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Automated Fuel Vending Machine
Get PDFThis paper introduced an Automated Fuel Vending Machine system meticulously designed to address fuel dispensing challenges in developing countries. Traditional vending machines entail significant yearly installation costs and substantially burden economies with limited resources. This system emerged as a practical solution to alleviate long queues at petrol pumps, particularly in densely populated regions such as India. The system reduced labor costs and simplified fuel dispensing by eliminating the need for a salesperson. The design focused on creating a cost-effective and easily installable solution, meeting the modern demand for efficient and rapid service. The automated system proved a feasible alternative, offering convenience and operational efficiency. It successfully demonstrated how automation could address economic constraints while enhancing service speed and accessibility, making it a valuable contribution to automated fuel dispensing technology
Spartan Daily, March 6, 2024
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Hibshoosh, Aharon
No full textUniversity of California, Berkeley, Ph.D. 1974https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/erfa_bios/1373/thumbnail.jp
Spartan Daily, March 26, 2024
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Venkatsubramanyan, Shailaja
No full textUniversity of Arizona, Management Information Systems, 1999, Ph.D
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1994, M.S.
University of Bombay, India, 1989 B. Comhttps://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/erfa_bios/1382/thumbnail.jp
Edwards, Frances L.
No full textNew York University, Ph.D. 1978
New York University, M.U.P. 1974
Drew University, M.A, 1971
Drew University, B.A., 1969https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/erfa_bios/1384/thumbnail.jp
Spreadsheet Model for How Will California\u27s Electric Vehicle Policy Impact State-Generated Transportation Revenues? Projecting Scenarios through 2040
No full textThis spreadsheet calculates five revenue streams created by California\u27s Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (SB1): the gasoline excise tax, the diesel excise tax, the diesel sales tax, the Roadway Improvement Fee, and Transportation Improvement Fee. It produces revenue projections for eight different scenarios covering a variety of potential future conditions related to vehicle miles traveled and the adoption of zero-emission vehicles. Key inputs include vehicle miles traveled, numbers of zero-emission vehicles in the light- and heavy-duty fleets, and fuel mileage. All outputs are reported in 2024 dollars
The Movement Plans for the Quartet Op. 127 and the Backstage of Beethoven\u27s Late Style
Get PDFAmong the different sketch typologies in Beethoven’s hand, the so-called “telescoped drafts” are the most eloquent in conveying the composer’s vision and intentions. In these synoptic diagrams made up of musical ideas and notes in writing, Beethoven outlined the structure of the work he had in mind, fixing the decisive points (themes, keys, tempo markings, number and configuration of movements). Four movement plans are extant for the String Quartet Op. 127 in E-flat major, sketched between February 1823 and the summer of 1824; in each, the composer explores alternative ways of managing musical form and content.
This article discusses and analyzes this material, some of which is new. For example, the Adagio in E major, which in the original project was to precede the quartet’s Finale, and a sketch of a march-like movement, which was to become the Scherzo. There are also some initial ideas for a second quartet in F minor, in which latent traces can be seen of what was to become the Quartet Op. 132. The different stages of compositional genesis are examined from a perspective that aims to contextualize the composer’s choices in historical-critical terms. The self-reflexive tendencies of the “telescoped drafts” provide a backstage view of artistic creation, showing how it arises and develops in dialogue with its models. To envision the new quartet commissioned by Prince Galitzin, Beethoven looked back to the chamber works of his early Viennese years and to what he learned from Haydn, including an amused homage to “galant” dance music. From this perspective, the original second movement of Op. 127 is telling: an Allegro grazioso in C-major called La gaieté, whose title for the first time is traced to the country dance collections of the mid-eighteenth century. Ultimately, the study of these sketches suggests a less “austere” reading of Beethoven’s late style. It sees the composer as anything but alienated or out of touch, but rather eager to re-establish contact with the roots of the so-called Viennese classicism