ethical factors into the analysis. In addition, a comparative analysis to the traditional WMP method is carried out. The proposed method appears t…