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Masuda, Y. "Authorized Concrete Engineer and Chief Concrete Engineer." Concrete Journal 47, no. 5 (2009): 38–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.3151/coj.47.5_38.
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Horváth, László, and Imre J. Rudas. "New Collaboration between Engineer and Product Feature Generation in Industrial PLM Systems." Applied Mechanics and Materials 300-301 (February 2013): 273–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.300-301.273.
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This paper introduces a new method for the communication between human and product model entity definition processes. As product definition is moving into modeling in industrial product lifecycle management (PLM) systems, and built-in knowledge and intelligent computing content of product models increase, development of product modeling faces new challenges. More often, knowledge content is not in accordance with authorized human intent and different intents of different authorized humans for the same task are not in harmony. At the same time, authorized human needs help to understand decisions of other humans at application and modification of existing entity definitions in product model. The authors of this paper found the answer for the above challenges in a new human-model generation communication which extends the conventional product feature definition to higher level definition of objectives and allows for harmonizing different human intents. This communication applies higher level connection of human and product object generation process by knowledge based contextual chain in which model entities are more appropriate for knowledge content based decisions as the currently applied knowledge ware features. The proposed communication is devoted as extension to currently applied one so that the new decision assistance can be integrated with the well proven feature driven current industrial modeling.
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Lawson, Owain. "A National Vocation." Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 41, no. 1 (May 1, 2021): 71–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/1089201x-8916946.
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Abstract This article writes engineers into the history of Lebanese political-economic thought. Historians of Lebanon's postindependence period have emphasized how a narrow, elite “consortium” espoused a national ideology that authorized laissez-faire monetary and trade policies. These intellectuals and businessmen invoked environmental determinism to claim that trade, tourism, and services were Lebanon's national vocation. This article reveals that engineers formed an influential and underexamined countercurrent advocating statist developmentalism. Engineer-bureaucrats saw the postindependence era as an opportunity to claim their profession's status and redefine bourgeois culture and its relationship to governing institutions according to their conceptions of modernity. By reinterpreting the consortium's environmental narrative of Lebanese history, the hydrological engineer Ibrahim Abd-El-Al portrayed rational development of water resources and agriculture as an organic expression of national identity. These efforts cultivated a critical and technically literate reading public that favored statism and shaped how that public understood their national subjectivity and relationship to the natural world.
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Etwell, M. W. J. "British Rail Class 58 Diesel Electric Locomotive." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Transport Engineering 200, no. 2 (April 1986): 135–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/pime_proc_1986_200_173_02.
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This paper outlines the basic development background of the Class 58 locomotive and main design features, with areas of design development resulting from the introduction into service in 1983–85 of the first build of thirty-five locomotives and detail changes in design being applied to the second batch of fifteen locomotives authorized in 1984. This locomotive design developed from a joint exercise between British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) and the then Chief Mechanical and Electrical Engineer (CM and EE), British Railways Board (BRB) in 1977 which resulted in BREL fully participating in the design development to utilize modern manufacturing methods. The Class 58 was designed by BR specifically for freight duties and is based on a strength underframe with bonnet-type structure and equipment in modular assemblies.
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Kruse, C. James, Kenneth N. Mitchell, Patricia K. DiJoseph, Dong Hun Kang, David L. Schrank, and William L. Eisele. "Developing and Implementing a Port Fluidity Performance Measurement Methodology using Automatic Identification System Data." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2672, no. 11 (September 9, 2018): 30–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198118796353.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is responsible for the maintenance of federally authorized navigation channels and associated infrastructure. As such, USACE requires objective performance measures for determining the level of service being provided by the hundreds of maintained navigation projects nationwide. To this end, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center partnered with Texas A&M Transportation Institute to develop a freight fluidity assessment framework for coastal ports. The goal was to use archival automatic identification system (AIS) data to develop and demonstrate how ports can be objectively compared in relation to fluidity, or the turnaround time reliability of oceangoing vessels. The framework allows USACE to evaluate maintained navigation project conditions alongside port system performance indices, thereby providing insight into questions of required maintained channel dimensions. The freight fluidity concept focuses on supply chain performance measures such as travel time reliability and end-to-end shipping costs. Although there are numerous research efforts underway to implement freight fluidity, this is the first known application to U.S. ports. This paper covers AIS data inputs, quality control, and performance measures development, and also provides a demonstration application of the methodology at the Port of Mobile, Alabama, highlighting travel time and travel time reliability operating statistics for the overall port area. This work provides foundational knowledge to practitioners and port stakeholders looking to improve supply chain performance and is also valuable for researchers interested in the development and application of multimodal freight fluidity performance measures.
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Xin, Zhenghao, Liang Liu, and Gerhard Hancke. "AACS: Attribute-Based Access Control Mechanism for Smart Locks." Symmetry 12, no. 6 (June 23, 2020): 1050. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sym12061050.
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This article researched the security and application of smart locks in Internet of Things environments in the domain of computer and engineer science and symmetry. Smart locks bring much convenience for users. However, most smart lock systems are cloud-based and it is problematic managing and enforcing the permissions of an authorized device if the device is offline. Moreover, most smart lock systems lack fine-grained access control and cascading removal of permissions. In this paper, we leverage attribute-based access control mechanisms to manage the access of visitors with different identities. We use identity-based encryption to verify the identity of the visitor. In our proposed system, the administrator uses the policy set in the smart lock to implement access control on the device side, which reduces the dependence of access control on the server. We set attributes such as role, time, date, and location to have fine-grained control over access to different permissions and roles that might appear in the house. And the scheme provides the cascading delete function while providing the group access function. Our solution considers multiple roles in the home as well as hierarchical management issues, and improves the applicability of the smart lock system in complex residential and commercial situations. In the experimental section, we show that our system can be applied to premises with many different inhabitant identities.
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Pogány, Andrei-Mihai. "Considerations on the Bearing Capacity of Existing Prestressed Concrete Bridges." International conference KNOWLEDGE-BASED ORGANIZATION 26, no. 3 (June 1, 2020): 158–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/kbo-2020-0131.
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AbstractMilitary actions generally unfold rapidly in different operational environments for which the commanding officer has assess the bearing capacity of the prestressed concrete bridges existing in the country’s road network. The bearing capacity is the maximum weight of the predetermined constitution convoy, which may safely circulate on the bridge, in stable conditions, considering the physical condition of the bridge. The paper shows that the bearing capacity will be assessed only through a technical analysis performed by an authorized expert together with a military engineer specialized in genius. This experts report will compare the initial condition of the bridge to the present one. The initial condition is based on the research of the execution design; the year of elaboration; the standard loadings at the moment; proprieties of the used building materials; execution modality, possible alterations occurring during execution as to the initial project. These data, together with the road traffic census, can be obtained from the company administrating the road network where the bridge is located. The current state to be assessed through analysis, calculation and static loading tests, showing if the capacity of the bridge can to support the increase of traffic military vehicle loading and reduction of the bearing capacity due to fatigue phenomena in the reinforcement. The paper proposes that authorities draw up and approve a standard concerning the verification periodicity of the bearing capacity in the existing prestressed concrete bridges.
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Cavazzana, Anna, Anna Redomi, Elena Poerio, Francesca Bassotto, Rita Mottola, Margherita Andretta, and Giovanna Scroccaro. "PP128 Regional Guidance On Spinal Cord Stimulation For Chronic Pain." International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 33, S1 (2017): 132. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266462317002823.
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INTRODUCTION:Chronic Pain (CP) is the uncontrolled pain that affects patients for a long time. CP can be caused by many conditions, sometimes still poorly understood, and its levels can vary from moderate to intense. The management of resistant CP requires a stepwise approach and spinal cord stimulation (SCS) could be considered an extreme strategy. With the aim of ensuring the economic sustainability, the Veneto Region usually establishes rigorous access criteria to high-cost medical devices through its Regional Technical Committee on Medical Devices (CTRDM) and a Health Technology Assessment (HTA) procedure.METHODS:The Regional Health Technology Assessment Unit (CRUF) conducted through Pubmed a literature review of randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, meta-analysis on SCS published from March 2006 to February 2016. International and national clinical guidelines were included in the analysis as well. The regional multidisciplinary Working Group on CP, which involved local clinicians, pharmacists, clinical engineer and health economist, discussed the collected evidence by consensus. Final recommendations on the appropriate use were submitted to the CTRDM for final approval.RESULTS:The regional guidance describes the type of pain that can be treated with spinal neurostimulators and the criteria which determine the success of the test procedure. A comparative analysis of spinal neurostimulators available on the market and related patients eligibility criteria have been also included. Moreover, the guidelines stated a list of compulsory requirements in order to become a regional center authorized in performing spinal neurostimulation procedure. Finally, the document describes some indicators for appropriateness monitoring. The CTRDM approved the final version in October 2016.CONCLUSIONS:The regional guidance on SCS aims at ensuring the appropriate use of neurostimulators in patients affected by resistant CP. The strict monitoring of agreed indicators is essential for appropriateness and consequently the sustainability of medical devices expenditure throughout the Regional Health Service.
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Barbosa, Ana, Lucas Da Silva, Ana Loureiro, Eduardo Marques, Ricardo Carbas, and Sílvio De Barros. "European Adhesive Bonder." U.Porto Journal of Engineering 7, no. 1 (February 19, 2021): 37–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.24840/2183-6493_007.001_0006.
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Adhesive bonding is increasingly being used in industrial applications mainly due to its adaptability and ability to reliably join a wide range of materials. Numerous industrial sectors have now adopted adhesive bonding as a key manufacturing technology, with the automotive industry being the leader in adhesive usage. This is a key sector for the European Union (climate and energy policy, which has established a target of improving energy efficiency in the European Union by 20% by 2020. Consequently, this industry is constantly demanding lighter, stronger, more durable and more environmentally friendly materials. The increasing popularity of this technology is linked to the noteworthy benefits related with its application, compared to traditional joining process, such as welding or mechanical fastening process. With the increasing popularity of such joining techniques comes the necessity to train qualified professionals. The European Welding Federation developed a harmonized qualification system, which divides the training process into 3 levels: European Adhesive Bonder (EAB), Specialist (EAS) and Engineer (EAE). Currently, in Portugal, the first level of training, corresponding to European Adhesive Bonder is already in operation. The EAB level is accredited by the European Welding Federation (EWF) and therefore meets the requirements of EWF-515r1-10 and EWF-515r2-19 to which the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto is bound as a result of the accreditation as an ATB (Authorized Training Body). This training is targeted for professionals using adhesive bonding technology and professionals who do not currently use this technology but want to use it, and as such has a strong practical component. In Portugal, since 2016, three EWF certified editions have been held, with a high approval rate and met the expectations and objectives of the participants.
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Duncan, William W., Kathleen M. Bowers, and John R. Frisch. "Missing Compensation: A Study of Compensatory Mitigation and Fish Passage in Georgia." Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 9, no. 1 (February 14, 2018): 132–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.3996/022016-jfwm-017.
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Abstract Thousands of permit applications are filed annually with the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, requiring significant review efforts to ensure that applications conform to regulations, and that proposed activities avoid, minimize, and compensate for stream and wetland impacts. However, the effectiveness of this approach remains uncertain. We evaluated the effectiveness of those regulatory efforts using newly installed stream–road crossings as a case study because crossings are pervasive on the landscape and many U.S. Army Corp of Engineers jurisdictions have requirements that are aimed at minimizing crossing-induced impacts to fish passage. Specifically, we assessed whether requirements intended to facilitate fish passage were implemented, whether requirements resulted in fish-passable stream–road crossings, and whether the amount of construction-related stream impact that was authorized by permits corresponded to the amount of compensation that was required. Our analysis is devoted solely to stream–road crossings in Georgia that are permitted under nationwide permits, the permit type commonly used to authorize activities in streams throughout the United States. We found that no new crossings conformed entirely to the requirements intended to avoid and minimize impacts to fish passage. The measured total stream impact length in this study was 46.0% higher than the amount of impact proposed in permit applications for perennial streams, and 23.7% higher for intermittent and ephemeral streams. Only 30.6% of the perennial stream length affected in this study received compensation for impacts even though 90.9% of impacts qualified. Collectively, these results indicate that regulations and mitigation policies are not having their intended effects of providing fish passage or preventing net loss of streams in Georgia as required under the Clean Water Act. We recommend that decision makers undertake a more geographically comprehensive evaluation of stream impacts that are authorized by permits to thoroughly evaluate regulatory effectiveness and impacts to fish passage.
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Wang, Qisheng, Bo Sun, Sheng Huang, Zhijun Wang, and Jianhua He. "Remote Access of the beamline BL17U at Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility." Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances 70, a1 (August 5, 2014): C796. http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s2053273314092031.
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BL17U at Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) is a PX beamline designed to high resolution and high throughput structural determination of macromolecules and their complexes. Since it opened to user community at 2009, more than 800 structures are publicly deposited to PDB up to date by using the beamline. The beamline offer more than 160 research group beamtime, the beamtime is over subscribed seriously. Full automation is requested and the staffs keep improving the automation and convenience. Sample changer is critical for the remote operation, it let the users do not need to enter the hutch in their experiment. Several facilities have developed their own robot to achieve this purpose since ten years ago. While for a very shortly period to put the beamline in operation, we adopt the commercial robotics, ACTOR from RIGAKU company, as the sample changer. Users can put 5 uni-type pucks into the dewar one time, totally 80 cryocooled samples. The low level control software is offered by the vendor, although it is not open source, the software provide the API to further development, which can be used to integrate the robot to our software system. Under the help from SSRL, we implement the Blu-Ice/DCS system to our beamline for control and data acquisition [1]. Based on the Blu-Ice/DCS protocol [2], a new DHS is developed to integrate the ACTOR robot to Blu-Ice/DCS. All the function, such as the mount, exchange, dismount and anneal, are implemented as operations. Thus we can program the proper operation by the script engineer to meet the requirements. The intuitive GUI is in the same order as the PUCK in the dewar, the user just click the sample to mount and exchange their samples. Except the laser sensor used to make sure the sample mounted to goniohead successfully, at the same time the user can observe the mount process by the live video server which also integrated into the software. Thanks to the Blu-Ice, the multi GUI clients are supported. The authorized remote users connect to the facility intranet by VPN, by means of the NX client they can connect to the GUI computer on site, as shown in Figure 1. Then they can only run the GUI program for data collection, so the intranet network environment and the equipment are protected maximum.
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Sharmila, P., Brindha Dev, Akshaya, D. Dhanvarsha, and A. Pavai. "Charter Authenticated Anti-Theft Secure Motor System." ITM Web of Conferences 37 (2021): 01009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/itmconf/20213701009.
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The prominent mode of transportation being used by the public is roadways. Increased usage of roadways may lead to many accidents and thefts. The major reason is violation of rules drafted for driving and causing accidents mainly by the youngsters who does not have a proper knowledge and license. So this proposed system has some restrictions to follow the rules drafted for driving and for higher safe and security, the License is scanned by means of NFC tag. When it is read by the NFC reader, Node MCU provides two-way authentication facility by sending an SMS to both the owner for authorization and the authorized current user would be able to control our vehicle by means of switching on and off the engine. The owner authorizes the user for a particular time period by using real time clock module. Without authorizing the license, the engine cannot have turned on. So, in this case license become mandatory to drive the vehicle. The features of the application to control the vehicle through the attached device. This will help a person to control the vehicle from anywhere. If a robber tries to snip the vehicle, immediately the Micro-Electromechanical System sends a signal to the controller and will be notified by a text message. Any violation to unlock the vehicle, emergency alert will send to owner as well as the current user and alarm blows out to seek the attention. This device can setup both in two-wheeler and four-wheeler.
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Cheung, Sai-On, Ka-Chi Lam, Schek-Sau Wong, and Sik-Hung Wong. "The Fee Sensitive Risk Exposures of Project Authorized Person in Hong Kong." Construction Economics and Building 1, no. 2 (November 14, 2012): 65–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/ajceb.v1i2.2877.
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Authorized Persons (AP) play a critical role in the design and construction of building works in Hong Kong. Under the Building Ordinance, design and construction of building works need to be coordinated and monitored by an AP registered with the Buildings Department. Professionally qualified Architects, Engineers and Surveyors are eligible to register as AP after completing the prescribed assessment. In addition, the project AP is often appointed by the project owner to be the project team leader. In these capacities, a project AP is exposed to various risks. This paper seeks to identify the fee sensitive risk exposures of project APs. Through an ANOVA study, these risks exposures are those due to liabilities under the Building Ordinance at the construction stage, those towards the third parties and the clients.
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Rivandi, Pranoko, Astuti Winda, Dewanto Satrio, and Mahmud Iwan Solihin. "Automotive Start–Stop Engine Based on Fingerprint Recognition System." E3S Web of Conferences 130 (2019): 01022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/201913001022.
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Automated vehicle security system plays an important rule in nowadays advance automotive technology. One of the methods which can be applied for a security system is based on biometric identification system. Fingerprint recognition is one of the biometric systems that can be applied to the security system. In this work, fingerprint recognition system to start the motorcycle engine is developed. The fingerprint of the owner and other authorized persons will be stored into the database, then while the time of starting the engine of the vehicle, the fingerprint will be validated with the database. The minutiae extraction method is applied to find the difference of fingerprint each other after turn the image into grayscale and thinning. After the extraction, the next step is finding the ridge edge and bifurcation. The result of the image will be used as input to the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) to recognize authorized person only. The experiment of fingerprint recognition system shows that automatic start-stop engine using fingerprint recognition system based minutiae extraction and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) has accuracy 100 % and 100 %, respectively.
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Magoon, Orville T., Donald D. Treadwell, and Paul S. Atwood. "JETTIES AT BODEGA HARBOR." Coastal Engineering Proceedings 1, no. 32 (February 1, 2011): 52. http://dx.doi.org/10.9753/icce.v32.structures.52.
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To create and maintain a navigable entrance for small craft between the Pacific Ocean and the natural lagoon now referred to as Bodega Harbor, the construction of two rubble-mound jetties and the associated dredging of interior channels were authorized by the United States Congress in the late 1930s. The jetties were built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in the early 1940s. Elements of the planning, design, construction, monitoring, and maintenance of the jetties are discussed herein.
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Gębura, Andrzej, and Tomasz Tokarski. "The Monitoring of the Bearing Nodes with Excessive Radial Clearances Using the FAM-C and FDM-A Methods." Research Works of Air Force Institute of Technology 25, no. 1 (January 1, 2009): 109–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10041-009-0011-0.
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The Monitoring of the Bearing Nodes with Excessive Radial Clearances Using the FAM-C and FDM-A Methods The paper has been intended to present findings resulting from the monitoring of the bearing support elements with increased radial clearances with the FAM-C1 and FDM-A2 methods. The role the lubricant film plays in this type of the rolling-elements' wear has been described. Discussed are symptoms, parameters, and hazards to the resonant state in bearing nodes, as well as capabilities of diagnosing them with the FAM-C and FDM-A methods. Hypotheses about subsequent stages of the wearing process in aircraft turbojet engine's bearing support assemblies, including how the resonant state occurs, have been presented. The mechanism of the resonance in rolling-element bearings has been described, with particular attention paid to the effects of gyrostatic moments upon the bearing support elements, both in micro- and macro-scale. Theoretical analyses have been supplemented with findings resulting from the diagnostic work carried out by the Authors, and with data from the mechanical verification of engines in the course of the authorised dismantling thereof.
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Lian, Shiguo. "Trust Issues and Solutions in Multimedia Content Distribution." International Journal of Dependable and Trustworthy Information Systems 1, no. 3 (July 2010): 32–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jdtis.2010070103.
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Multimedia content distribution is a key technique for multimedia services, which transmits multimedia content from a sender to certain receiver(s). With the popularity of multimedia services, the trust issues in content distribution becomes urgent, including the authorized access, privacy protection, trusted payment, piracy surveillance, and so forth. This chapter introduces the trust issues in multimedia content distribution (e.g., authorization, authentication, privacy, payment, ownership, illegal distribution, forgery, etc.), reviews the latest research progress of the solutions, and presents some open issues and promising research topics. It is expected to provide valuable information to researchers or engineers in this field.
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Yokoi, Kazuhito. "Special Issue on ROBOMEC'99." Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics 12, no. 2 (April 20, 2000): 65. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jrm.2000.p0065.
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This special issue is proposed in honor of the Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics authorized as the International Journal of the Robotics and Mechatronics Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers from 1999. The 1999 JSME Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (ROBOMEC’99) was held in Tokyo, on June 11-13, 1999, sponsored by the Robotics and Mechatronics Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. The purpose of the conference was to aid establishment of new industries using advanced Robotics and Mechatronics technologies. In the technical sessions, 81 sessions were held and a total of 579 papers presented to 946 participants. This special issue has been organized by editing papers presented at ROBOMEC'99 to distribute the significant results of the conference. I thank the authors who have contributed their papers to this special issue and thank Editor in Chief Prof. Makoto Kaneko (Hiroshima University), who has been indispensable in organizing this special issue. I also thank the Editors for the selection of papers.
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Scully, Brandan M., and Kenneth Ned Mitchell. "Underkeel Clearance Reliability Model for Dredged Navigation Channels." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2611, no. 1 (January 2017): 41–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2611-05.
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This paper presents a reliability measure for selecting marine navigation channel maintenance depth. Resource constraints have resulted in dredging requirements outpacing the funds available to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform navigation channel maintenance dredging, but navigation managers lack a method to objectively select maintenance depth alternatives to authorized project depths. The reliability of a navigation channel can be determined as the probability that a vessel's net underkeel clearance is greater than or equal to 0. Net underkeel clearance was hindcast from underkeel clearance contributors that include sailing draft, water level, bathymetric elevation, vessel squat, and wave response. This method was tested in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, with an authorized depth of 45 ft (13.7 m). The harbor includes two-way container, tanker, roll on–roll off, and passenger traffic with maximum drafts exceeding design depth. Vessel squat in transit is calculated on the basis of vessel speed, obtained from Automatic Identification System (AIS) data and a representative block coefficient based on vessel size and type. This study used archival AIS data, bathymetric surveys, observed water level elevations, and information collected by vessel pilots to calculate net underkeel clearance of vessel transits through each dredged location within the harbor in 2011. It was determined that channel reliability ranged from 98.7% to 100%. Channels with 100% reliability had minimum net underkeel clearance between 1.0 ft (0.3 m) and 8.3 ft (2.5 m). The approach provides a potential method to select maintenance depth alternatives to authorized channel depths that may result in maintenance cost savings that arise from avoided dredging and associated material management costs.
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Keerthi Chennam, Krishna, and Lakshmi Mudda. "Fine Grained Access Control Policy with Advanced Encryption Standard in the Cloud Computing." International Journal of Engineering & Technology 7, no. 4.6 (September 25, 2018): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.6.20221.
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The Data Base as a Service is a great example where the database engine and storage devices are in cloud data. This scheme allows customers to outsource data and store in cloud database on pay per user, scalable and flexible. But data confidentiality is in high risk when data is outsourced and stored in third party database. A trusted third party server must be maintaining the third party data base. There is a possibility of malicious administrator who can leaks the data which is stored in third party database. The best method is to encrypt the data and store in third party database but alone encryption is not sufficient. Even authorization is another problem that who can access the data. For data security and authorized of users, the fine grained access control policy Cipher text policy Attribute Based encryption (CP-ABE) is used to give access to authorized users only and the best symmetric encryption Advanced Encryption Standard(AES) is applied on data before outsourcing the data in cloud.
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Alekseyev, Valerii V., and Mikhail V. Kurmaev. "Books from the Collection of Genealogist M. Likharev in the Holdings of the Scientific Reference Library of the Central State Archive of Samara Region." Bibliotekovedenie [Library and Information Science (Russia)], no. 4 (August 28, 2015): 70–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/0869-608x-2015-0-4-70-75.
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The article discusses the Samara period of life and activity of the outstanding Russian genealogist, publisher and bibliophile M. N. Likharev (1879-1952). In 1924-1926 he worked as an authorized agent of the office of announcements “Engine” in the newspaper “Economic Life” (in the department of the Volga Federal District) and he was an employee of the publishing house “The Sower of Truth” as well. The unique collection of books, periodicals and manuscripts of the repressed scientist is nowadays stored in the Central State Archive of the Samara Region.
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Yokoi, Kazuhito, and Tatsuo Arai. "Special Issue on Selected Papers from ROBOMEC'01." Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics 14, no. 2 (April 20, 2002): 97. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jrm.2002.p0097.
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This special issue has been proposed in honor of the Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics authorized as the International Journal of the Robotics and Mechatronics Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers from 1999. The 2001 JSME Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (ROBOMEC'01) was held in Takamatsu, June 8-10, 2001, sponsored by the Robotics and Mechatronics Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. Its purpose was to aid establishments of new industries by using advanced technologies of Robotics and Mechatronics. In technical sessions, 82 organized sessions were held and 624 papers presented. More than 800 participants attended the conference. This special issue has been organized by editing papers presented at ROBOMEC'01 to disseminate the significant results of the conference. Papers from the conference were invited and reviewed by journal referees. Sixteen were selected for publication in the Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics Special Issue on Selected Papers from ROBOMEC'01 (Vol. 14, No. 2). We thank the authors in this special issue who have contributed their updated papers. We also thank Editor-in-Chief Makoto Kaneko of Hiroshima University, whose work has been indispensable in organizing this special issue. We also thank the Editors for selecting papers.
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Andrizal, Rusfandi, and Rivanol Chadry. "Implementasi Metoda Sum Squared Error untuk Identifikasi Kategori Pembakaran Mesin Sepeda Motor 4 Tak Bahan Bakar Bensin." Jurnal Ilmiah Poli Rekayasa 11, no. 2 (April 15, 2016): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.30630/jipr.11.2.22.
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Motorcycles with injection system uses engine scanner tool as a reference for a mechanic when performing a tune-up to find out and get the engine firing conditions were perfect. Unlike the motorcycle carburetor system, relying only on the experience of a mechanic. If using tools, usually using exhaust emission analyzer which only serves to measure the levels of elements and compounds and exhaust emissions and it can not be used to identify the condition of the combustion engine. Besides, not all the workshops have it, just a certain manufacturer authorized workshops, garages and a large scale or related government agencies that have it. There are two categories of combustion engine, the first engine combustion conditions are not perfect and complete combustion conditions. Perfect engine combustion conditions is needed so that maximum engine performance with an efficient use of fuel. This study aims to make a device that is capable of detecting the condition of combustion 4-stroke motorcycle carburetor system using the method of sum square error (SSE) through the value of the data patterns of exhaust emissions based gas sensors. The study, of the five categories of motorcycles with the manufacturer, type and year of manufacture of different shows that, the system made capable of identifying categories of combustion engine based on the SSE on the identification and reference set. The success rate of identification detection system performs the complete combustion of 89.33% and 97.99% of incomplete combustion.
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Barszczewska, Olga, Ralph Chami, and Anna Piechota. "Biosimilars in the French and Polish System: Chosen Aspects of Reimbursement and Access." Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe 23, no. 2 (June 23, 2020): 103–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/1508-2008.23.15.
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The EU approved the first biosimilar drug in 2006. By 2017, the EU had authorized the highest number of biosimilars worldwide, acquiring considerable experience in their use and safety. In May 2019, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) search engine showed 54 authorized biosimilars. Biosimilars reduce public expenditure; however, the discussion about their potential disadvantages is still ongoing. Each country adopts different regulations on the interchangeability, switching, and substitution of a reference medicine by its biosimilar, since the EMA does not regulate this issue. Additionally, each nation has a unique reimbursement system, which results in significant differences in patients’ access to biosimilars. The importance of securing a higher availability of these cheaper versions of biological drugs is well-recognized. The better the access to these biosimilars is, the lower the overall drug expenditure and need for rationing would be, and therefore the better treatment results. The aim of this paper is to compare selected aspects of reimbursement and access to the EMA authorized biosimilar medicines in two countries – France and Poland. The stated drug policy goal of both countries is to significantly improve biosimilar implementation in the coming years. The research is based on an analysis of four main sources: the EMA biosimilars database, the Polish reimbursement list published by the Polish Ministry of Health, and two French reimbursement databases published by the French Ministry of Health. An additional literature review was conducted. The expected results concentrate on differences in the number of reimbursed biosimilars, the average time between EMA authorization and country reimbursement decision date, and the availability of biosimilars registered outside of the centralized (EMA) procedure. These findings could identify areas of improvement and help with discussions on how to optimize the reach of biosimilars, as well as improve French-Polish collaboration on this matter.
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Uddin, Md Zulhash, Masashi Watanabe, Hirofusa Shirai, and Toshihiro Hirai. "Special Issue on Selected Papers from ROBOMEC'02." Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics 15, no. 2 (April 20, 2003): 113. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jrm.2003.p0113.
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This special issue has been proposed in honor of the Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics authorized to be the International Journal of the Robotics and Mechatronics Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers from 1999. The 2002 JSME Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (ROBOMEC'02) was held in Matsue on June 7-9, 2002, sponsored by the Robotics and Mechatronics Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers and attended by 861 participants. The purpose of the conference was to aid future establishment of new industries by using advanced technologies of Robotics and Mechatronics. Technical sessions included 70 organized sessions in which 684 papers were presented. This special issue was organized by editing papers presented at ROBOMEC'02 to ensure that conference results reached the widest possible audience. The Conference Program Committee selected 40 papers -less than 6% of the total. We have included the 17 papers accepting an invitation for inclusion that were reviewed by journal referees and selected for publication in the Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics Special Issue on Selected Papers from ROBOMEC'02 (Vol. 15, No. 2). We thank the authors who have contributed their updated papers, Editor-in-Chief Prof. Makoto Kaneko of Hiroshima University whose work has been indispensable in organizing this special issue, and the editors for selecting the papers.
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Alnuaimi, A. S., M. Al Mohsin, A. Hago, and S. El Gamal. "Overdesign of Villa Structures in Oman." Journal of Engineering Research [TJER] 12, no. 2 (December 1, 2015): 68. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/tjer.vol12iss2pp68-76.
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Residential projects represent the largest section of the construction industry in Oman. It is widely claimed that designers in Oman tend to unnecessarily overdesign structures, thereby aggravating construction costs. The aim of this research was to investigate the existence and extent of structural overdesign through the investigation of 31 villas which were approved by Muscat Municipality between 2000–2010. The specified villas were structurally redesigned based on the British Code of Practice using the same geometry and material strengths recorded in the drawings. The required reinforcement resulting from the redesign work was compared with the provided reinforcement as per the drawings. The results showed clear cases of extra reinforcement in almost all villas. The difference between required and provided reinforcements in the villas ranged from 2.3– 104.8%, with an average of 48.5% and a standard deviation of 24.0. The required and provided weights of reinforcement per square meter of the built-up area ranged from 25.7–71 and 40.9–87.9 kg/m2, respectively. The largest differences between the required and provided reinforcement were in the slabs, followed by the footings. A field survey of consultants and municipality engineers indicated that the most notable reasons for overdesign are the absence of authorized agents specialized in reviewing structural design, a lack of an engineering licensing system in Oman, and the phenomenon of experienced engineers leaving design offices for better paying jobs elsewhere. Finally, the cost implication of overdesign is minor compared to the overall cost of building.
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Yokoi, Kazuhito, and Tsutomu Hasegawa. "Special Issue on Selected Papers from ROBOMEC'00." Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics 13, no. 2 (April 20, 2001): 113. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jrm.2001.p0113.
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This special issue has been proposed in honor of the Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics that has been authorized to be the International Journal of the Robotics and Mechatronics Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers since 1999. The 2000 JSME Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (ROBOMEC’00) was held in Kumamoto, May 11-13, 2000, sponsored by the Robotics and Mechatronics Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. The purpose of the conference was to aid future establishments of new industries by using advanced technologies of Robotics and Mechatronics. In the technical sessions, 82 organized sessions were held and a total of 653 papers were presented. 969 participants attended the conference. This special issue has been organized by editing the papers presented at ROBOMEC’00 to widely distribute the significant results of the conference. High quality papers of the conference were invited to this journal and were reviewed again by the referees of this journal. Finally, 14 papers were selected for publication in the Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics Special Issue on Selected Papers from ROBOMEC’00 (Vol. 13, No. 2). We would like to thank the authors in this special issue who have contributed their updated papers. Also, we would express our gratitude to contributed their updated papers. Also, we would express our gratitude to Editor in Chief, Prof. Makoto Kaneko (Hiroshima University) whose work has been indispensable in organizing this special issue and the Editors for providing the selection of the papers.
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Grier, David V., Arthur F. Hawnn, John M. Lane, and Shilpa Patel. "Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1909, no. 1 (January 2005): 54–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198105190900108.
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The status and the performance of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) are evaluated. The harbor maintenance tax (HMT) and HMTF were established by Title XIV of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. The HMT is applied as a 0.125% ad valorem fee on the value of commercial cargo loaded or unloaded on vessels using federally maintained harbor projects. The HMTF is authorized to be used to recover 100% of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers eligible operation and maintenance (O&M) expenditures for commercial navigation, along with 100% of the O&M cost of the St. Lawrence Seaway by the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, certain costs of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and costs to administer the HMTF. The U.S. Supreme Court found that the HMT violated the export clause of the U.S. Constitution; as a result, the U.S. Customs Service halted HMT collections on U.S. exports in fiscal year 1998. However, the revenue stream from HMT collections on imports, domestic shipments, passengers, foreign trade zone cargo, and interest earnings should be sufficient to recover eligible expenditures for the foreseeable future.
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Duca, Kathleen. "What Stopped the Tocks Island Dam Project: The Environmental War or the War in Vietnam?" New Jersey Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 3, no. 1 (January 11, 2017): 74. http://dx.doi.org/10.14713/njs.v3i1.66.
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<p><em>The controversial damming of the Delaware River at Tocks Island would have created a 37-mile-long reservoir and recreational lake between the borders of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, flooding vast areas of beautiful land and historic buildings. In preparation, fifteen thousand people were displaced from their homes by the Army Corps of Engineers to create the Delaware Water Gap National Park and the proposed man-made lake. It took nearly forty years before the dam was finally de-authorized by Congress and the Delaware River permanently protected. The demise of the Tocks Island Dam project had always been incorrectly viewed as solely a victory for the environmental movement, but the dam was actually doomed much earlier when President Lyndon Johnson needed money to simultaneously fight the War in Vietnam and push through his Great Society legislation. Cost increases and budget cuts due to the war delayed the project long enough for it to get tangled in later environmental legislation. This paper demonstrates that a lack of funding in the late 1960s handed the growing environmental movement a fait accompli victory in the 1970s. </em></p>
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Wang, Zhen Wu. "A Flexible Role Based Access Control Engine Model." Advanced Materials Research 403-408 (November 2011): 2477–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.403-408.2477.
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The normal role-based access control (RBAC) model decouples users and permissions through roles,and different software systems have different implementation syteles.The paper proposes an engine model which can configure the RBAC management systems flexibly.It is a configuration tool to generate different RBAC management systems which meet different users’ requirements. The practice proves that the engine model can improve the efficiency and quality of software development. The role-based access control model decouples users and permissions through roles in order to simplify authorized operations and safety management[1]. Many literatures[2-6] discuss the RBAC model from different aspects. Some literatures[2-3] add new elements to the normal RBAC model,and these models are unidimensional according to the manipulated resources.For example, the NIST RBAC reference model [2] extends and standardize the RBAC96 [1] model reasonably.Some literatures[4-5] introduce time property to RBAC model and they are two-dimensional models according to the manipulated resources.Literature[6] furtherly add visual data muster to RBAC model and proposes a three-dimensional access control model. All of these models only discuss access control model theoretically,and different role-based access control modules in software systems have different instantiation sytles.For example, a RBAC module in one software system can not meet the access control requirements in another system because different RBAC modules have different table fields in order to realize certain requirements. This paper proposes a flexible role-based access control engine which can configure the RBAC module for different systmes according to each customer’s requirement.The engine is a configuration tool and it can realize various RBAC modules which have different table fields in database.The paper is organized as follows.Section I introduces the basic concepts of the NIST RBAC model;Seciton II details the description of RBAC engine model and gives the configuration steps using this engine to generate RBAC instances,and at last section III gives an example and concludes the paper.
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Engel, Jeffrey A. "The Surly Bonds: American Cold War Constraints on British Aviation." Enterprise & Society 6, no. 1 (March 2005): 1–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1467222700014282.
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The battle for dominance of the global aviation marketplace after 1945 was largely an Anglo-American competition, yet to date historians have overlooked the important role diplomacy played in shaping its outcome. Divisions over the proper regulation of strategically vital aircraft and aviation technology seriously impeded aircraft manufacturers, British producers especially. This article traces the impact of Anglo-American diplomacy upon British aviation manufacturers during the first half of the Cold War, from 1946 until the Sino-American rapprochement of the early 1970s. It explores three periods in particular: the initial postwar years, highlighted by disputed British jet engine sales to the Soviet Union; the early 1950s, when British jetliner exports seemed a genuine strategic threat in Washington; and the early 1960s, when Whitehall authorized covert transfers of American-licensed aviation equipment to complete the first British aircraft sales to the People’s Republic of China. These examples demonstrate not only the effect of strategic balancing by governments on the marketplace, but also diplomacy’s impact on business.
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Vyacheslav V, Shevtsov, and Vyachisty Dmitry D. "Relations Between the Soviet Government and the Technical Intelligentsia in 1917–1919." Humanitarian Vector 15, no. 6 (December 2020): 23–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.21209/1996-7853-2020-15-6-23-33.
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The article presents an overview of the political measures of the Soviet government to marginalize the socio-professional group of technical intelligentsia in 1917–1919. The article describes the process of forming the attitude of the Soviet government to the social group of technical specialists in the conditions of the accomplished October revolution and the Civil war in the country. The political writings of V. I. Lenin as the leader of the Bolshevik party and the head of the country regarding the place of technical specialists in the social space of the new state were characterized. The motives of the authorities in implementing a change in the social status of technical specialists were identified. Through the use of the historical-genetic method, the study analyzes the consecutive statements of V. I. Lenin regarding this socio-professional group was carried out. As a result of this, the periodization of the development of their relationships was constructed. The construction of such a chronology is relevant, because it makes possible to assess the motives of the actions of the Bolshevik government from the point of view of a specific goal setting, not from the standpoint of the class struggle, but in the search for the most effective way to overcome it. At the beginning, the authorities tried to create pragmatic relations with engineers, but seeing their refusal to cooperate, they took a course to stigmatize and marginalize them as a social group. As a result of this discrediting, the only buyer of their services became the Soviet government, using them centrally in the most important fields of production and economy. The authorities were forced to abandon further marginalization in the face of the difficult situation on Civil war, the small number of remaining specialists and the low efficiency of their work. In this regard, the process of rehabilitation of engineers was initiated, authorized by V. I. Lenin at the VIII Congress of the Bolshevik party. The head of state in a short period managed to organize a campaign to discredit the specialists, after which they were forced to abandon the anti-Soviet rhetoric and begin to integrate into society on the terms proposed by the Bolsheviks. Keywords: engineers, technical specialists, intellectuals, V. I. Lenin, Bolsheviks, class struggle
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Duwadi, Sheila Rimal, Michael A. Ritter, and Edward Cesa. "Wood in Transportation Program: An Overview." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1696, no. 1 (January 2000): 310–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1696-32.
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Research and demonstration bridge projects to further develop wood for transportation structures increased substantially in the United States in 1988 under a legislative action by the U.S. Congress known as the Timber Bridge Initiative. This program, renamed the Wood in Transportation Program, continues today and is administered by the Forest Service. FHWA became involved in timber bridge research in 1990. The FHWA program increased substantially under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA). From 1992 to 1997, ISTEA authorized significant funding for timber bridge research, technology transfer, and demonstration bridges. The current transportation authorization, the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st century, does not contain a program for timber bridges similar to that of ISTEA; however, there are provisions under the fiscal year 1999 Transportation Appropriations Bill for advancing engineered wood and composites technology through research and demonstration projects to further develop the use of wood for transportation structures. As a result of these combined efforts, a large number of research projects have been initiated, and a number of demonstration bridges have been built under both programs. An overview of the research and the demonstration timber bridge programs is provided here.
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Asmuni, Asmuni, M. Jamil, and Fitri Rafianti. "Dynamics of Application of Halal Certification on Medicine Products in Indonesia." Budapest International Research and Critics Institute (BIRCI-Journal): Humanities and Social Sciences 3, no. 4 (October 27, 2020): 2938–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.33258/birci.v3i4.1314.
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Products are "goods and / or services related to food, beverages, drugs, cosmetics, chemical products, biological products, genetically engineered products, as well as used goods that are used, used or utilized by the public", while the halal certificate is a certificate issued by the Central or Provincial MUI regarding the case of a food product, foodstuff, beverage and medicine and cosmetics produced by the company after being examined and declared halal by an institution authorized to issue a halal product certification. In Article 4 of Law No. 33 of 2014 concerning the guarantee of halal products it states that "Products that enter, circulate and are traded in the territory of Indonesia must be certified halal". Normatively, the article clearly stipulates that drugs that enter, circulate and are traded in the territory of Indonesia must be guaranteed halal. However, the halal certification process for medicines in Indonesia is waiting for a long time due to various dynamics, this is the content of researchers seeing the gap between Law Number 33 of 2014 and the current reality, we should be able to reflect on other countries as well. Which
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Asmuni, Asmuni, Syahnan Syahnan, and Asyura Asyura. "Implementation of the principle of sale and purchase transactions through MLM in Brand Branch (BC) PT. Herba Penawar Alwahida Indonesia (HPAI) Tanjungbalai." Budapest International Research and Critics Institute (BIRCI-Journal): Humanities and Social Sciences 3, no. 4 (November 6, 2020): 3376–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.33258/birci.v3i4.1371.
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Products are "goods and / or services related to food, beverages, drugs, cosmetics, chemical products, biological products, genetically engineered products, as well as used goods that are used, used or utilized by the public", while the halal certificate is a certificate issued by the Central or Provincial MUI regarding the case of a food product, foodstuff, beverage and medicine and cosmetics produced by the company after being examined and declared halal by an institution authorized to issue a halal product certification. In Article 4 of Law No. 33 of 2014 concerning the guarantee of halal products it states that "Products that enter, circulate and are traded in the territory of Indonesia must be certified halal". Normatively, the article clearly stipulates that drugs that enter, circulate and are traded in the territory of Indonesia must be guaranteed halal. However, the halal certification process for medicines in Indonesia is waiting for a long time due to various dynamics, this is the content of researchers seeing the gap between Law Number 33 of 2014 and the current reality, we should be able to reflect on other countries as well. Which is more advanced than Indonesia regarding halal certification?
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Zhang, Fuqiang, and Zeqin Wu. "Solution of the Dependence on Land Finance with the New-type Local Taxation System." International Journal for Innovation Education and Research 4, no. 7 (July 31, 2016): 63–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol4.iss7.564.
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The Third Plenary Session of the Eighteenth CPC National Congress put forward again that we should adhere to the new path of urbanization with Chinese characteristics, which has attr acted the attention at home and abroad. In the past, the urbanization of our country mainly demonstrated as "land urbanization", which led to the emergence of the local government land finance, widened the gap between urban and rural development, manifeste d interests contradiction between urban and rural areas. Therefore, it is necessary to guarantee that local governments have sufficient sources of fiscal revenue in order to break dependence on land finance for the purpose of making the construction of the new type urbanization becoming the engine for the economic growth in China. The corresponding specific measures are: first, we should perfect the legislation; second, we should straighten out the fiscal power and the administrative authority between the c entral and local governments harmoniously; the last and most important one is that local governments are authorized to adopt the innovative measure of "municipal securities and local taxation system”.
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Forrest, Robert G., David Lopez, Richard C. Peckham, and Frank J. Gorry. "A MAJOR OIL BARGE POLLUTION INCIDENT ON THE ARKANSAS RIVER." International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings 1985, no. 1 (February 1, 1985): 319–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-1985-1-319.
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ABSTRACT When the towboat Girard Lewis lost power on the Arkansas River Navigation System, it drifted into a railroad bridge near Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Upon impact, it lost the two oil barges it was pushing; one barge floated downstream and was impaled by icebreakers on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lock and Dam No. 4. The resulting damage to the barge caused a major discharge (8,000 barrels) of No. 6 fuel oil, which affected industrial and recreational uses of the river and threatened sensitive environmental areas, including the White River National Wildlife Refuge. The discharger accepted responsibility for salvage of the damaged barge but not for containment and cleanup of the spilled oil. Consequently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency initiated a federal removal project using the oil pollution response fund authorized under the Clean Water Act. A coordinated effort among at least seven federal and state agency representatives on site was carried out over 25 days. Special problems were encountered and resolved involving unusually high river flow, large amounts of debris, use and effectiveness of various oil recovery devices, barge salvage operations, closure of the navigation system to traffic, protection of environmentally sensitive areas, and levels of cleanup of shorelines and locks and dams. The project was effectively carried out over 60 miles of affected river at a cost of $372,000, with a minimum of environmental and real property damages. It was the worst pollution incident that has occurred on the Arkansas River Navigation System.
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Stroh, Steven L., and Rajan Sen. "Steel Bridges with Double-Composite Action: Innovative Design." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1696, no. 1 (January 2000): 299–309. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1696-31.
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Bridge engineers are continually faced with the challenge of providing efficient and cost-effective structures. In particular, the Florida Department of Transportation has recognized the need to develop economical bridge configurations in the medium-span range of 200- to 400-ft (60.96-to 121.92-m) spans and authorized a research project at the University of South Florida to identify and develop innovative design concepts within this span range. The study identified the concept of a steel bridge with double-composite action as an innovative bridge concept with the potential for significant cost savings compared with conventional modes of construction. This bridge type has been used with good success in Europe, but to the authors’ knowledge it has not been used in the United States. In addition to a composite concrete top slab, the double-composite bridge concept utilizes a composite concrete bottom slab in the negative moment regions. The result is provision of a design meeting compact requirements throughout, increased stiffness with corresponding decrease in fatigue stress range and deflections, savings in cross frames, and savings in flange material. The design implications of this system are examined, including redistribution effects due to creep and shrinkage, implications of different construction sequences, and strength and serviceability issues. Trial designs are presented, including both plate and box girder type structures, and design considerations are discussed. A prototype structure is identified for further development of the double-composite concept.
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Tsai, Tracy R., Kendrick Du, and Bill Stavropoulos. "New system for detecting, mapping, monitoring, quantifying and reporting fugitive gas emissions." APPEA Journal 57, no. 2 (2017): 561. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj16098.
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Coal seam gas (CSG) is an abundant energy source that’s been portrayed as having a lower Greenhouse Gas footprint than coal, but there have been concerns that fugitive emissions may be larger than estimated. Fugitive emissions associated with CSG development are engineered release points (valves and vents etc.) and unintentional equipment leaks. Various gas detection technologies are utilised across the industry that are effective at detecting large emissions sources in close proximity, but they are difficult to scale up to the large size needed for the CSG industry. We’ll present a summary of a trial utilising a new mobile methane detection and emission quantification system: the Picarro EQ (Emissions Quantification). After driving this instrument around CSG infrastructure, Picarro’s cloud-based analytics generate a map of methane measurements and emissions with wind indicators pointing to likely sources. Since all measurements are on a secure cloud-based service, any authorised operator can log into it to run reports and analytics. This system has been used to make measurements in the Barnett Shale, United States. We present results and demonstrate its usage within an operational CSG area to quantify and identify emissions from CSG infrastructure.
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Irani, Zahir, Habin Lee, Vishanth Weerakkody, Muhammad Kamal, and Shaun Topham. "Ubiquitous Participation Platform for POLicy Makings (UbiPOL)." International Journal of Electronic Government Research 6, no. 1 (January 2010): 78–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jegr.2010102006.
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The purpose of UbiPOL project is to develop a ubiquitous platform that allows citizens be involved in Policy Making Processes (PMPs) regardless of their current locations and time. However, literature highlights one of the foremost reasons that make citizens de-motivated in engaging themselves in policy making—the ignorance of germane policies and PMPs within the government organizations. It is highly suggested that while more citizens find connections between their everyday life activities and pertinent government policies, the more they become pro-active or motivated to be involved in PMPs. For this reason, UbiPOL aims to provide ‘context aware knowledge’ provision with regards to policy making, i.e. through UbiPOL enabling citizens in identifying any relevant policies along with other citizens’ opinion ‘whenever they want’ ‘wherever they are’ according to their everyday life pattern. As a result of this platform, citizens are anticipated to be more acquainted with the newest relevant policies and PMPs for their participation during their routine life activities. Moreover, this platform is also anticipated to provide policy tracking functionality through a ‘workflow engine’ and ‘opinion tag’ concept to improve the transparency of PMPs. As a final point, the platform intends to facilitate policy makers to collect citizen opinions more efficiently as the opinions are collected as soon as they are created in the middle of citizen’s everyday life. UbiPOL provides security and identity management facility to ensure only authorized citizens can have access to relevant policies according to their roles in PMPs. The delivery of the opinion and policy data over the wireless network is secure as the platform use leading edge encryption algorithm in its communication kernels. UbiPOL is a scalable platform ensuring at least 100,000 citizens can use the system at the same time (e.g., for e-Voting applications) through its well proven automatic load balancing mechanisms. The privacy ensuring opinion mining engine prevents unwanted revealing of citizen identities and the mining engine prevents any unrelated commercial advertisements are included in the opinion base to minimize the misuse of the system.
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William, Lim, Astuti Winda, Dewanto Satrio, Tan Sofyan, and Mahmud Iwan Solihin. "Automotive Start-Stop Engine Based on Face Recognition System." E3S Web of Conferences 130 (2019): 01020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/201913001020.
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There are so many security devices such as code pin, dual control procedures, and ID card. However, those devices have the potential to be lost, stolen or duplicated by someone. Due to that reason, the authentication for driver by using their face is one of the potential solutions. In this proposed system, the real time person’s face is detected using a camera. The detected face is then processed inthe system which will recognize. The recognized face is then used as input to the Arduino, which connected to the automotive relay to active the engine’s starter vehicle. Viola-Jones method is applied as a method to detect and crop face area of the face image. The Canny edge method is applied as a method for segmenting the detected face. The Canny edge method will detect a wide range of edges from facealso reducing noise image. Fast Fourier Transform is applied as a feature extraction technique to extract the segmented face image. The extracted image is then used as input to the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) in order to recognize the face of the authorize person. Experimental results show the training and testing accuracy of 100 % and 100 %, respectively.
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Dobrý, Jakub, Marek Čuhák, Pavel Čížek, and Vladimír Benko. "Nonlinear Analysis and Comparison of Design Methods for Slender Concrete Columns with their Impact on Economy and Reliability." Solid State Phenomena 292 (June 2019): 197–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/ssp.292.197.
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The subject of this article is a comparison of the calculation methods for slender reinforced concrete columns, which are likely to lose stability, and therefore it is necessary to take into account the influence of the second order theory. The columns were calculated by the nominal curvature method [1] Chap.5.8.8 and the general nonlinear method [1] Chap.5.8.6 (3). Our comparison was aimed on the reliability of the design of the columns and the cost of the column. The analysis was made for the columns we selected from the halls built in practice. For this reason, we have asked for co-operation with Statika Čížek s.r.o.. This company has designed lot of hall objects during numerous years of its practise. In this study, we proposed a selected column located in a particular hall object. Parameters of the selected column have been slightly modified against the practical design. Reinforcement of selected column was designed using the curvature method. This proposal was then subjected to "optimization", where the task was to minimize the amount of concrete and minimize the amount of reinforcement with usage of a general nonlinear method. Then we compared the results of this analysis in terms of reliability and cost of production. This article aims to alert authorized engineers to be careful with usage of the general non-linear method in practice. It is questionable, whether saving money on the cost of building structure is worthwhile to design columns with significantly lower reliability. Sometimes even with the risk of a loss of stability that belongs to the category - brittle failures
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Muthukarpan, S. L. A., M. N. Osman, M. Jusoh, T. Sabapathy, M. K. A. Rahim, M. Elshaikh, and Z. I. A. Khalib. "Drunken drive detection with smart ignition lock." Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics 10, no. 1 (February 1, 2021): 501–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/eei.v10i1.2241.
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Drink and drive issue have become solemnly that needs immediate attention. This is due to drivers’ ignorance towards road rules and regulations and their selfish attitude that caused loss of innocent lives. Although previously there is a drunk detecting mechanism using breathalyzer but it isn’t suitable for current fast-paced lifestyle. Therefore, to overcome these issues, this system is proposed. This system is fixed on vehicle’s steering to measure alcohol concentration reading using MQ-3 sensor from the driver’s exhaled breath. If the driver found to be drunk beyond the threshold level of 400 ppm, then ignition lock is activated and the car engine does not start till alcohol concentration falls to a safe level. Or, if the driver consumes an alcoholic drink while driving, upon exceeding permissible limit, the car slows down till it stops. Then, the location of the vehicle is tracked and sent as Google Map integrated link via text message to authorized unit. Simultaneously, the car buzzer goes off while the car slows down so that surrounding road users are aware of the driver’s condition and drives at a distance. The proposed detection system is highly potential to be implemented for reducing the drunk and drive accidents.
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Rakhra, Manik, Ramandeep Singh, Tarun Kumar Lohani, and Mohammad Shabaz. "Metaheuristic and Machine Learning-Based Smart Engine for Renting and Sharing of Agriculture Equipment." Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2021 (February 28, 2021): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5561065.
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Recently, many companies have substituted human labor with robotics. Some farmers are sharing different perspectives on the incorporation of technology into farming techniques. Some are willing to accept the technology, some are hesitant and bemused to adapt modern technology, and others are uncertain and are worried about the potential of technology to cause havoc and decrease yields. The third group prevails the most in the developed world, for lack of know-how, including translation of utility and, most significantly, the expense involved. A special Smart Tillage platform is established to solve the above issues. A smart-engine-based decision has been developed, which further uses classification and regression trees to shift towards decision-making. The decision is focused entirely on different input factors, such as type of crop, time/month of harvest, type of plant required for the crop, type of harvest, and authorised rental budget. Sitting on top of this would be a recommendation engine that is powered by deep learning network to suggest the escalation of a farmer from lower to higher category, namely, small to medium to large. A metaheuristic is one of the best computing techniques that help for solving a problem without the exhaustive application of a procedure. Recommendations will be cost-effective and suitable for an escalating update depending on the use of sufficient amends, practices, and services. We carried out a study of 562 agriculturists. Owing to the failure to buy modern equipment, growers are flooded by debt. We question if customers will be able to rent and exchange appliances. The farmers would be able to use e-marketplace to develop their activities.
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Halim, Abdul. "Rancang Bangun Biometric Starting System Berbasis Microcontroller ATmega328P Untuk Operator Alat Berat Dozer D3K Caterpillar." JTT (Jurnal Teknologi Terpadu) 8, no. 1 (April 27, 2020): 56–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.32487/jtt.v8i1.826.
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AbstractHeavy equipment industry ia an employment sector with potentially high rate of accidents, which might occur due to the operator's own fault, where he or she does not have competence in operating such an equipment. This operator's fault accident ranks number two after that of the mechanic's accident rate, which is the focus of this research. In line with the latest digital electronical development, companies have been able to solve problems confronted with operators, one of which is through the application of biometric authorization device, which has been expected to be able to reduce the rate in the industrial accidents in heavy equipment rental. This device works by requiring authorization of the operator without inserting the manually inserted Ignition key to the machine, but the operator' fingerprint that has been authorized into the system to operate such a machine. This, in turn, Will be able to reduce risks of getting an accident among operators. Fingerprint has Ita function to recognize the operator's identity as well as password to the electronical Ignition key to the machine that not everybody can get acceses to operating the machine to start it up. Design of this electronically controled device is to produce biometrically engine start-up relpacing the currently recognize Ignition switch to crank and switch off the engine using microcontrolled ATmega328P sytem. Results of the study gained from the tests based on the standard operating procedures show based on the standard Operating procedures show a 100% success without any obstacles Keywords : biometric, starting system, mokrokontroller, fingerprint AbstrakIndustri alat berat merupakan lapangan pekerjaan yang dimana memiliki tingkat kecelakaan kerja yang tinggi, banyak kecelakaan kerja terjadi dikarenakan kesalahan operator alat berat itu sendiri, baik itu karena operator tersebut tidak memiliki kompetensi keahlian dalam mengoperasikan kendaraan alat berat tersebut, sehingga operator alat berat menjadi pekerjaan dengan tingkat kecelakaan tertinggi kedua setelah mekanik, itulah yg menjadi dasar penelitian ini dilakukan. Seiring dengan perkembangan teknologi elektronika digital dewasa ini, maka persoalan-persoalan yang dihadapi mampu untuk dipecahkan dan disolusikan yang dialami perusahaan terhadap para operator dilapangan, salah satunya adalah biometric authorization, yang diharapkan dapat mengurangi tingkat kecelakaan kerja didunia industri rental alat berat yang pekerjaannya memerlukan proses otorisasi para operatornya, dimana yang biasanya autorisasi tersebut biasanya menggunakan kunci kontak akan diganti dengan sidik jari (fingerprint). hanya operator yang telah terotorisasilah yang dapat masuk kedalam sistem tersebut untuk mengoperasikan unit. Sehingga diharapkan dapat meminimalisir kecelakaan kerja dikalangan operator. Fingerprint berfungsi sebagai identitas operator dan password sebagai kunci elektroniknya. Dengan menggunakan fingerprint seseorang tak akan mudah mengoperasikan unit dengan sembarangan karena hanya sang operator yang sudah terotorisasi yang bisa starting engine. Tujuan dari pembuatan alat ini adalah untuk merancang dan membuat biometric starting engine otomatis menggantikan fungsi key star switch yang selama ini digunakan untuk cranking engine dan turn off the engine dengan kendali akses menggunakan fingerprint dan password berbasis mikrokontroler ATmega328P. Hasil yang diperoleh dari pengujian berdasarkan SOP yang telah dibuat berhasil 100% tanpa ada problem. Kata kunci : biometric, starting system, microcontroller, fingerprint
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Diaz, Carmen, Cecilia Fernandez, Regina McDonald, and Jupiter M. Yeung. "Determination of Cry9C Protein in Processed Foods Made with StarLink™ Corn." Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL 85, no. 5 (September 1, 2002): 1070–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jaoac/85.5.1070.
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Abstract StarLink™ (Aventis CropScience US) hybrid corn has been genetically modified to contain a pesticidal protein, Cry9C, which makes it more resistant than traditional varieties to certain types of corn insect pests. Unlike other varieties of genetically engineered corn, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency authorized the use of StarLink corn for animal feed and industrial use only, not for human consumption. However, some Cry9C-containing corn was mistakenly or inadvertently comingled with yellow corn intended for human food use. Because corn containing the Cry9C construct was not approved for human use, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration considers food containing it to be adulterated. Consequently, this regulatory violation resulted in hundreds of recalls of corn-based products, such as taco shells, containing cry9C DNA. Detecting the novel protein in StarLink corn is an emerging issue; therefore, there is no standardized or established analytical method for detecting Cry9C protein in processed foods. We developed a procedure for quantitation of Cry9C protein, with validation data, in processed food matrixes with a limit of quantitation at 1.7 ng/g (ppb), using a commercial polyclonal antibody-based Cry9C kit that was intended for corn grain samples. Intra- and interassay coefficients of variation were 2.8 and 11.8%, respectively. Mean recoveries were 73 and 85% at 2 and 5 ng/g Cry9C fortifications, respectively, for 19 control non-StarLink corn-based matrixes. Our data demonstrate only 0–0.5% of Cry9C protein survived the processing of tortilla chips and soft tortillas made from 100% StarLink corn, resulting in levels from below the detection limit to 45 ppb.
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Ahmadi, Hemayatullah, Ozumcan Alara Kaya, Ebru Babadagi, Turan Savas, and Emrah Pekkan. "GIS-Based Groundwater Potentiality Mapping Using AHP and FR Models in Central Antalya, Turkey." Environmental Sciences Proceedings 5, no. 1 (December 1, 2020): 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/iecg2020-08741.
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Groundwater is considered one of the essential natural resources stored beneath the earth's surface by infiltration through various rock layers. Groundwater potential supplies almost 30% of fresh water globally, and in general, 65% of groundwater is used for agricultural irrigation, 25% as drinking water, and the remaining 10% is utilized as industrial water. This study aimed to delineate potential groundwater zones in the central Antalya province, Turkey, using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and frequency ratio (FR). Seven thematic layers, including lithology, slope, drainage density, landcover/land use, lineament density, rainfall, and soil depth, were considered as influencing factors for these models. The preparation of all geospatial datasets was carried out in the GIS environment and Google Earth Engine. Additionally, some authorized relevant web portals were also tried for obtaining the required spatial data. The findings of analysis by AHP and FR models showed that Muratpasa, Kepez, and eastern Dosemealti in the eastern part of the study area are characterized by a high potentiality of groundwater. In contrast, the regions in the southern and the western parts covered by igneous rocks and other less permeable sediments, also featuring high and steep slopes, were also followed by a low or very low groundwater potential. Consequently, the results from both models were assessed using the receiver operating curve (ROC) and area under the curve (AUC) for validation. The validation in this study confirmed the higher effectivity of the results achieved by FR than the AHP model.
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CORRÊA, Sérgio Machado, and Graciela ARBILLA. "FORMALDEHYDE AND ACETALDEHYDE EMISSIONS FROM BIODIESEL / DIESEL MIXTURES." Periódico Tchê Química 06, no. 3 (August 20, 2006): 54–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.52571/ptq.v3.n06.2006.agosto/7_pgs_54_68.pdf.
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With the approval in January 2005 of Law 11,097, the addition of 2% biodiesel to diesel in the Brazilian energy matrix is ??authorized. As a consequence, several segments have started studies for the production of biodiesel from oilseeds, such as castor, soy, cotton, sunflower, cotton among others, as well as from residual fatty materials such as frying oils. It has been identified, by several studies, that biodiesel emits less carbon dioxide, sulfur oxides and particulate matter. However, some classes of pollutants, such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), still need studies. The emissions of these pollutants cannot be identified with the online equipment used by the environmental agencies, as they only provide the total amount of the compounds. This work carried out an evaluation of a sub-class of VOCs, carbonyls. There are few references in the literature about the emission of these compounds, which are highly toxic and lead to the formation of photochemical oxidants such as ozon. Two 6-cylinder diesel engines, typical of the urban bus fleet, were used, which were tested with different proportions of biodiesel: 2, 5, 10 and 20%, respectively B2, B5, B10 and B20, as well as with pure diesel (D ) To compare. For each mixture, 5 samplings were performed and the results indicated an increase in the concentration of formaldehyde according to the increase in biodiesel in diesel, as well as in the levels of acetaldehyde, to a lesser extent. These results can be attributed to the presence of oxygen atoms in the biodiesel molecule.
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Demeke, T., and D. J. Perry. "Low level presence of unapproved biotech materials: Current status and capability of DNA-based detection methods." Canadian Journal of Plant Science 94, no. 3 (March 2014): 497–507. http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/cjps2012-324.
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Demeke, T. and Perry, D. J. 2014. Low level presence of unapproved biotech materials: Current status and capability of DNA-based detection methods. Can. J. Plant Sci. 94: 497–507. In agricultural biotechnology, low level presence (LLP) of recombinant DNA plant material is defined as the unintended presence of trace levels of a specific genetically engineered (GE) or biotechnology-derived material which in most instances has been authorized for use as food or feed in at least one country. Asynchronous authorizations of GE products have prompted testing for the GE content in an assortment of agricultural products for the purpose of facilitating international grain trade. Low level presence of some unauthorized GE materials identified in non-GE grains, oilseeds and food stuffs has negatively impacted grain trade. Other factors contributing to a negative impact on grain trade due to LLP of GE material include zero tolerance policies and slow regulatory approval processes for some countries. This element alone heightens the need for accurate, reliable and cost-effective detection methods. As the number of biotech events increases, the challenge of handling LLP of unapproved GE materials poses an even greater challenge. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is widely used for detection and quantification of GE events. Accuracy of PCR-based testing of GE events is affected by variation in sampling, sample preparation and various confounders associated with testing methods. Challenges when using PCR detection and quantification methods for the detection of LLP of GE events are the focus of this review as well as background information and recent examples of occurrence and suggestions to mitigate LLP as it relates to GE materials in grain trade.
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Hirota, Kaoru, and Toshio Fukuda. "Message from Editors-in-Chief." Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics 21, no. 1 (January 20, 2017): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jaciii.2017.p0005.
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It is our great pleasure to congratulate the Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics (JACIII) on its 20th anniversary. The concept of Computational Intelligence was originally authorized in the first IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI) held in Orlando, Florida in 1994, where the key issues of CI were characterized by fuzzy, neuro, and EC (Evolutionary Computation). The JACI (Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence) Vol.1 No.1 was published from Fuji Technology Press in Oct 1997, and the name of the journal has been changed to JACIII since Vol.7 No.1 Feb 2003 to accept more widely developed issues related to intelligent informatics. The JACIII is currently published in bimonthly, six issues a year, in cooperation with International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA), Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics (SOFT), Brazilian Society of Automatics (SBA), The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), John von Neumann Computer Society (NJSZT), Vietnamese Fuzzy Systems Society (VFSS), Fuzzy Systems and Intelligent Technologies Research Society of Thailand (FIRST), Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems (KIIS), and Taiwanese Association for Artificial Intelligence (TAAI), and is indexed in ESCI, SCOPUS, and COMPENDEX (Ei-Index). In the past 20 years personally, so many issues happened in the JACIII editing process. Some of them were very tough but all are very good memories to us. We occasionally organize the JACIII editorial meetings in Tokyo and remotely. As Editors-in-Chief, we are most grateful to all who have worked with the JACIII and helped reach its 20th anniversary. We thank the editorial board members for editing this journal with their high discernment and the guest editors for arranging special issues with their high profession. We would also like to thank the peer reviewers for their accurate evaluations in a short time, and finally our special thanks go to the editorial office of Fuji Technology Press Ltd., especially to its founder, Mr. K. Hayashi, and to the editors, Ms. Reiko Ohta and Mr. Kunihiko Uchida for their efforts in publishing this journal.