Evaluating cost impacts on reverse logistics using an Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) model with environmental and social considerations

Central European Journal of Operations Research - Societal awareness and legislation changes concerning sustainability have affected how organizations generate value for stakeholders, as well as...     

Amplitude des oscillations d'ondes solitaires généralisées

Various physical systems of dispersive waves admit solutions in the form of generalized solitary waves. Such waves result from the resonance between a long localized wave and short periodic oscillations. Many estimates (rigorous and numerical) have been given for the amplitude of the ripples in the tail of the generalized solitary wave when its central part has a sech² shape. This Note provides estimates (not yet rigorous) for the ripple amplitude when the central part is flat and wide. To cite this article: C. Fochesato, F. Dias, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 337 (2003).     

Linear theory of wave generation by a moving bottom

The computation of long wave propagation through the ocean obviously depends on the initial condition. When the waves are generated by a moving bottom, a traditional approach consists in translating the ‘frozen’ sea bed deformation to the free surface and propagating it. The present study shows the differences between the classical approach (passive generation) and the active generation where the bottom motion is included. The analytical solutions presented here exhibit some of the drawbacks of passive generation. The linearized solutions seem to be sufficient to consider the generation of water waves by a moving bottom. To cite this article: D. Dutykh et al., C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 343 (2006).     

Flow systems exploiting in-line prior assays

An expert sequential injection system involving a prior assay is proposed for spectrophotometric determination of phosphate and eventually zinc in soil extracts. The result of phosphate determination is the basis for a concentration-oriented decision regarding to the need or not for zinc determination. Zinc was only determined if a threshold value (peak height corresponding to 5.0 mg l⁻¹ P) was surpassed. The methods involved formation of molybdenum blue and the Rhodamine 6G/ammonium thiocyanate/Zn²⁺ ternary complex. Variations in the threshold value were < 2% during 4 h operating periods, false responses were not verified, and the analytical time was reduced in about 30%. Precise results (R.S.D. <3% P and < 1% Zn) in agreement with spectrophotometry and flame atomic absorption spectrometry were obtained. The innovation permits faster information processing, as well as a reduction in the number of measurements, number of analytical steps, laboratorial time, and consumption of sample and reagents, thus waste generation.     

Mass spectra of bile acid methyl ester acetate derivatives

Deuterium labeling in the acetate derivatives of cholic acid demonstrates that electron impact induced consecutive loss of HOAc from the molecular ion occurs in the following order of decreasing preference: 12α-OAc > 7α-OAc > 3α-OAc. Numerous examples are presented showing that consecutive loss of HOAc from a common ion generally increases progressively with relative intensity. In the acetate pregnan-20-one derivatives of cholic acid, loss of 43 mass units from the molecular ion comes from the 12α-OAc and not the 17β-acetyl sidechain. Ketene is ejected from an acetoxy group located in an α position to a carbonyl on which an ion-radical charge is localized.     

A formula periodic table for benzenoid hydrocarbons and the aufbau and excised internal structure concepts in benzenoid enumerations

The genesis of the aufbau and excised internal structure concepts is traced. These concepts were pivotal to the first published enumerations of the strictly peri-condensed, non-Kekuléan, and essentially strain-free total resonant sextet benzenoid groups. Aperiodic table set is defined as a partially ordered set forming a two-dimensional array which complies with thetriad principle where a central element has a metric property that is the arithmetic mean of two adjacent surrounding member elements.     

Mass spectral fragmentation of functionalized lanostanes-I

Mass spectra of various functionalized lanostanes and their deuterated analogs are compared. It is proposed that the transfer of a hydrogen from the 18-methyl group to the 11-oxo group via a McLafferty rearrangement is made geometrically possible by prior ionization of the 13,14 bond which allows an optimum interatomic distance between the oxygen and hydrogen to be acquired; the 8,9 double bond is a requisite for electronic induction of this specific process. Transfer of the hydrogen from the 7β-hydroxy group to position 14 is implicated in the mass spectrum of 3β-acetoxy-7β-hydroxy-5α-lanostan-11-one.