{"title":"Multimethod simulation approach for capacity design of a truck parking area in city ports","authors":"Mehmet Sinan Yıldırım, M. Aydın, Ümit Gökkuş","doi":"10.4025/actascitechnol.v44i1.58110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4025/actascitechnol.v44i1.58110","url":null,"abstract":"The port induced freight can cause traffic congestion problems in city ports if road freight transportation is used. The secondary congestion problem arises from the pooling of the trucks at the port gates because of the delays of the port operations. The absence of the truck parking areas inside the port causes additional truck trips between the port and auxiliary truck servicing areas around the port. For reducing the impacts of the associated problems of the port induced truck traffic, truck parking areas can be used as buffer zones between the port and city. The purpose of this study is to develop a Decision Support System (DSS) with using multimethod simulation and cost optimization model for the capacity design of a truck parking area for a city port. The preliminary design of the parking area is used to estimate the development cost and outputs of the simulation model is coupled for the capacity optimization for truck arrival scenarios. The methodology is implemented for a case study of the İzmir city port in Turkey. The results of the study indicated that significantly different parking area capacities are required for different truck dwell times for the time restricted and unrestricted truck arrivals","PeriodicalId":7140,"journal":{"name":"Acta Scientiarum-technology","volume":"58 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80512033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Machado, A. H. Ferrarez, J. Lugon Junior, Fernando César Alves
{"title":"Biogas production and composition optimization in an anaerobic digestor using cheese whey and swine manure as substrate","authors":"L. Machado, A. H. Ferrarez, J. Lugon Junior, Fernando César Alves","doi":"10.4025/actascitechnol.v44i1.56923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4025/actascitechnol.v44i1.56923","url":null,"abstract":"The search for new sources of energy has intensified these days due to the environmental impacts caused by fossil fuels. The tripod composed of energy, food and water is the base of human existence. Food production implies the generation of organic waste and the need to manage it properly. The dairy and pig farming sectors have an essential role in the Brazilian economy, producing a large amount of waste. One energy and environmental alternative to treat this issue is anaerobic digestion. Here we aimed to optimize the production and composition of biogas obtained from cheese whey and swine manure. Batch-scale laboratory tests were performed on bench anaerobic digesters for 65 days with 6 triplicates loaded with different proportions of cheese whey and swine manure. The proportion of 50% cheese whey and 50% swine manure presented the highest biogas production and methane concentration (CH4).","PeriodicalId":7140,"journal":{"name":"Acta Scientiarum-technology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89121882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Defining cost standard and new algorithm for economic leakage level components in water loss management","authors":"S. Yilmaz, Abdullah Ateş, M. Firat, Ö. Özdemir","doi":"10.4025/actascitechnol.v44i1.57829","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4025/actascitechnol.v44i1.57829","url":null,"abstract":"Methods and tools used to reduce leakage in distribution systems are often time consuming and costly and require special requirements. Therefore, cost-benefit analysis is very important for basic reduction methods applied in water loss management. In this study, cost and benefit analysis standards were developed for basic methods such as pressure management, number of teams, and pipe rehabilitation and active leakage control, in managing leakages. Moreover, a new cost algorithmic structure was developed and the economically recoverable water amount was determined by applying calculation tool developed to make detailed analyzes systematically and accurately. The most important advantage of this study is the development of an economic analysis model and algorithmic structure for basic reduction methods according to field data. It is thought that the cost analysis and algorithmic structures developed will make a significant contribution to the economic leakage level analysis and serve as a reference for sustainable water loss management.","PeriodicalId":7140,"journal":{"name":"Acta Scientiarum-technology","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82562054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. P. Nippes, P. D. Macruz, N. Fernandes, M. L. Gimenes
{"title":"Treatment of vinasse by adsorption on activated carbon from sugarcane bagasse agglomerated with Al2O3","authors":"R. P. Nippes, P. D. Macruz, N. Fernandes, M. L. Gimenes","doi":"10.4025/actascitechnol.v44i1.56265","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4025/actascitechnol.v44i1.56265","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this work was to produce and characterize activated carbon from sugarcane bagasse agglomerated with Alumina (Al2O3) and apply it in treatment of vinasse pretreated by coagulation-flocculation to reduce the toxics parameters of vinasse. The adsorbent was characterized from textural analysis, XRD, pHZPC, SEM and EDS. Adsorption isotherms, adsorption kinetics and thermodynamic parameters of the process were obtained. The Langmuir isotherm model fitted the experimental data better and the pseudo-first-order model best represented the adsorption kinetics. The process was spontaneous, exothermic and with increased entropy. The combined coagulation-flocculation/adsorption process was efficient in reducing the parameters of color, turbidity, COD, TOC and toxicity of the vinasse with removal rates of 73.50, 96.06, 72.65, 76.08, 78% respectively.","PeriodicalId":7140,"journal":{"name":"Acta Scientiarum-technology","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72643551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniely Camargos Lucarelli, H. Pitanga, M. Marques, T. Silva, R. Ferraz, D. Nunes
{"title":"Study of the geotechnical behavior of soil-cement reinforced with plastic bottle fibers","authors":"Daniely Camargos Lucarelli, H. Pitanga, M. Marques, T. Silva, R. Ferraz, D. Nunes","doi":"10.4025/actascitechnol.v44i1.57826","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4025/actascitechnol.v44i1.57826","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to evaluate the influence of adding plastic bottle fibers to soil-cement mixtures and the possible improvements generated by the addition of a blend of two types of additives, namely, additive 1 (waterproofing improver) and additive 2 (adhesion enhancer), in the compactability and shear strength parameters of soil-cement-plastic fiber mixtures, considering a tropical residual soil. The fibers used in this study are made of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), produced from soft drink bottles, and added to the soil with 2 mm width and 1 cm length, in the content of 1% in relation to soil dry mass. Also, contents of 3% and 5% Portland cement, in relation to soil dry mass and two additives, additive 1 at a ratio of 0.25 kg m-³ dry soil and additive 2 at a ratio of 0.60 kg m-³ dry soil, were used to evaluate the possible effect of these variables on the investigated engineering behavior parameters. The compaction results indicated that the inclusion of PET fibers in soil-cement mixtures tends to decrease the maximum dry unit weight compared to fiber-free mixtures. Also, if compared to soil-cement-fiber mixtures, the incorporation of additives to soil-cement-fiber composites resulted in higher values of maximum dry unit weight and lower values of optimum moisture content, but still maintaining values lower than obtained for compacted soil. Results of the direct shear test showed enhanced shear strength with the addition of fibers to soil-cement, for both the parameter of cohesion and the internal friction angle of the material in comparison to fiber-free composites, which demonstrates the potential application of these composites in geotechnical works.","PeriodicalId":7140,"journal":{"name":"Acta Scientiarum-technology","volume":"66 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72540224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SFO for enhancing steganogrphy by exploiting exact resemblance between cover and secure text","authors":"O. Y. Abdulhammed","doi":"10.4025/actascitechnol.v44i1.57581","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4025/actascitechnol.v44i1.57581","url":null,"abstract":"Steganography has become an important science in security in recent years, it hides the existence of the secret information in such a way that no one suspects the information exists. In this paper a new steganography method for concealing message in message by using sailfish optimizer (SFO) and transposition method is proposed. In this work, the (SFO) is utilized to enhance the security and reduce the disfigurement to obtain best message quality, where the SFO has advantages in the term of security and text quality. The fitness values of the cover and secret message are calculated by using a new way. The SFO works to determining the matching fitness value between the cover and secret message and generates a key to recapture secret message. Lastly, relying on the matching fitness value, the steganography process is done by replacing (transposition) the secret's letters with cover's letters. The results proved that proposed method is effective, efficient and provided high security, high capacity, not malformed text and resistance against several steganalytic attacks","PeriodicalId":7140,"journal":{"name":"Acta Scientiarum-technology","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86900365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Simões, M. L. D. M. V. Leite, L. Lucena, J. R. Silva, José Lypson Pinto Simões Izidro, E. Souza
{"title":"Use of biostimulants in millet as strategies for tolerance to salinity of irrigation water","authors":"V. Simões, M. L. D. M. V. Leite, L. Lucena, J. R. Silva, José Lypson Pinto Simões Izidro, E. Souza","doi":"10.4025/actascitechnol.v44i1.59126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4025/actascitechnol.v44i1.59126","url":null,"abstract":"Millet is grass with high forage potential in semi-arid regions, both for its versatility of use and nutritional quality. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of a biostimulant and the plant extract (Cyperus rotundus) on the growth forage, and grain production in millet (cultivar IPA BULK 1BF) submitted to salt stress conditions. The research was carried out at the Serra Talhada Academic Unit, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, in the Semiarid region of the Northeast of Brazil, from February to April 2017. The experiment was installed in randomized blocks, in a 3x4 factorial scheme, composed of a biostimulant (ACADIAN®), nutsedge extract, and the control, in four salinity levels of the irrigation water, electrical conductivities of 0, 1, 2 and 4 dS m-1, with four repetitions. Biometric analysis of all plants was carried out weekly to monitor crop growth. At 77 days after emergence, measures of net CO2 assimilation and transpiration rates were obtained. The harvest occurred with the maturation of the grains (ED9), being analyzed the dry mass of the different morphological components of the plant. The biostimulant at the level of 2 dS m-1 promoted an increase of 66% in the leaf area of millet compared to the control. With 4 dS m-1, the nutsedge extract provided an increase of 253% in the leaf area compared to the control. These expressive results obtained with the use of these compounds reflected in a production of dry leaf blade mass. The IPA BULK 1 BF millet cultivar has tolerance to the salinity levels studied in this research. The nutsedge extract and the biostimulant are alternatives capable of stimulating the growth and the production of forage of millet under the presence of salts in the irrigation water, however, these compounds have no influence on grain production","PeriodicalId":7140,"journal":{"name":"Acta Scientiarum-technology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75220702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kinza Nisar, Roheena Abullah, A. Kaleem, M. Iqtedar, Tehreema Iftikar
{"title":"Optimization and production kinetics for cellulases by wild and mutant strain of Thermomyces dupontii in stirred tank reactor","authors":"Kinza Nisar, Roheena Abullah, A. Kaleem, M. Iqtedar, Tehreema Iftikar","doi":"10.4025/actascitechnol.v44i1.57664","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4025/actascitechnol.v44i1.57664","url":null,"abstract":"The main bottleneck in fermentation technology is scaling up procedure of industrial enzymes according to the biological characteristics of the organism. The current study describes the production kinetics of cellulases in stirred tank reactor by using mutant and wild strains of T. dupontii. The fermentation span of both the strains in bioreactor was examined. It is was found in mutant strain of T. dupontii fermentation time required for optimum production was reduced to 48h as compared to 72h in wild strain. The kinetic studies also exhibited greater value of µ (h-1) in case of mutated strain in comparison with wild strain. The effects of some other critical factors like agitation intensity dissolve oxygen, aeration, temperature, size of inoculum and pH was estimated on enzyme production kinetics. The results shows maximum activity of cellulases was attained at 220 rpm, 15% dissolve oxygen, aeration rate 1.5 vvm, 55°C, 8 % inoculum size and pH 5.5 for both strains respectively. The higher values of enzyme production kinetics i.e. Yp/x, Qp, Qx and qp in STR in case of mutant strain indicates its superiority over wild strain of T. dupontii. Thus mutant thermophilic T. dupontii might be a potential candidate for industrial applications.","PeriodicalId":7140,"journal":{"name":"Acta Scientiarum-technology","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85990290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Woong Heo, Yue Tang, Feng Liu, Laura Hanks, Xi-wei Xu
{"title":"The impact of ‘seasonal urban event’ to the hosting city’s urban vitality: case study of Summer beach and Winter Wonderland in Nottingham, UK","authors":"Woong Heo, Yue Tang, Feng Liu, Laura Hanks, Xi-wei Xu","doi":"10.4025/actascitechnol.v44i1.57668","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4025/actascitechnol.v44i1.57668","url":null,"abstract":"Hosting seasonal urban events in open public spaces has a significant impact on urban vitality. By reviewing the categorisation of urban events, this paper explains the charactersitics of ‘Seasonal Urban Event’ through time, scale, location, format, content, function, and aim. It mainly focuses on leisure and entertainment events through two cases, Summer Beach and Winter Wonderland at Old Market Square in Nottingham, UK. The research explores ‘Seasonal Urban Event’ by literature review, open data, observation, and the survey data analysis of participants’ responses. The survey result indicates positive spatial and social engagement levels ranging from accessibility, legibility, permeability, flexibility to participation, satisfaction, and inclusivity. The potential benefits of social impact have been emphasised by participants’ responses to elevating civic pride and improving the level of social inclusion. It concludes that ‘Seasonal Urban Event’, as a useful supplement method, may enhance urban vitality in the hosting city","PeriodicalId":7140,"journal":{"name":"Acta Scientiarum-technology","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83213531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wisam Alnadem Mahmood, LaythKamil Almajmaie, A. Raheem, Saad Albawi
{"title":"A hybrid approach towards movie recommendation system with collaborative filtering and association rule mining","authors":"Wisam Alnadem Mahmood, LaythKamil Almajmaie, A. Raheem, Saad Albawi","doi":"10.4025/actascitechnol.v44i1.58925","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4025/actascitechnol.v44i1.58925","url":null,"abstract":"There is a huge information stockpile available on the internet. But the available information still throws a stiff challenge to users while selecting the needed information. Such an issue can be solved by applying information filtering for locating the required information through a Recommender System. While using a RS, the users find it easy to curate and collect relevant information out of massive databanks. Though various types of RS are currently available, yet the RS developed by Collaborative Filtering techniques has proven to be the most suitable for many problems. Among the various Recommended Systems available, movie recommendation system is the most widely used one. In this system, the recommendations will be made based on the similarities in the characteristics as exhibited by users / items. The movie recommendation system contains a huge list of user objects and item objects. This paper combines Collaborative Filtering Technique with association rules mining for better compatibility and assurance while delivering better recommendations. Hence, in the process, the produced recommendations can be considered as strong recommendations. The hybridization involving both collaborative filtering and association rules mining can provide strong, high-quality recommendations, even when enough data is unavailable. This article combines various recommendations for creating a movie recommendation system by using common filtering techniques and data mining techniques","PeriodicalId":7140,"journal":{"name":"Acta Scientiarum-technology","volume":"70 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85550351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}