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A simulation-based decision-support system for reducing duration, cost, and environmental impacts of earthmoving operations
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Pourrahimian, Elyar, Al Hattab, Malak, Ead, Rana, Labban, Ramzi Roy, AbouRizk, Simaan
Earthmoving operations are equipment-intensive processes that rely heavily on the proper selection of the equipment fleet and proper scheduling of associated tasks. Early equipment planning decisions have direct implications on schedules, costs, and more importantly, the environmental performance...
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Spring 2018
Healthy diets help reduce risk for chronic disease (obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and several cancers). High consumption of non-nutrient dense foods (e.g., sugar-sweetened foods, processed meats, and high fat foods) and low consumption of healthier foods (e.g., vegetables,...
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Identifying Predictors of Acute Myocardial Infarction Care Improvement by Inter-Jurisdictional Comparison of Outcome, Cost, and Resource Use
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Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a global health concern. Despite of a reduction in incidence and mortality in the last several decades, AMI is still the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in many parts of the world, especially high income countries including Canada. Because of...
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2017-01-01
Kumar, Mayank, Olagire Oyedun, Adetoyese, Kumar, Amit
This study explores the hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of wood chips to bio-crude followed by upgrading to diluents, which are used to transport bitumen through pipelines. In this study, we considered a 2000 dry t day-1 plant capacity with two scenarios. The first scenario uses hydrogen for...
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A techno-economic assessment of bitumen and synthetic crude oil transport (SCO) in the Canadian oil sands industry: Oil via rail or pipeline?
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Verma, Aman, Nimana, Balwinder S., Olateju, Babatunde, Rahman, Md. Mustafizur, Radpour, Saeidreza, Canter, Christina E., Subramanyam, Veena, Paramashivan, Deepak, Vaezi, Mahdi, Kumar, Amit
The growth in bitumen and synthetic crude oil (SCO) production in the Canadian oil sands industry has superseded pipeline capacity growth in recent years, leading to the increased interest in the transport of crude oil by rail to desired markets. However, the specific techno-economic parameters...
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A techno-economic assessment of hydrogen production from hydropower in western Canada for the upgrading of bitumen from oil sands
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Olateju, Babatunde, Kumar, Amit
The demand for hydrogen in conventional and unconventional oil refining industries is considerable. Currently, the predominant source of hydrogen is from fossil fuel production pathways, in particular, steam methane reforming (SMR), which incurs a significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...
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Very preterm infants in Alberta: comparison of health technology service use, health outcomes and costs across five health zones
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Very Preterm Infants (VPI) (<1500g or below 32 weeks gestational age) account for only 5% of all births, but roughly half of all infant and perinatal mortality. Their high level of acuity requires extensive healthcare services during the first year of life, which result in long lengths of stay...