Adolescent smoking is one of the most pressing public health problems. The objective of this paper is to analyse the influence of peer pressure on adolescent cigarette consumption. More concretely, we explore the significance and robustness of the peer effects using several estimation methods...

The aim of this paper is to solve a real-world problem proposed by an international company operating in Spain and modeled as a variant of the Open Vehicle Routing Problem in which the makespan, i.e., the maximum time spent on the vehicle by one person, must be minimized. A competitive...

This paper presents a new forest harvest scheduling model taking into account four conflicting objectives. The economic factor of timber production is considered and also aspects related to environmental protection. We also incorporate adjacency constraints to limit the maximum contiguous area...

The following materials and Q&P treatments were selected: CSM 2 (0.15C-3Mn-1.5Si), OCAS1 (0.25C-3Mn-1.5Si) and TKSE3 (0.28C-2.5Mn-2Si) with the corresponding Q&P cycles QT: 335ºC, PT:350ºC and Pt:100s, QT:224ºC, PT:400ºC and Pt:500s and QT: 240ºC, PT:450ºC without isothermal holding at the...