Eco Global Evaluation: Cross Benefits of Economic and Ecological Evaluation

This paper highlights the complementarities of cost and environmental evaluation in a sustainable approach. Starting with the needs and limits for whole product lifecycle evaluation, this paper begins with the modeling, data capture and performance indicator aspects. In a second step, the information issue, regarding the whole lifecycle of the product is addressed. In order to go further than the economical evaluations/assessment, the value concept (for a product or a service) is discussed. Value could combine functional requirements, cost objectives and environmental impact. Finally, knowledge issues which address the complexity of integrating multi-disciplinary expertise to the whole lifecycle of a product are discussing.EcoSD NetworkEcoSD networ

Personal and Societal Health Quality Lost to Tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: In developed countries, tuberculosis is considered a disease with little loss of Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs). Tuberculosis treatment is predominantly ambulatory and death from tuberculosis is rare. Research has shown that there are chronic pulmonary sequelae in a majority of patients who have completed treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). This and other health effects of tuberculosis have not been considered in QALY calculations. Consequently both the burden of tuberculosis on the individual and the value of tuberculosis prevention to society are underestimated. We estimated QALYs lost to pulmonary TB patients from all known sources, and estimated health loss to prevalent TB disease. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We calculated values for health during illness and treatment, pulmonary impairment after tuberculosis (PIAT), death rates, years-of-life-lost to death, and normal population health. We then compared the lifetime expected QALYs for a cohort of tuberculosis patients with that expected for comparison populations with latent tuberculosis infection and without tuberculosis infection. Persons with culture-confirmed tuberculosis accrued fewer lifetime QALYs than those without tuberculosis. Acute tuberculosis morbidity cost 0.046 QALYs (4% of total) per individual. Chronic morbidity accounted for an average of 0.96 QALYs (78% of total). Mortality accounted for 0.22 QALYs lost (18% of total). The net benefit to society of averting one case of PTB was about 1.4 QALYs. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Tuberculosis, a preventable disease, results in QALYs lost owing to illness, impairment, and death. The majority of QALYs lost from tuberculosis resulted from impairment after microbiologic cure. Successful TB prevention efforts yield more health quality than previously thought and should be given high priority by health policy makers. (Refer to Abstracto S1 for Spanish language abstract)

ERP study on the empathic processing of complaining speech

Data and stimuli examples from ERP experiment on the empathic processing of complaining speech.Data and Codes - File breakdown:CESC_GrandAverage_RIDE1200.erp: Grand Average ERP file, to open with EEGlab/ERPlab. Epoched 1200ms, artifact corrected and removed, bins assigned and RIDe-corrected.The bins of interest are bins 10 to 13.CESC_PCA_Onset_TS.ept: PCA main file, to open using EPtoolkit.This file contains all PCA factors and informationPCA_analysis.r: Statistical analysis of the PCA data (using files listed below), to open with R/RStudioCESC_PCA_Onset-TFxSFx.txt: the windowed voltage estimation of peak channel at peak time for each condition for the corresponding factor.CESC_PCA_Onset-TFxSFx_all.txt: the windowed voltages of all channels for each condition for the corresponding factor.TFloadings.txt: Temporal factor loadingsParticipant_behavior.csv: Summarized behavioral ratings for each participantPosttest_summary.csv: Summarize individual data for IRI scales and explicit biasesResults_IAT.csv: Summarized results from the Implicit Association TestCESC1_EEG_BehavioralAnalysis.r: Statistical analysis of the Behavioral data data (using files listed below), to open with R/RStudioCESC_Behavioral_data.csv: Data from the behavioral rating

ERP study on the empathic processing of complaining speech

Data and stimuli examples from ERP experiment on the empathic processing of complaining speech.Data and Codes - File breakdown:CESC_GrandAverage_RIDE1200.erp: Grand Average ERP file, to open with EEGlab/ERPlab. Epoched 1200ms, artifact corrected and removed, bins assigned and RIDe-corrected.The bins of interest are bins 10 to 13.CESC_PCA_Onset_TS.ept: PCA main file, to open using EPtoolkit.This file contains all PCA factors and informationPCA_analysis.r: Statistical analysis of the PCA data (using files listed below), to open with R/RStudioCESC_PCA_Onset-TFxSFx.txt: the windowed voltage estimation of peak channel at peak time for each condition for the corresponding factor.CESC_PCA_Onset-TFxSFx_all.txt: the windowed voltages of all channels for each condition for the corresponding factor.TFloadings.txt: Temporal factor loadingsParticipant_behavior.csv: Summarized behavioral ratings for each participantPosttest_summary.csv: Summarize individual data for IRI scales and explicit biasesResults_IAT.csv: Summarized results from the Implicit Association TestCESC1_EEG_BehavioralAnalysis.r: Statistical analysis of the Behavioral data data (using files listed below), to open with R/RStudioCESC_Behavioral_data.csv: Data from the behavioral rating

Modeling and simulation of a flexible path generation for an electromagnetic smart conveyance surface

International audienceThis article presents the modeling of an electromagnetic smart surface and the simulation of the pallets displacement on this smart surface. This smart surface is a conveyance system that consists of a fixed coils platform and moving pallets. The platform is composed of a coil cells matrix, where each cell is independently supplied. It allows to independently move several pallets within the platform on a planar surface along flexible paths. The behavior of the smart conveyance surface is analyzed by the simulation of the dedicated model. This model uses an algorithm developed in order to generate pallet paths even when some disturbances occur such as failure of elementary cells or potential collision of pallets. The simulation of the pallet displacement with disturbance cases is realized to valid this algorithm

ERP study on the empathic processing of complaining speech

Data and stimuli examples from ERP experiment on the empathic processing of complaining speech.Data and Codes - File breakdown:CESC_GrandAverage_RIDE1200.erp: Grand Average ERP file, to open with EEGlab/ERPlab. Epoched 1200ms, artifact corrected and removed, bins assigned and RIDe-corrected.The bins of interest are bins 10 to 13.CESC_PCA_Onset_TS.ept: PCA main file, to open using EPtoolkit.This file contains all PCA factors and informationPCA_analysis.r: Statistical analysis of the PCA data (using files listed below), to open with R/RStudioCESC_PCA_Onset-TFxSFx.txt: the windowed voltage estimation of peak channel at peak time for each condition for the corresponding factor.CESC_PCA_Onset-TFxSFx_all.txt: the windowed voltages of all channels for each condition for the corresponding factor.TFloadings.txt: Temporal factor loadingsParticipant_behavior.csv: Summarized behavioral ratings for each participantPosttest_summary.csv: Summarize individual data for IRI scales and explicit biasesResults_IAT.csv: Summarized results from the Implicit Association TestCESC1_EEG_BehavioralAnalysis.r: Statistical analysis of the Behavioral data data (using files listed below), to open with R/RStudioCESC_Behavioral_data.csv: Data from the behavioral ratingsTHIS DATASET IS ARCHIVED AT DANS/EASY, BUT NOT ACCESSIBLE HERE. TO VIEW A LIST OF FILES AND ACCESS THE FILES IN THIS DATASET CLICK ON THE DOI-LINK ABOV

ERP study on the empathic processing of complaining speech

Data and stimuli examples from ERP experiment on the empathic processing of complaining speech.Data and Codes - File breakdown:CESC_GrandAverage_RIDE1200.erp: Grand Average ERP file, to open with EEGlab/ERPlab. Epoched 1200ms, artifact corrected and removed, bins assigned and RIDe-corrected.The bins of interest are bins 10 to 13.CESC_PCA_Onset_TS.ept: PCA main file, to open using EPtoolkit.This file contains all PCA factors and informationPCA_analysis.r: Statistical analysis of the PCA data (using files listed below), to open with R/RStudioCESC_PCA_Onset-TFxSFx.txt: the windowed voltage estimation of peak channel at peak time for each condition for the corresponding factor.CESC_PCA_Onset-TFxSFx_all.txt: the windowed voltages of all channels for each condition for the corresponding factor.TFloadings.txt: Temporal factor loadingsParticipant_behavior.csv: Summarized behavioral ratings for each participantPosttest_summary.csv: Summarize individual data for IRI scales and explicit biasesResults_IAT.csv: Summarized results from the Implicit Association TestCESC1_EEG_BehavioralAnalysis.r: Statistical analysis of the Behavioral data data (using files listed below), to open with R/RStudioCESC_Behavioral_data.csv: Data from the behavioral ratingsTHIS DATASET IS ARCHIVED AT DANS/EASY, BUT NOT ACCESSIBLE HERE. TO VIEW A LIST OF FILES AND ACCESS THE FILES IN THIS DATASET CLICK ON THE DOI-LINK ABOV

ERP study on the empathic processing of complaining speech

Data and stimuli examples from ERP experiment on the empathic processing of complaining speech.THIS DATASET IS ARCHIVED AT DANS/EASY, BUT NOT ACCESSIBLE HERE. TO VIEW A LIST OF FILES AND ACCESS THE FILES IN THIS DATASET CLICK ON THE DOI-LINK ABOV

Modeling and simulation of a flexible path generation for an electromagnetic smart conveyance surface

International audienceThis article presents the modeling of an electromagnetic smart surface and the simulation of the pallets displacement on this smart surface. This smart surface is a conveyance system that consists of a fixed coils platform and moving pallets. The platform is composed of a coil cells matrix, where each cell is independently supplied. It allows to independently move several pallets within the platform on a planar surface along flexible paths. The behavior of the smart conveyance surface is analyzed by the simulation of the dedicated model. This model uses an algorithm developed in order to generate pallet paths even when some disturbances occur such as failure of elementary cells or potential collision of pallets. The simulation of the pallet displacement with disturbance cases is realized to valid this algorithm

An innovative cost modelling system to support lean product and process development

This paper presents a cost modelling system for lean product and process development to support proactive decision making and mistake elimination at the design stage. The foundations of the system are based upon three lean product and process development enablers, namely: Set-based concurrent engineering, knowledge-based engineering, and mistake proofing (Poka-yoke). The development commenced with an industrial field study of eleven leading European industries from the aerospace, automotive, telecommunication, medical and domestic appliance sectors. Based on the requirements of industrial collaborators, the developed system comprises six modules: value identification, manufacturing process/machines selection, material selection, geometric features specification, geometric features and manufacturability assessment, and manufacturing time and cost estimation. The work involved the development of a feature-based cost estimation method for the resistance spot welding process. The developed system was finally validated using an industrial case study. The developed system has the capability to provide estimates related to product cost and associated values concurrently, facilitate decision making, eliminate mistakes during the design stage, and incorporate ‘customer voice’ during a critical decision making stage