VESSEL SCHEDULING AND BUNKER MANAGEMENT WITH SPEED DEVIATIONS FOR LINER SHIPPING IN THE PRESENCE OF COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENTS

Vessel Scheduling and Bunker Management With Speed Deviations for Liner Shipping in the Presence of Collaborative Agreements

Vessels face uncertain factors during a voyage, such as bad weather and harsh sea conditions along a route in container liner shipping.As such, the real vessel speed during each leg of a voyage often deviates from the planned one, which may lead to fluctuations in vessel schedule and bunker consumption.This paper investigates the problem of vessel

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John dos Passos in the 1930s

In 1930 John dos Passos was nearing the pinnacle of his impressive career.The Forty Dryer Second Parallel, the first volume of his trilogy USA, would be published that year to critical acclaim; he was respected as a writer by political factions both left and right; he was actively involved in causes in which he believed such Lip Gloss as Emergency

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Introduction to the EQIPD quality system

While high risk of failure is an inherent part of developing innovative therapies, it can be reduced by adherence to evidence-based rigorous research practices.Supported through the European Union’s Innovative Medicines Initiative, the EQIPD consortium has developed a novel preclinical research quality system that can be applied in both public an

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Fatty acid composition, bioactive phytochemicals, antioxidant properties and oxidative stability of edible fruit seed oil: effect of preharvest and processing factors

Fruit seed is a by-product of fruit processing into juice and other products.Despite being treated as waste, fruit seed contains oil with health benefits comparable or even higher than the conventional seed oil from field crops.In addition to essential fatty acids, the fruit seed oil is a rich source of bioactive compounds such as tocopherols, caro

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