A multi-objective programming model for scheduling emergency medicine residents

Scheduling emergency medicine residents (EMRs) is a complex task, which considers a large number of rules (often conflicting) related to various aspects such as limits on the number of consecutive work hours, number of day and night shifts that should be worked by each resident, resident staffing requirements according to seniority levels for the day and night shifts, restrictions on the number of consecutive day and night shifts assigned, vacation periods, weekend off requests, and fair distribution of responsibilities among the residents. Emergency rooms (ERs) are stressful workplaces, and in addition shift work is well-known to be more demanding than regular daytime work. For this reason, preparing schedules that suit the working rules for EMRs is especially important for reducing the negative impact on shift workers physiologically, psychologically, and socially. In this paper, we present a goal programming (GP) model that accommodates both hard and soft constraints for a monthly planning horizon. The hard constraints should be adhered to strictly, whereas the soft constraints can be violated when necessary. The relative importance values of the soft constraints have been computed by the analytical hierarchy process (AHP), which are used as coefficients of the deviations from the soft constraints in the objective function. The model has been tested in the ER of a major local university hospital. The main conclusions of the study are that problems of realistic size can be solved quickly and the generated schedules have very high qualities compared to the manually prepared schedules, which require a lot of effort and time from the chief resident who is responsible for this duty.     

Carbohydrate content of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tubers treated with Isopropyl-N (3-chlorophenyl) carbamate under different storage conditions

Post harvest application of Isopropyl-N (3-chlorophenyl) carbamate considerably reduced the degradation of starch when potato tubers were stored in an evaporative cooling chamber. The starch degraded at a faster rate when tubers were kept under refrigerated and room storage conditions.     

地下硐室锚喷支护堵漏防渗处理实践

本文简要地介绍了我国几个地下矿在锚喷网联合支护的硐室工程中堵漏防渗处理所取得的良好效果，可供类似矿山参考。     

有机硅改性水性阳离子聚氨酯的合成与性能研究

本研究合成了有机硅改性的阳离子聚氨酯乳液,有机硅的加入改善了漆膜的耐水性、漆膜光泽性和手感,随着有机硅的加入量的增加,漆膜的耐水性提高、吸水率下降,热重分析表明漆膜耐热性提高,FTIR表明乳液中不存在NCO。     

一种高效的机房软件安装方法

在机房管理实践的基础上，提出了综合注册表管理、系统设置、网络克隆等技术的一种高效的机房软件安装方法，这种方法具有安装效率高，易于恢复等特点，是机房管理的有效方法。     

工业锅炉房设计布置与系统节能及环保效益研究

文章提出了一个有效治理工业锅炉房噪音、同时具有更佳系统节能和环境效益的设计布置方案及传热计算简化模型。利用此模型分析了该方案节能及环保效益的各种影响因素、设计中应采取的措施及技术性限制，可供广大设计人员及环保能源工作者参考。     

连续法生产冷库板用组合聚醚的研制

针对国内板材厂家提出用连续法生产厚度在150 mm以上冷库板的要求,通过对聚醚体系、催化体系、发泡体系等进行调整,得到了适合于连续法生产厚度在150 mm以上冷库板的组合料,并成功地用于200 mm厚冷库板的连续化生产,未出现烧心开裂、变形等问题.     

海水泵房土石方开挖及大围堰施工回顾

着重说明海水泵房临海的大围堰工程是厂区土石方开挖和厂房施工的先决条件之一。外方设计方案偏离厂址实际情况 ,存在许多施工难题。中方根据厂区实际情况 ,提出新的施工方案 ,不仅保证了1 998年 6月 8日第一罐混凝土施工 ,还节约了几百万资金     

厅堂音质评价参量的相关性分析

当代室内声学专家经常选用的评价厅堂音质的物理参量，其间有几个量是相关的。作为室内音质设计的依据．必须寻找基本相互独立的参量，才有更大的实用意义。