Release cycles

Short development and release cycles (days or weeks instead of months) allowing fast response to changing business requirements, feedback from users and bugs, and continuous integration and testing of software revisions... 

Cycle Efficiency The number of consecutive self-releasing cycles... 

The release cycle of a commercial software product is too long if a commercial solution is used, the release cycles are usually too long to make fast adaptation to a change in the problem-solving process. An individual rule base can be updated much easier, either using in-house personnel or the software provider s professional software services. 

Fig. 4.2.9 Transient results showing the z position of 4 different points during a switch-release cycle...

Lu CM, Liu J, Xiao KF et al (2010) Microwave enhanced synthesis of MOF-5 and its CO2 capture ability at moderate temperatures across multiple capture and release cycles. Chem Eng J 156 465-470... 

Horin NH, Harris AT (2009) Reactivity of CaO derived from nano-sized CaC03 particles through mirltiple CO2 capture-and-release cycles. Chem Eng Sci 64 187-191... 

A reaction tube equipped with a stirring bar, in which 5 pmol of Rh(cod)2Bp4, 11 pmol of ligand 118, and 0.5 mmol of P-dehydroamino ester (155) were added under an inert atmosphere into an autoclave. After 5 mL of CH2CI2 were added, the inert atmosphere was replaced by 10 hydrogen/release cycles and the reaction mixture was allowed to stir under... 

In the first application, either fluids are coated or solids are sprayed into a mould, or on to a surface, to make it non-stick . Examples of these release agents inclnde oils (organic, fluorocarbon and silicones), soaps and waxes. The choice of any given release agent is usually governed by heat or chemical resistance, the number of release cycles and the sensitivity of the released material to the transferred release agent. 

Compared to the classic work of the twentieth century, various new technologies are considered for CDI today, such as the inclusion of ion-exchange thin membrane barriers in front of the electrodes, - optimized operational modes such as stop-flow operation during ion release, salt release at reversed voltage, constant-current operation, " energy recovery from the desalination/release cycle, " and flow-through electrodes where the water is directed head-on through the electrodes. ... 

Moreover, measurement conducted after 20 stretch-release cycles, both parallel and perpendicular to the conduction direction, revealed that the conductivity remains almost constant. As mentioned above, one of the striking characteristics of SWNT aerogel/PDMS composite films is the negligible dependence of their electrical conductivity on bending deformations (Figure 8.11). 

This behavior was attributed to the isotropic structure of SWNT aerogel and short mean length of the nanotubes, which allows it to withstand multiaxial loading and elongation with negligible change in the electrical properties. Importantly, all composite materials remained robust after repeated stretch-release cycles and bending. 

Independently, Hua and Flood synthesized a light-active aryl-triazole foldamer (42, Fig. 22) which has two azobenzene units on each end [54]. When the azobenzene units are photoisomerized from trans to cis with UV (365 nm) irradiation, the foldamer loses two of its three aromatic n-n interactions that were being employed to stabilize the hehcally folded form. Therefore, UV irradiation destabilizes the folded helix in favor of the unfolded random-coil conformation. The folded conformation could be reinstated by irradiation with visible light (436 nm). In solution, the foldamer binds with chloride in its trans isomer (/sTa = 3,000 MeCN) and releases chloride in the cis isomer (K = 380 M ). On account of the fact that free chloride ions conduct electricity through solution better than receptor-bound chloride, the anion binding-release cycle was observed by conductivity measurements. Consistently, a 1 1 solution of 42 and TBACl (MeCN) showed increased conductivity under UV light and decreased conductivity under Vis light. 

The loading-and-releasing cycle was repeated dozens of times for each sensor measured. The peaks were measured at peak voltage and then averaged for comparison for samples prepared under varied conditions (Table 8.1). The results are shown in Table 8.2. 

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