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Lin, Yu Qing, Mao Fa Gong, Hui Ting Ge, Bing Qian Liu, and Ning Xia Yang. "Comprehensive Compensation System Based on CS-APF and SVC." Applied Mechanics and Materials 635-637 (September 2014): 1418–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.635-637.1418.
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A unified control method of comprehensive compensation system based on CS- APF and SVC is introduced in this paper. SVC is composed of thyristor controlled reactor (TCR) and fixed capacitor (FC). For the CS- APF control, a feedforward control for harmonic compensation of SVC and load is applied. The CS- APF is enabled to optimize the var compensation performance of SVC. Finally, the simulation results show that the system can effectively compensate reactive power and eliminate harmonic currents.
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Tibon Czopp, Shira, Lily Rothschild-Yakar, and Liat Appel. "Rorschach Comprehensive System (CS) Reference Data for Israeli Adolescents." Journal of Personality Assessment 94, no. 3 (May 2012): 276–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2011.653064.
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Tibon Czopp, Shira, and Ruth Zeligman. "The Rorschach Comprehensive System (CS) Psychometric Validity of Individual Variables." Journal of Personality Assessment 98, no. 4 (January 30, 2016): 335–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2015.1131162.
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Yazigi, Latife, Norma Lottenberg Semer, Maria Luiza de Matos Fiore, Roberta Katz Abela, Tatiana Gottlieb Lerman, and Thaís Cristina Marques. "Form Quality in Rorschach Comprehensive System and R-PAS: Sample of Psychiatric Cases." Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) 26, no. 63 (April 2016): 53–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-43272663201607.
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Abstract The creation of the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) requires research that allows its use in the Brazilian population. The Formal Quality (FQ) category is essential both for clinic and research. The aim of this study was to compare form quality variables in Rorschach protocols from psychiatric patients and ratings coded in the Comprehensive System (CS) and R-PAS. The sample comprised 206 Rorschach protocols from adult patients in psychiatric treatment, who were also assessed by SCID-I and SCID-II. Most protocols were administered in the CS and recoded according to the R-PAS. The kappa coefficient was calculated, and we compared the means of these variables in both systems. The kappa results varied from almost perfect to substantial consistency for all variables, however, the descriptive statistics confirmed that the R-PAS elicits more FQ Ordinary coding while the CS elicits more FQ minus coding.
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Porcelli, Piero. "Rorschach Comprehensive System Predictors of Biopsychological Distress in Patients with Chronic Disease." Rorschachiana 31, no. 2 (January 2010): 143–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1192-5604/a000009.
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The Rorschach Comprehensive System (CS) scores of D, Adj.D, m, and SumY are thought to indicate feelings associated with stressful experiences. In this study, 92 patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) were assessed with the Rorschach CS, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) for psychological distress, and standard biomedical measures for disease activity (DA) over a period of 6 months. Stress was defined as the combined assessment of the somatic (DA) and psychological (HADS) components by creating groups of patients with and without biopsychological distress. Using a cross-sectional study design, we could associate the CS variables of stress control (D, Adj.D, es, and SumY) and negative affect (DEPI) to poor somatic and psychological health status (effect size ranging from .37 to .49). Longitudinal, hierarchical regression analysis showed that baseline CS variables (particularly D < 0 and higher SumY) explained a significant amount (9%) of the disease activity aggravation, and that they – particularly D and Adj.D – independently predicted biopsychological distress aggravation measured 6 months after the Rorschach administration and controlled for biomedical and sociodemographic factors (37% of shared variance). Confirming previous findings, this study showed that D/Adj.D and SumY were reliable, stable indicators of the stressful experience, considered as the joint combination of the psychological and the somatic components.
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Vorakulpipat, Chalee, Sasakorn Pichetjamroen, and Ekkachan Rattanalerdnusorn. "Usable comprehensive-factor authentication for a secure time attendance system." PeerJ Computer Science 7 (August 16, 2021): e678. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.678.
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In information security, it is widely accepted that the more authentication factors are used, the higher the security level. However, more factors cannot guarantee usability in real usage because human and other non-technical factors are involved. This paper proposes the use of all possible authentication factors, called comprehensive-factor authentication, which can maintain the required security level and usability in real-world implementation. A case study of an implementation of a secure time attendance system that applies this approach is presented. The contribution of this paper is therefore to provide a security scheme seamlessly integrating all classical authentication factors plus a location factor into one single system in a real environment with a security and usability focus. Usability factors emerging from the study are related to a seamless process including the least number of actions required, the lowest amount of time taken, health safety during the pandemic, and data privacy compliance.
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Hansen, Bolette D., Søren H. Rasmussen, Mads Uggerby, Thomas B. Moeslund, and David G. Jensen. "Comprehensive Feature Analysis for Sewer Deterioration Modeling." Water 13, no. 6 (March 17, 2021): 819. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13060819.
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Timely maintenance of sewers is essential to preventing reduced functionality and breakdown of the systems. Due to the high costs associated with inspecting a sewer system, substantial research has focused on sewer deterioration modeling and identification of the most useful features. However, there is a lack of consensus in the findings. This study investigates how the feature importance depends on the definition of bad pipes and how the feature importance changes between utilities with similar data bases. A dataset containing 318,457 pipes from 35 utilities with a condition state (CS) ranging from one to four was used. The dataset was cleaned, and a backward step analysis (BSA) was applied to two ways of binarizing the CS. Additionally, a BSA was applied for each utility with ≥100 pipes in CS four. The results showed that a selective definition of bad pipes reduced the performance and changed the order of which features contributed the most. In each case, either year of construction, age, groundwater, year of rehabilitation, or dimension was the most important feature. On average 6.5 features contributed to the utility-specific models. The feature analysis was sensitive to the inspection strategy, the size of the dataset, and interdependency between the features.
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RIEN, Margarete, Silvana Alba SCORTEGAGNA, Jucelaine Bier Di Domenico GRAZZIOTIN, and Telma Elita BERTOLIN. "Validity evidence of the Zulliger-CS in older adults with Parkinson’s disease." Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas) 34, no. 4 (December 2017): 560–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-02752017000400011.
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Abstract The ethical principles of psychological assessment include the need to use reliable tests to meet the demands of the emerging population. Therefore, the present study sought to provide evidence of validity of the Zulliger Comprehensive System (Zulliger Test in the Comprehensive System) considering the constructs: self-perception and interpersonal relationships. A total of 61 older adults of both sexes participated in the study; 30 had Parkinson’s disease (clinical group) and 31 were healthy (non-clinical group). The clinical group showed an increase in the following variables: Human detail (p = 0.02, d = 0.50); Morbid responses (p = 0.025, d = 0.62); Vista responses (p = 0.016, d = 0.72), Food Responses (p = 0.021, d = 0.61) and Decrease in human detail fictional (p = 0.012, d = -0.65) and in Personalized Responses (p = 0.003, d = -0.48). There was a positive relationship between the Zulliger Test in the Comprehensive System variables and age, income, and disease severity and a negative relationship between the Zulliger Test in the Comprehensive System variables and time since diagnosis. The results obtained confirm the validity of the Zulliger Test in the Comprehensive System and encourage further studies.
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Wang, Huanyuan, Baoguo Li, Liang Jin, and Kelin Hu. "Exploring a Sustainable Cropping System in the North China Plain Using a Modelling Approach." Sustainability 12, no. 11 (June 4, 2020): 4588. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12114588.
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The North China Plain (NCP) is one of the most important grain production regions in China. However, it currently experiences water shortage, severe nonpoint source pollution, and low water and N use efficiencies (WUE and NUE). To explore sustainable agricultural development in this region, a field experiment with different cropping systems was conducted in suburban Beijing. These cropping systems included a winter wheat and summer maize rotation system for one year (WM), three harvests (winter wheat-summer maize-spring maize) in two years (HT), and continuous spring maize monoculture (CS). Novel ways were explored to improve WUE and NUE and to reduce N loss via the alternative cropping system based on the simulation results of a soil-crop system model. Results showed that the annual average yields were ranked as follows: WM > HT > CS. The N leaching of WM was much larger than that of HT and CS. WUE and NUE were ranked as follows: WM < HT < CS. Comprehensive evaluation indices based on agronomic and environmental effects indicated that CS or HT have significant potential for approaches characterized by water-saving, fertilizer-saving, high-WUE, and high-NUE properties. Once spring maize yield reached an ideal level HT and CS became a high-yield, water-saving, and fertilizer-saving cropping systems. Therefore, this method would be beneficial to sustainable agricultural development in the NCP.
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Chaudhari, Smita, and Siva Kumar Pathuri. "A Comprehensive Survey on Public Auditing for Secure Cloud Storage." International Journal of Engineering & Technology 7, no. 2.7 (March 18, 2018): 565. http://dx.doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i2.7.10883.
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Cloud computing is the most popular paradigms used today by Industries & individual users to store data. This outsourcing releases user from capital as well as maintenance cost to own their data. But it brings new security challenges such as data integrity & privacy since user has no power of control on his own data. Advances in encryption & authentication techniques has improved security of data at cloud server(CS) but still it is not providing any certificate or assurance about cloud data to user. Most of the times users are not aware of the different controls employed by CS to protect integrity of data. Due to this lack of transparency in system, the user may lose trust on CS. Hence it is a need of user to check integrity of his data at regular intervals. Most of the researchers have given solutions to this problem with the help of cryptography techniques. External parties such as Third-Party Auditors (TPA) are performing audit to verify this remote data on behalf of user. This paper surveys different cryptography mechanisms proposed by different researchers to check integrity of remote data. Finally, we address future research challenges that need to be resolved by researchers to make system more transparent.
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Mikušová, Veronika, and Peter Mikuš. "Advances in Chitosan-Based Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery." International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22, no. 17 (September 6, 2021): 9652. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22179652.
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Nanoparticles (NPs) have an outstanding position in pharmaceutical, biological, and medical disciplines. Polymeric NPs based on chitosan (CS) can act as excellent drug carriers because of some intrinsic beneficial properties including biocompatibility, biodegradability, non-toxicity, bioactivity, easy preparation, and targeting specificity. Drug transport and release from CS-based particulate systems depend on the extent of cross-linking, morphology, size, and density of the particulate system, as well as physicochemical properties of the drug. All these aspects have to be considered when developing new CS-based NPs as potential drug delivery systems. This comprehensive review is summarizing and discussing recent advances in CS-based NPs being developed and examined for drug delivery. From this point of view, an enhancement of CS properties by its modification is presented. An enhancement in drug delivery by CS NPs is discussed in detail focusing on (i) a brief summarization of basic characteristics of CS NPs, (ii) a categorization of preparation procedures used for CS NPs involving also recent improvements in production schemes of conventional as well as novel CS NPs, (iii) a categorization and evaluation of CS-based-nanocomposites involving their production schemes with organic polymers and inorganic material, and (iv) very recent implementations of CS NPs and nanocomposites in drug delivery.
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Liew, Pek Yew, and Christoph Luetge. "Integrated Management System Frameworks for Corporate Social Responsibility and Related Concepts." Journal of Management and Sustainability 6, no. 3 (August 30, 2016): 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jms.v6n3p12.
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<p>Although integrated management system (IMS) is known as an approach that can systematically and progressively integrate requirements of multiple stakeholders into the business processes, there is surprisingly a dearth of research on the adoption of this approach for the implementation and integration of stakeholder oriented concepts such as corporate social responsibility (CSR) and its related concepts, namely corporate sustainability (CS) or sustainable development (SD). This literature review is intended to support future research on this topic by providing a comprehensive overview of the past research on IMS frameworks that were developed for CSR and CS/SD as well as an analysis of twelve different IMS frameworks for the implementation, integration and management of these concepts. Although CSR and CS/SD are concepts that are often used synonymously, different approaches were adopted for the implementation of both concepts. Our analysis of the frameworks revealed that there is a tendency to adopt only specific international standards such as SA 8000, ISO 26000 or AA 1000 in the IMS approaches for the implementation of CSR. However, in the case of CS/SD, a combination of different management systems standards (MSSs) was incorporated into the IMS approaches for the implemention of the three dimensions of CS/SD.</p><p><br /><strong></strong></p>
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Pianowski, Giselle, Gregory J. Meyer, Anna Elisa de Villemor-Amaral, Ana Carolina Zuanazzi, and Regina Sonia Gattas F. do Nascimento. "Does the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) Differ from the Comprehensive System (CS) on Variables Relevant to Interpretation?" Journal of Personality Assessment 103, no. 1 (October 21, 2019): 132–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2019.1677678.
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Grønnerød, Cato, and Ellen Hartmann. "Moving Rorschach Scoring Forward." Rorschachiana 31, no. 1 (January 2010): 22–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1192-5604/a000003.
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A new scoring system called RN-Rorschach was developed in Norway to provide a simple system focusing on clinical usefulness, with acceptable psychometric properties and with a high level of compatibility with the Comprehensive System (CS). The Rorschach method is a demanding method, and the CS may be too complex for learning the basic aspects of the Rorschach method, especially for students in introductory courses. Experience from teaching in introductory courses indicates that the goal of a simple and useful system has been achieved. Data on psychometric properties indicate that interscorer reliability is generally high. Two overall iota (ι) estimates were found to be .85 and .93. Future developments of Rorschach scoring are discussed.
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Inoue, Naomi. "Evaluation of an EMDR Treatment Outcome Using the Rorschach, the TAT, and the IES-R." Rorschachiana 30, no. 2 (July 2009): 180–218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1192-5604.30.2.180.
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In order to better understand treatment outcome through eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) trauma therapy, the author conducted comprehensive pre- and posttreatment assessments using the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), the Rorschach Comprehensive System (CS), and the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) on a survivor of human-caused trauma. The results of the Rorschach CS and the TAT showed significant improvements in terms of interpersonal relationships after the treatment. On the other hand, the posttreatment Rorschach scores indicated that the EMDR therapy promoted self-insight in much the same way as a traditional uncovering therapy. In this case study, the findings gained through the two performance-based methods shed light on what a successful EMDR trauma therapy can yield aside from symptom reduction.
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Villemor-Amaral, Anna Elisa, and Philipe Gomes Vieira. "Zulliger (CS) in Assessing the Relational Maturity of Children." Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) 26, no. 65 (August 4, 2016): 369–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-43272665201601.
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Abstract Relational maturity is an important aspect to be considered in the evaluation of children. Its development in children is considered related to sex and chronological age. The present study aimed to seek evidence of validity for the Zulliger test (Comprehensive System - CS) in the evaluation of maturity for interpersonal relationships in children. A total of 566 children, both sexes, of which 52.8% were girls, were submitted to the Zulliger test (CS). For comparison according to age, a subsample was extracted, composed of two groups of six and 12-year-olds, totaling 115 children. The analysis revealed statistically significant differences in the variables H, (H), A, Ad, (A), M, FC and AG. Results show findings in favor of using the Zulliger test (CS) in the evaluation of maturity for interpersonal relationships in children.
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Nijs, Jo, Astrid Lahousse, Eleni Kapreli, Paraskevi Bilika, İsmail Saraçoğlu, Anneleen Malfliet, Iris Coppieters, et al. "Nociplastic Pain Criteria or Recognition of Central Sensitization? Pain Phenotyping in the Past, Present and Future." Journal of Clinical Medicine 10, no. 15 (July 21, 2021): 3203. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10153203.
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Recently, the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) released clinical criteria and a grading system for nociplastic pain affecting the musculoskeletal system. These criteria replaced the 2014 clinical criteria for predominant central sensitization (CS) pain and accounted for clinicians’ need to identify (early) and correctly classify patients having chronic pain according to the pain phenotype. Still, clinicians and researchers can become confused by the multitude of terms and the variety of clinical criteria available. Therefore, this paper aims at (1) providing an overview of what preceded the IASP criteria for nociplastic pain (‘the past’); (2) explaining the new IASP criteria for nociplastic pain in comparison with the 2014 clinical criteria for predominant CS pain (‘the present’); and (3) highlighting key areas for future implementation and research work in this area (‘the future’). It is explained that the 2021 IASP clinical criteria for nociplastic pain are in line with the 2014 clinical criteria for predominant CS pain but are more robust, comprehensive, better developed and hold more potential. Therefore, the 2021 IASP clinical criteria for nociplastic pain are important steps towards precision pain medicine, yet studies examining the clinimetric and psychometric properties of the criteria are urgently needed.
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Lima, Amorce, Steven Bruzek, Amanda Lasher, Grant Vestal, and Suzane Silbert. "Evaluation of the bioMérieux EPISEQ-CS Software for wgMLST-Based Bacterial Strain Typing." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 41, S1 (October 2020): s231. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.780.
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Background: Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is becoming the method of choice for outbreak analysis of microbial pathogens. However, the main challenge with WGS for microbial strain typing is the conversion of raw sequencing data to actionable results for epidemiology and surveillance analysis. We evaluated the bioMrieux EPISEQ-CS, a cloud-based WGS data analysis software for outbreak detection to compare the results for 4 groups of different species previously characterized by strain typing and commonly isolated in hospital-acquired infections. Methods: In total, 30 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), 15 Clostridioides difficile (CDIFF), 17 Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PSA), and 10 Acinetobacter baumannii (ACB) isolates were included in this study. All isolates had been previously characterized by rep-PCR using the DiversiLab system (bioMrieux, France) and saved at 70C. Before testing, samples were thawed and plated, and DNA extraction was performed on the QIAcube (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany) using the DNEasy Ultra Clean Microbial kit extraction protocol. DNA libraries were prepared using the Nextera DNA Flex Kit and sequenced on the Illumina iSeq100 platform according to manufacturer’s recommendations (Illumina, San Diego, CA). Generated sequences were uploaded into EPISEQ-CS, and wgMLST-based analysis was performed. We compared clusters generated by the DiversiLab system and EPISEQ-CS. Results: DiversiLab identified 9 MRSA clusters among 30 isolates. EPISEQ-CS reclassified 14 of 30 isolates into 5 MRSA clusters and the remaining 16 isolates were unrelated. DiversiLab identified 2 CDIFF clusters among 15 isolates. EPISEQ-CS reclassified 3 isolates into 1 CDIFF cluster and determined the remaining 12 to be unrelated. DiversiLab identified 5 PSA clusters among 17 isolates, whereas EPISEQ-CS reclassified all 17 isolates as unrelated. DiversiLab identified 2 ACB clusters among 10 isolates, whereas EPISEQ-CS reclassified 2 ACB isolates into 1 cluster and determined 8 to be unrelated. Analysis using Simpson’s diversity index (D) suggested that the EPISEQ-CS showed increased diversity when compared to DiversiLab clustering across all bacterial species analyzed in this study. Conclusions: EPISEQ-CS enabled a comprehensive wgMLST analysis, including quality control and comparative epidemiological analysis, thereby providing a more reliable method for bacterial strain typing. As WGS becomes more affordable and applicable to routine epidemiological surveillance, EPISEQ-CS provides an informative tool in the monitoring of hospital-acquired infections.Funding: NoneDisclosures: None
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Rizwan Ali, Muhammad, Farooq Ahmad, Muhammad Hasanain Chaudary, Zuhaib Ashfaq Khan, Mohammed A. Alqahtani, Jehad Saad Alqurni, Zahid Ullah, and Wasim Ullah Khan. "Petri Net based modeling and analysis for improved resource utilization in cloud computing." PeerJ Computer Science 7 (February 8, 2021): e351. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.351.
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The cloud is a shared pool of systems that provides multiple resources through the Internet, users can access a lot of computing power using their computer. However, with the strong migration rate of multiple applications towards the cloud, more disks and servers are required to store huge data. Most of the cloud storage service providers are replicating full copies of data over multiple data centers to ensure data availability. Further, the replication is not only a costly process but also a wastage of energy resources. Furthermore, erasure codes reduce the storage cost by splitting data in n chunks and storing these chunks into n + k different data centers, to tolerate k failures. Moreover, it also needs extra computation cost to regenerate the data object. Cache-A Replica On Modification (CAROM) is a hybrid file system that gets combined benefits from both the replication and erasure codes to reduce access latency and bandwidth consumption. However, in the literature, no formal analysis of CAROM is available which can validate its performance. To address this issue, this research firstly presents a colored Petri net based formal model of CAROM. The research proceeds by presenting a formal analysis and simulation to validate the performance of the proposed system. This paper contributes towards the utilization of resources in clouds by presenting a comprehensive formal analysis of CAROM.
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Kryshtanovych, Myroslav, Valentyna Bilyk, Solomiia Hanushchyn, Inesa Sheremet, and Kateryna Vasylenko. "MODELLING THE WAYS TO INCREASE THE CREATIVITY OF PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS AS A BASIC FACTOR IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT." Creativity Studies 14, no. 1 (February 4, 2021): 34–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/cs.2021.12571.
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One of the important tasks of the modern system of psychology in higher educational institutions is not only the development of student’s professional potential but also the comprehensive development of their personality. The purpose of the article is to systematize the process of increasing the creativity of psychology students with the help of mechanisms and elements of the functional model of IDEF0. The novelty of this study lies in the fact that in the field of education, in particular, increasing such a subjective indicator as creative abilities, there has not yet been a methodology that allows forming an understandable and simple, but at the same time flexible system of actions. The reason for choosing this model was that it is the most visual and easy to understand for representatives of higher educational institutions. Also, this model is universal in terms of adding separate sublevels and subtasks, if for a particular educational institution it turns out to be incomplete or insufficiently detailed. Thus, it is the IDEF0 model that can reveal to the greatest extent such a subjective process as an increase in creativity among psychology students. The steps for increasing the creativity of psychology students are presented, which are the result of scrupulous analysis and many years of research by the authors in this area. The scientific contribution of this article can be considered the formation of a mechanism for increasing the creativity of psychology students, not in the context of creating a clear methodology, but in the context of forming a universal algorithm with poly-levels for detailing the goal.
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Alberti, Giusi, Letizia Paladino, Alessandra Maria Vitale, Celeste Caruso Bavisotto, Everly Conway de Macario, Claudia Campanella, Alberto J. L. Macario, and Antonella Marino Gammazza. "Functions and Therapeutic Potential of Extracellular Hsp60, Hsp70, and Hsp90 in Neuroinflammatory Disorders." Applied Sciences 11, no. 2 (January 14, 2021): 736. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11020736.
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Neuroinflammation is implicated in central nervous system (CNS) diseases, but the molecular mechanisms involved are poorly understood. Progress may be accelerated by developing a comprehensive view of the pathogenesis of CNS disorders, including the immune and the chaperone systems (IS and CS). The latter consists of the molecular chaperones; cochaperones; and chaperone cofactors, interactors, and receptors of an organism and its main collaborators in maintaining protein homeostasis (canonical function) are the ubiquitin–proteasome system and chaperone-mediated autophagy. The CS has also noncanonical functions, for instance, modulation of the IS with induction of proinflammatory cytokines. This deserves investigation because it may be at the core of neuroinflammation, and elucidation of its mechanism will open roads toward developing efficacious treatments centered on molecular chaperones (i.e., chaperonotherapy). Here, we discuss information available on the role of three members of the CS—heat shock protein (Hsp)60, Hsp70, and Hsp90—in IS modulation and neuroinflammation. These three chaperones occur intra- and extracellularly, with the latter being the most likely involved in neuroinflammation because they can interact with the IS. We discuss some of the interactions, their consequences, and the molecules involved but many aspects are still incompletely elucidated, and we hope that this review will encourage research based on the data presented to pave the way for the development of chaperonotherapy. This may consist of blocking a chaperone that promotes destructive neuroinflammation or replacing or boosting a defective chaperone with cytoprotective activity against neurodegeneration.
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Liew, Pek Yew, and Christoph Luetge. "Literature Review of Management System Frameworks for CSR and Other Sustainability Concepts." Journal of Management and Sustainability 8, no. 4 (November 25, 2018): 22. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jms.v8n4p22.
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This paper presents an overview and analysis of plan-do-check-act (PDCA) based management system frameworks and other similar structured frameworks that were developed for the systematic implementation and management of corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporate sustainability (CS) and sustainable development (SD). With the aim of providing a comprehensive insight to support future research on this topic, this paper focuses on uncovering the different systematic approaches that can be adopted for the implementation and management of these stakeholder concepts at the organizational level. Our extensive literature search for articles that were published between 2000 to 2017 was able to identify only nineteen relevant articles, which indicates that there is very limited research in this field of work. Our analysis of the frameworks revealed that diverse approaches were developed for CSR. Apart from the traditional management system approach that are based on ISO 9001 (quality management standard) or ISO 14001 (environmental management standard), a variety of other approaches such as frameworks that are built on ISO 26000 (social responsibility guidance standard), organizational change management theories as well as other concepts that are similar to the PDCA cycle were developed for CSR. In contrast to the approaches for CSR, the frameworks that were developed for the implementation and management of CS or SD are mainly based on ISO 14001.
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Kidd, Chris, Toshihisa Matsui, Jiundar Chern, Karen Mohr, Chris Kummerow, and Dave Randel. "Global Precipitation Estimates from Cross-Track Passive Microwave Observations Using a Physically Based Retrieval Scheme." Journal of Hydrometeorology 17, no. 1 (December 29, 2015): 383–400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jhm-d-15-0051.1.
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Abstract The estimation of precipitation across the globe from satellite sensors provides a key resource in the observation and understanding of our climate system. Estimates from all pertinent satellite observations are critical in providing the necessary temporal sampling. However, consistency in these estimates from instruments with different frequencies and resolutions is critical. This paper details the physically based retrieval scheme to estimate precipitation from cross-track (XT) passive microwave (PM) sensors on board the constellation satellites of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. Here the Goddard profiling algorithm (GPROF), a physically based Bayesian scheme developed for conically scanning (CS) sensors, is adapted for use with XT PM sensors. The present XT GPROF scheme utilizes a model-generated database to overcome issues encountered with an observational database as used by the CS scheme. The model database ensures greater consistency across meteorological regimes and surface types by providing a more comprehensive set of precipitation profiles. The database is corrected for bias against the CS database to ensure consistency in the final product. Statistical comparisons over western Europe and the United States show that the XT GPROF estimates are comparable with those from the CS scheme. Indeed, the XT estimates have higher correlations against surface radar data, while maintaining similar root-mean-square errors. Latitudinal profiles of precipitation show the XT estimates are generally comparable with the CS estimates, although in the southern midlatitudes the peak precipitation is shifted equatorward while over the Arctic large differences are seen between the XT and the CS retrievals.
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Dong, Wenyan, Congqi Fang, and Ran Hu. "Influence of Redispersible Powder on Properties of Self-Leveling Mortar of Ternary Cementitious System." Materials 13, no. 24 (December 14, 2020): 5703. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma13245703.
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The self-leveling mortar (SLM) of a ternary cementitious system with different dosages of redispersible powder (RP) with ordinary Portland cement (OPC), sulfoaluminate cement (SAC), and calcium sulfate (CS) as cementitious materials was investigated with regard to fluidity, bond strength, shrinkage rate, abrasion resistance, flexural strength, and compressive strength. The performance parameters obtained from the experimental test for SLM were weighted values calculated with an analytic hierarchy process (AHP). The comprehensive index of performance was evaluated on the basis of a weighted-sum method, and the optimal dosage of RP was determined according to the comprehensive index. The experimental results demonstrated that the fluidity of SLM decreased with the increase in RP dosage at the beginning but then increased thereafter and decreased rapidly as the dosage went beyond 3.0%. The addition of RP resulted in a significant improvement in bond strength (of SLM), reduction in the shrinkage rate, abrasion loss, early flexural strength and compressive strength, and resistance to cracking. The properties of SLM with 3.0% RP can meet the requirements of the industrial standard for cementitious self-leveling floor mortar. Compared with the SLM without RP, the bond strength of SLM with 3.0% RP was increased by 46.7%, while the shrinkage rate and abrasion loss were reduced by 50% and 71.9% respectively. The weighted values of fluidity, compressive strength, flexural strength, stability, cohesiveness, and abrasion resistance were 0.422, 0.196, 0.196, 0.089, 0.058, and 0.039, respectively. A higher value of the comprehensive index generally denotes a better performance. The comprehensive index of SLM with 3.0% RP was the highest.
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Rosso, Anna Maria, Andrea Camoirano, and Carlo Chiorri. "Validity of Space Responses." Rorschachiana 40, no. 1 (March 1, 2019): 3–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1192-5604/a000106.
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Abstract. Divorcing couples who require the intervention of the court system to resolve their child custody disputes usually exhibit intense anger and experience strong resentment. The Rorschach Inkblot Method (RIM) is one of the most commonly used tests in child custody evaluations, in which one crucial issue is affectivity and its regulation, and, specifically, negative emotions such as anger and resentment. White Space (S) is one of the Rorschach Comprehensive System (CS) variables usually taken into account to assess anger and resentment, but to date the construct validity of S responses for this purpose is far from established. Our study addresses this issue by exploring the association between S responses (coded on the basis of the following classifications: the CS, the Rorschach Performance Assessment System, and Rosso, Chiorri, and Denevi, 2015 ) and the motor, emotional, and cognitive components of aggression reported by clinicians in a sample of divorcing couples engaged in child custody litigation ( n = 85). Our findings support the hypothesis that Space fusion responses may be a marker of separation and emptiness anxiety, whereas no support is provided by this study for the hypothesis that Space reversal and Space integration responses are indicative of anger.
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Auvinen-Lintunen, Laura, Maija Lindgren, Roope Tikkanen, and Tuula Ilonen. "Mental Imagery and Movement Responses to the Rorschach Test Among Young Violent Offenders." Rorschachiana 36, no. 2 (September 2015): 201–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1192-5604/a000070.
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Abstract. We studied the relationship between the self-reported mental imagery and movement responses in the Rorschach Comprehensive System (CS) in 26 young violent offenders. The modified version of the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ-method by Marks, 1972 , 1973 ) and the Rorschach CS were used. We found a positive association between the movement responses, especially human movement responses, and the ability to create and to control images. The violent offenders seemed to have an adequate ability to imagine future events and scenarios, but they had deficits in their situation specific mental imagery. The Rorschach Form Quality minus responses showed that the subjects’ ability to use mental imagery was inadequate; it was non-adaptive and the reality orientation vulnerable. We suggest that the causes of decreased imagery vividness and increased need to control mental images are negative emotions and intrusive ideations emerging in intimate relationships.
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Iwasa, Kazunori, and Toshiki Ogawa. "The Relationship Between Texture Responses on the Rorschach and Adult Attachment." Rorschachiana 31, no. 1 (January 2010): 4–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1192-5604/a000002.
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We examined the relationship between texture responses (T) on the Rorschach and adult attachment in the Japanese population. 47 Japanese undergraduate and graduate students (mean age = 20.16, SD = 1.87) completed a self-report adult attachment scale as well as the Rorschach. An ANOVA revealed that T = 1 participants were attached more securely than were other groups. T > 1 participants were more preoccupied with attachment and scored higher on an attachment anxiety scale than the T = 1 group. Although these results were consistent with the interpretation of the texture response according to the Comprehensive System (CS), the results obtained for T = 0 participants were inconsistent with hypotheses derived from the CS. T = 0 participants were high on preoccupied and attachment anxiety scores, although they were theoretically expected to be high on dismissing or attachment avoidance. These results indicated that – at least in Japan – T should be regarded as a sensitive measure of attachment anxiety.
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Bhatt, Nikita, and Amit Ganatra. "Improvement of deep cross-modal retrieval by generating real-valued representation." PeerJ Computer Science 7 (April 27, 2021): e491. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.491.
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The cross-modal retrieval (CMR) has attracted much attention in the research community due to flexible and comprehensive retrieval. The core challenge in CMR is the heterogeneity gap, which is generated due to different statistical properties of multi-modal data. The most common solution to bridge the heterogeneity gap is representation learning, which generates a common sub-space. In this work, we propose a framework called “Improvement of Deep Cross-Modal Retrieval (IDCMR)”, which generates real-valued representation. The IDCMR preserves both intra-modal and inter-modal similarity. The intra-modal similarity is preserved by selecting an appropriate training model for text and image modality. The inter-modal similarity is preserved by reducing modality-invariance loss. The mean average precision (mAP) is used as a performance measure in the CMR system. Extensive experiments are performed, and results show that IDCMR outperforms over state-of-the-art methods by a margin 4% and 2% relatively with mAP in the text to image and image to text retrieval tasks on MSCOCO and Xmedia dataset respectively.
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Gregoleti, Viviane, and Silvana Alba Scortegagna. "The Zulliger-CS in Elderly on Hemodialysis and the Relationship Between External Variables." Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) 27, no. 66 (April 2017): 43–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-43272766201706.
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Abstract: The use of reliable instruments is an ethical condition to exert psychological evaluation. The aim of the study was to investigate the validity of the Zulliger test in the evaluation of elderly with chronic kidney disease (CKD) with focus on cognitive constructs and interpersonal relationships of elderly with Chronic Kidney Disease; and investigate the relationship with external variables. The 60 participants, 30 from the Clinical Group (CG) and 30 from the Non-Clinical Group (NCG), answered a socio-demographic protocol, the Mini-Mental State Examination and the Zulliger test in the Comprehensive System. The CG presented decrease of variables Xu% (p = .031,d = .58), R (p = .002,d = .78), Fd (p = .021,d = .65) and isolation (p = .006,d = .61), rise in X-%, and PHR>GHR. There was a positive association between time since diagnosis and family support (rho = .403,p = .027). Findings confirm the relevance of the Zulliger test and family support as a health potentiator.
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di Riso, Daniela, Silvia Salcuni, Loredana Laghezza, Cristina Marogna, and Adriana Lis. "Assessing Changes in Psychoanalytic Psychodynamic Therapy with an Early Adolescent." Rorschachiana 30, no. 2 (July 2009): 150–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1192-5604.30.2.150.
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This paper describes changes in personality functioning according to Exner’s Rorschach Comprehensive System (CS) in an early adolescent boy, Gabriele, referred for anxiety and obsessive compulsive symptoms. The DSM-IV diagnosis was General Anxiety Disorder (GAD). The therapy lasted about 2 years, and sessions were all audio-taped to create a more objective database. A total of 50 sessions were analyzed. The therapist employed a broadly defined, object-relations-focused, psychodynamic framework, with particular emphasis placed on balancing supportive versus insight-oriented modes of therapy ( Skean, 2005 ). After a brief introduction of Gabriele’s clinical history and anamnesis, the paper illustrates (a) changes in the symptoms from the beginning to the end of the supportive psychodynamic psychotherapy, which also included some cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) interventions; (b) changes in the CS administered at the beginning and at the end of the psychotherapy; and (c) the relevance of therapeutic alliance measured by the Collaborative Interactive Scale (CIS; Colli & Lingiardi, 2007 ) as a fundamental intervening variable in the psychotherapy process.
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Kostogianni, Nikoleta. "The Rorschach in Planning Treatment of Alcohol Addiction Patients." Rorschachiana 31, no. 2 (January 2010): 192–222. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1192-5604/a000011.
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The present study demonstrates the utility of information derived from the Rorschach Comprehensive System (CS) in treatment planning for alcohol-dependent patients through two clinical cases. These case studies were selected because they clearly demonstrate the complex relationship between alcohol addiction, clinical syndromes, and personality. Both patients were women. The assessment took place on the third week of an inpatient alcohol rehabilitation program. The referral questions included (1) the magnitude of the emotional distress, (2) the motivation to change, and (3) the adequacy of their interpersonal style with our outpatient group treatment lasting 12 weeks. Each patient was assessed on the MINI, the SCID-II, the MMPI-2, and the Rorschach CS. Rorschach findings completed the information obtained by the clinical interview, the structured interviews, and the self-report inventory by generating hypotheses about clinical diagnoses, the role of alcohol, motivation for change, treatment targets, patients’ strengths and interpersonal style, as well as the potential obstacles for treatment and therapeutic relationship. Specific treatment plans and pertinent techniques for therapy were ascertained for each patient.
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Khan, Shah Zahid, Mujahid Mohsin, and Waseem Iqbal. "On GPS spoofing of aerial platforms: a review of threats, challenges, methodologies, and future research directions." PeerJ Computer Science 7 (May 6, 2021): e507. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.507.
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Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAVs, Drones), initially known only for their military applications, are getting increasingly popular in the civil sector as well. Over the military canvas, drones have already proven themselves as a potent force multiplier through unmanned, round-the-clock, long-range and high-endurance missions for surveillance, reconnaissance, search and rescue, and even armed combat applications. With the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT), commercial deployments of drones are also growing exponentially, ranging from cargo and taxi services to agriculture, disaster relief, risk assessment and monitoring of critical infrastructures. Irrespective of the deployment sector, drones are often entrusted to conduct safety, time and liability critical tasks, thus requiring secure, robust and trustworthy operations. In contrast, the rise in UAVs’ demand, coupled with market pressure to reduce size, weight, power and cost (SwaP-C) parameters, has caused vendors to often ignore security aspects, thus inducing serious safety and security threats. As UAVs rely on Global Positioning System (GPS) for positioning and navigation, they can fall prey to GPS jamming and spoofing attacks. The vulnerability of GPS to spoofing has serious implications for UAVs, as victim drones using civil GPS can be misdirected or even completely hijacked for malicious intents, as already demonstrated in several academic research efforts using commercially available GPS spoofing hardware. Beside UAVs, GPS spoofing attacks are equally applicable to other GPS-dependent platforms, including manned aircraft, ground vehicles, and cellular systems. This paper conducts a comprehensive review of GPS spoofing threats, with a special focus on their applicability over UAVs and other GPS-dependent mobile platforms. It presents a novel taxonomy of GPS spoofing attacks and critically analyzes different spoofing techniques based upon placement of spoofing device, attack stealthiness, attack methodologies, and objectives of the attacker. We also discuss some of the recent experiments from open literature which utilized commercially available hardware for successfully conducting spoofing attacks.
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Holroyd, B. R., G. Innes, A. Gauri, S. E. Jelinski, M. J. Bullard, J. A. Bakal, C. McCabe, P. McLane, and S. Dean. "LO64: Variation in Alberta emergency department patient populations." CJEM 20, S1 (May 2018): S29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cem.2018.126.
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Introduction: Increasing pressures on the health care system, particularly in emergency departments (EDs), make it critical to understand changing ED case-mix, patient demographics and care needs, and resource utilization. Our objective is to assess Alberta (AB) ED volumes, utilization and case mix, stratified by ED type. This knowledge will help identify opportunities for system change and quality improvement. Methods: Data from Alberta Health Services administrative databases, including the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System, ED Admission/Discharge/Transfer data, and Comprehensive Ambulatory Care Classification System codes, were linked for all ED visits from 2010-17. Data were stratified by seven facility categories: tertiary referral (TR), regional referral (RR), community<5,000 inpatient discharges (CL), community>600 inpatient discharges (CM), community <600 inpatient discharges (CS), community ambulatory care (CA), and free-standing EDs (FS). Results: We analyzed 11,327,258 adult patient visits: 13% at TR, 34 % at RR, 24% at CL, 16% at CM, 9% at CS, 1% at CA, and 3% at FS sites. Acuity was highest at TR and RR hospitals, with 76%, 63%, 25%, 26%, 22%, 12% and 55% of patients falling into CTAS levels 1-3, for TR, RR, CL, CM, CS, CA, and FS respectively. Admission rates were highest at TR and RR hospitals, (23%, 13%, 5%, 5%, 4%, 0% and 0%), as were left without being seen rates, (5%, 4%, 1%, 2%, 1%, 0% and 5%). The most common ICD-10 diagnoses were chest pain/abdominal pain in TR and RR centres, and IV (antibiotic) therapy in all levels of community and FS EDs. Conclusion: Acuity and case-mix are highly variable across ED categories. Acuity, admission rates and LWBS rates are highest in TR and RR centres. Administrative data can reveal opportunities for health system re-engineering, e.g. potentially avoidable IV antibiotic visits. Further investigation will clarify the type of ED care provided, variability in resource utilization by case-mix, and allocation, and will help identify the optimal metrics to describe ED case-mix.
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Costello, Raymond M. "Psychometric Definition of Rorschach Determinant Component Structure." European Journal of Psychological Assessment 14, no. 2 (May 1998): 116–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759.14.2.116.
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This is an empirical examination of Experienced Stimulation (es) and Experience Actual (EA) from Exner's Comprehensive System (CS) for Rorschach's Test, spurred by Kleiger's theoretical critique. Principal components analysis, Cronbach's α, and inter-item correlational analyses were used to test whether 13 determinants used to code Rorschach responses (M, FM, m, CF+C, YF+Y, C'F+C', TF+T, VF+V, FC, FC', FV, FY, FT) are best represented as a one, two, or more-dimensional construct. The 13 determinants appear to reflect three dimensions, a “lower order” sensori-motor dimension (m + CF+C + YF+Y + C'F+C' + TF+T + VF+V) with a suggested label of Modified Experienced Stimulation (MES), a “higher order” sensori-motor dimension (FM + FV + FY + FT) with a suggested label of Modified Experience Potential (MEP), and a third sensori-motor dimension (M+FC+FC') for which the label of Modified Experience Actual (MEA) is suggested. These findings are consistent with Kleiger's arguments and could lead to a refinement of CS constructs by aggregating determinants along lines more theoretically congruous and more internally consistent. A RAMONA model with parameters specified was presented for replication attempts which use confirmatory factor analytic techniques.
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Fang, Chao, Chuan Li, Jianzhu Cao, Ke Liu, and Sheng Fang. "Analysis of Fission Products’ Release in Pebble-Bed High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Fuel Elements Using a Modified FRESCO II Numerical Model." Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations 2021 (February 27, 2021): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6627789.
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The radiation safety design and emergency analysis of an advanced nuclear system highly depends on the source term analysis results. In modular high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs), the release rates of fission products (FPs) from fuel elements are the key issue of source term analysis. The FRESCO-II code has been established as a useful tool to simulate the accumulation and transport behaviors of FPs for many years. However, it has been found that the mathematical method of this code is not comprehensive, resulting in large errors for short-lived nuclides and large time step during calculations. In this study, we used the original model of TRISO particles and spherical fuel elements and provided a new method to amend the FRESCO-II code. The results show that, for long-lived radionuclides (Cs-137), the two methods are perfectly consistent with each other, while in the case of short-lived radionuclides (Cs-138), the difference can be more than 1%. Furthermore, the matrix method is used to solve the final release rates of FPs from fuel elements. The improved analysis code can also be applied to the source term analysis of other HTGRs.
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Pallan, Nur, Khamirul Matori, Mansor Hashim, Raba’ah Azis, Norhazlin Zainuddin, Nor Pallan, Fadzidah Idris, et al. "Effects of different sintering temperatures on thermal, physical, and morphological of SiO2-Na2O-CaO-P2O5 based glass-ceramic system from vitreous and ceramic wastes." Science of Sintering 51, no. 4 (2019): 377–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/sos1904377p.
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This research involved comprehensive studies on thermal, physical, and morphological properties of SiO2-Na2O-CaO-P2O5 (SNCP) glass-ceramic at various sintering temperatures. The study in SNCP glass-ceramic using soda-lime-silica (SLS) wastes glass and clam shell (CS) wastes as the main raw of materials via conventional melt-quenching technique and solid state sintering are interesting and challenging by considering the research using waste materials to fabricate novel SNCP glass-ceramic. The main peaks, Na3PO4 and Ca3Na6Si6O18 were assigned to high crystallization temperature (Tc) at 650-950?C. The density of samples increases at 550-750?C and decreases at 850-950?C due to the increase of sample thickness and higher specific volume at high sintering temperature. FESEM micrograph showed that existed porous increased at sintering temperature 850-950?C contributes effect to low densification of the sample.
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Jorge Becerra Astaiza, Paula Pérez Caballero, and Pilar Argente Navarro. "Errores de conciencia situacional. 200 casos de incidentes críticos en anestesia y cuidados intensivos." Revista Electrónica AnestesiaR 10, no. 11 (November 30, 2018): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.30445/rear.v10i11.400.
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El análisis de la conciencia situacional supone un abordaje prometedor para mejorar nuestro conocimiento sobre el desarrollo de los errores humanos en los sistemas de salud. Una adecuada conciencia situacional forma parte del tratamiento integral y seguro de los pacientes, y los errores derivados de su pérdida, están implicados en la génesis de eventos adversos. El presente estudio analiza la frecuencia de errores de CS en 200 casos reportados en un sistemas de comunicación de incidentes en Alemania. ABSTRACT Situational awareness analysis means a promising developement in order to improve our knowledge about human error among health care systems. A suitable situational awareness is part of comprehensive and safe patient treatment, and errors related to its lost are involved in the genesis of harmful events. This current study analyzes the frecuence of SA errors in 200 reported cases in a german incident report system.
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Rehman, Abdul, Mohd Fadzil Hassan, Kwang Hooi Yew, Irving Paputungan, and Duc Chung Tran. "State-of-the-art IoV trust management a meta-synthesis systematic literature review (SLR)." PeerJ Computer Science 6 (December 14, 2020): e334. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.334.
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In the near future, the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) is foreseen to become an inviolable part of smart cities. The integration of vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) into the IoV is being driven by the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) and high-speed communication. However, both the technological and non-technical elements of IoV need to be standardized prior to deployment on the road. This study focuses on trust management (TM) in the IoV/VANETs/ITS (intelligent transport system). Trust has always been important in vehicular networks to ensure safety. A variety of techniques for TM and evaluation have been proposed over the years, yet few comprehensive studies that lay the foundation for the development of a “standard” for TM in IoV have been reported. The motivation behind this study is to examine all the TM models available for vehicular networks to bring together all the techniques from previous studies in this review. The study was carried out using a systematic method in which 31 papers out of 256 research publications were screened. An in-depth analysis of all the TM models was conducted and the strengths and weaknesses of each are highlighted. Considering that solutions based on AI are necessary to meet the requirements of a smart city, our second objective is to analyze the implications of incorporating an AI method based on “context awareness” in a vehicular network. It is evident from mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) that there is potential for context awareness in ad hoc networks. The findings are expected to contribute significantly to the future formulation of IoVITS standards. In addition, gray areas and open questions for new research dimensions are highlighted.
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Zhong, Chaorong, Ruijuan Qi, Yonghui Zheng, Yan Cheng, Wenxiong Song, and Rong Huang. "The Relationships of Microscopic Evolution to Resistivity Variation of a FIB-Deposited Platinum Interconnector." Micromachines 11, no. 6 (June 12, 2020): 588. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi11060588.
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Depositing platinum (Pt) interconnectors during the sample preparation process via a focused ion beam (FIB) system is an inescapable procedure for in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) investigations. To achieve good electrical contact and avoid irreversible damage in practical samples, the microscopic evolution mechanism of FIB-deposited Pt interconnectors need a more comprehensive understanding, though it is known that its resistivity could be affected by thermal annealing. In this work, an electron-beam FIB-deposited Pt interconnector was studied by advanced spherical aberration (Cs)-corrected TEM combined with an in situ heating and biasing system to clarify the relationship of microscopic evolution to resistivity variation. During the heating process, the Pt interconnector underwent crystallization, organic matter decomposition, Pt nanocrystal growth, grain connection, and conductive path formation, which are combined actions to cause several orders of magnitude of resistivity reduction. The comprehensive understanding of the microscopic evolution of FIB-deposited Pt material is beneficial, not only for optimizing the resistance performance of Pt as an interconnector, but also for understanding the role of C impurities with metal materials. For the purpose of wiring, annealed electron-beam (EB)-deposited Pt material can be recommended for use as an interconnector in devices for research purposes.
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Nuño, Laura, Georgina Guilera, Emilio Rojo, Juana Gómez-Benito, and Maite Barrios. "An Integrated Account of Expert Perspectives on Functioning in Schizophrenia." Journal of Clinical Medicine 10, no. 18 (September 17, 2021): 4223. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10184223.
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An integrated and interdisciplinary care system for individuals with schizophrenia is essential, which implies the need for a tool that assesses the difficulties and contextual factors of relevance to their functioning, and facilitates coordinated working across the different professions involved in their care. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Core Sets (ICF-CS) cover these requirements. This study aimed to evaluate the content validity of the ICF-CSs for schizophrenia from the perspective of experts. Six three-round Delphi studies were conducted with expert panels from different professional backgrounds which have played a significant role in the treatment of individuals with schizophrenia (psychiatry, psychology, nursing, occupational therapy, social work and physiotherapy). In total, 790 experts from 85 different countries participated in the first round. In total, 90 ICF categories and 28 Personal factors reached expert consensus (reached consensus from four or more professional perspectives). All the categories in the brief version of the ICF-CS for schizophrenia reached consensus from all the professional perspectives considered. As for the comprehensive version, 89.7% of its categories reached expert consensus. The results support the worldwide content validity of the ICF-CSs for schizophrenia from an expert perspective and underline the importance of assessing functioning by considering all the components implied.
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Elfhag, Kristina. "A Synthesis of Recent Research on Obesity with the Rorschach and Suggestions for the Future." Rorschachiana 31, no. 2 (January 2010): 117–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1192-5604/a000008.
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This article reviews recent research made on obesity using the Rorschach (Comprehensive System: CS) as the main assessment procedure. It focuses on the main results of a research program performed by the author within the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. When we studied Rorschach characteristics related to obesity, patients demonstrated difficulties with emotions and coping with everyday demands. We found that severe obesity was associated with lower mental distress and bodily concern. In experimentations, Rorschach predicted outcomes such as eating behaviors and weight. Larger weight loss in obesity treatments was explained by physical or dependency needs for food. These aspects could be specifically altered by treatment interventions targeting hunger or eating habits. Ego dysfunctions such as distortions in perception of reality predicted smaller weight loss and indicated more profound difficulties in obesity.
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Yin, Yitong, Gang Lin, Dong Jiang, Jingying Fu, and Donglin Dong. "Multi-Scenario Simulation of a Water–Energy Coupling System Based on System Dynamics: A Case Study of Ningbo City." Energies 14, no. 18 (September 16, 2021): 5854. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14185854.
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In this work, based on the concept of collaborative water–energy development, a multi-scenario system dynamics simulation model of a water–energy coupling system was constructed by using the system dynamics modeling method. The model was composed of four subsystems: society, economic, water resources, and energy. Taking Ningbo City as the research location to run the simulation model, the analysis of the validity of the model showed that the relative error between the historical data and the simulation results of the model was less than 10%, which proved that the model passed the test. In this paper, based on the scenario of business an usual (BAU), three scenarios of water-saving scenario (WSS), energy-saving scenario (ESS), and comprehensive savings (CS, the comprehensive scenario considers water-saving and energy-saving together) were designed, and the simulation indexes in the three scenarios were refined in order to strengthen the control of water-saving policies, improve the effective use of water, optimize the industrial energy structure, improve the level of energy-saving-related technologies, and advance the urbanization process. The simulation results for Ningbo City from 2010 to 2030 show that the water–energy coupling system is affected by many factors, and the adjustment of a driving factor of any subsystem will have an impact on the water–energy coupling system. There are two driving factors: the first is a constant variable related to water resources, energy, society, and economic, and the second is a variable affected by time. The coupling system is based on the law of real development and is composed of causal and functional relationships between variables. Therefore, within the prediction range of 2030, the driving factors in the coupling system are controllable, and there is no uncontrollable situation. The strengthening of water-saving policies and the improvement of the coefficient of the effective utilization of water will have the optimal saving effects on water resources and energy at both the single and the coupling level; this also demonstrates that the water resource management in Ningbo City plays an extremely important role in the relationship of the water–energy coupling. The results of this study are expected to provide a valuable reference for the management and conservation of water–energy coupling in Ningbo City.
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Бериханова, Р. Р., and И. А. Миненко. "HORMONAL PROFILE OF WOMEN WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME IN THE BACKGROUND OF MULTIMODAL NON-MEDICINAL CORRECTION OF CLIMACTERIC DISORDERS." Успехи геронтологии, no. 4 (October 20, 2020): 721–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.34922/ae.2020.33.4.014.
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Невозможность применения гормональной терапии у женщин требует поиска эффективных немедикаментозных методов коррекции климактерических нарушений. Цель работы - оценка влияния нелекарственных программ коррекции возрастных нарушений у женщин с метаболическим синдромом (МС) на уровень половых гормонов. Из 330 женщин 45-50 лет с климактерическим синдромом (КС) и МС сформировано пять групп. Применяли базовое лечение, лечебную физкультуру, бальнеотерапию, поливитамины и минералы, физиотерапию (вибротерапию, хромотерапию, мелотерапию, ароматерапию, аэроионотерапию) в различных сочетаниях. Определяли уровень фолликулостимулирующего (ФСГ) и лютеинизирующего (ЛГ) гормонов, эстрадиола. У пациенток с КС легкой степени при использовании физиотерапии уже через 3 мес лечения снизился уровень ФСГ, ЛГ, увеличилось содержание эстрадиола. У пациенток с КС средней степени лучшие результаты были достигнуты при применении полного набора физиотерапевтических факторов: через 6 мес снизился уровень ФСГ на 19,3 % ( р <0,0001) и ЛГ на 23,9 % ( р <0,0001), увеличилось содержание эстрадиола на 22,3 % ( р =0,0084). Комплексная нелекарственная коррекция оказывает положительное влияние на функционирование гипоталамо-гипофизарной системы у пациенток с КС и МС. При КС средней степени приоритетна программа с примением вибро-, хромо-, мело-, арома-и аэроионотерапии. The inability to use hormone replacement therapy in women requires the search for effective non-pharmacological methods for the correction of menopausal disorders. Purpose of work. To assess the effect of non-drug programs for the correction of age-related disorders in women with metabolic syndrome (MS) on the level of sex hormones. Of the 330 women 45-50 years old with menopausal syndrome (CS) and MS, 5 groups were formed. Applied: basic treatment, physiotherapy, balneotherapy, multivitamins and minerals, physiotherapy (vibration therapy, chromotherapy, melotherapy, aromatherapy, aeroionotherapy) in various combinations. The levels of follicle-stimulating (FSH) and luteinizing (LH) hormones, estradiol were determined. In patients with mild CS, when using physiotherapy, after 3 months of treatment, FSH, LH decreased, estradiol increased. In patients with moderate KS, the best results were achieved using a full set of physiotherapeutic factors: after 6 months, FSH decreased by 19,3% ( p <0,0001) and LH by 23,9% ( p <0,0001), estradiol increased by 22,3% ( p =0,0084). Comprehensive non-drug correction has a positive effect on the functioning of the hypothalamic-pituitary system in patients with CS and MS. In moderate-grade CS, a program with the use of vibration therapy, chromotherapy, melotherapy, aromatherapy and aeroionotherapy is a priority.
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Usak, Muhammet, Ming Yuan Hsieh, and Yung-Kuan Chan. "A Concretizing Research on Making Higher-Education Sustainability Count." Sustainability 13, no. 5 (March 3, 2021): 2724. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13052724.
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In order to manage the worrying predicament of declining global birth rates, a majority of higher-education institutions have commenced to institute a series of diversified strategies in order to make higher-education sustainability count. The aim of this research is to present the results of a study with the goal of helping educational institutions achieve their sustainability. As a succession of quantitative and qualitative analyses and measurements, there are four valuable and contributive findings in this research. First, total tuition and miscellaneous revenues (TTMR), total university–industry cooperative revenues (TUCIR) and total grants from government (TGG) of higher-education governance (HEG) were able to directly and effectively increase higher-education sustainable value. This definitively indicates that current higher-education students and staff, as well as higher-education experts and professionals, indeed agree that the tuition and miscellaneous fees, university–industry cooperative, and government grant revenues have become the most critical determinants of university environment social governance (UESG). This is because the majority of higher-education institutions do need these revenue resources to advance a succession of environmental protections, social responsibilities, and governance performance for current higher-education institution sustainability development. Second, comprehensive scale of QS rankings (CS-QS) was the most important key determinant to evaluate the university social responsibility development (USRD), which means the majority of higher-education institutions have to pay more attention on the comprehensive scale of QS rankings (CS-QS) in order to make more sustainability count. The third finding is the number of student’s publications (NSP), which was the most crucial key determinant to assay return on investments (ROI), meaning current higher-education students, staff, experts, and professionals consent to higher-education institutions having to establish an evaluated system for student’s publications to stimulate students to publish their diversified studying outcomes in order to make students recognize their growth after taking courses in higher education. The last finding is total tuition and miscellaneous revenues (TTMR) was the most momentous key determinant to control high education governance (HEG), which means current higher-education students, staff, experts, and professionals are concerned with the various governance performances of their tuition and miscellaneous fees. As for the future direction, there are still some evaluated criteria and assessed methods to be comprehensively considered and employed for inducing in-depth conclusions and findings with higher research reliability and validity without time limitations and resource restrictions.
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Yang, Hailin, Mingjiao Fu, Bobo Wu, Ying Zhang, Ruhua Ma, and Jueshi Qian. "Effect of Fe2O3 on the Immobilization of High-Level Waste with Magnesium Potassium Phosphate Ceramic." Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations 2019 (February 3, 2019): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4936379.
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For the proposed novel procedure of immobilizing HLW with magnesium potassium phosphate cement (MKPC), Fe2O3 was added as a modifying agent to verify its effect on the solidification form and the immobilization of the radioactive nuclide. The results show that Fe2O3 is inert during the hydration reaction. It slows down the hydration reaction and lowers the heat release rate of the MKPC system, leading to a 3°C-5°C drop in the mixture temperature during hydration. Early comprehensive strength of Fe2O3 containing samples decreased slightly while the long-term strength remained unchanged. For the sintering process, Fe2O3 played a positive role, lowering the melting point and aiding the formation of ceramic structure. CsFe(PO4)2, or CsFePO4, was generated by sintering at 900°C. These products together with the ceramic structure and absorption benefit the immobilization of Cs+. The optimal sintering temperature for heat treatment is 900°C; it makes the solidification form a fired ceramic-like structure.
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Evans, F. Barton. "An Interpersonal Approach to Rorschach Interpretation." Rorschachiana 38, no. 1 (July 1, 2017): 33–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1192-5604/a000087.
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Abstract. In response to Kleiger’s (this issue) unique invitation to interpret a Rorschach case study from multiple psychoanalytic perspectives, I was asked to present a Rorschach interpretation from Sullivan’s interpersonal psychodynamic theory (IPT) perspective. In reviewing the literature, I found no theoretical papers specifically addressing IPT Rorschach interpretation. As such this article will be an initial attempt to integrate the Rorschach with IPT. I will present a brief overview of some of Sullivan’s most relevant IPT concepts, suggest where to find them on the Rorschach Comprehensive System (CS), and apply IPT Rorschach variables to the case of Ms. B. Special attention will be given to how the IPT model aids in the dynamic understanding of the Ms. B.’s internal experience and personality functioning; what formal features of the Rorschach lend themselves to key constructs in the model; and how the IPT model addresses the referral questions and adds to an understanding of treatment issues, including likely transference/countertransference themes.
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Smith, Jason M., Carl B. Gacono, Patrick Fontan, Enna E. Taylor, Ted B. Cunliffe, and Anne Andronikof. "A Scientific Critique of Rorschach Research." Rorschachiana 39, no. 2 (September 1, 2018): 180–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1192-5604/a000102.
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Abstract. Exner’s (1995a) Issues and Methods in Rorschach Research provided a standard of care for conducting Rorschach research; however, the extent to which studies have followed these guidelines has not been examined. Similarly, meta-analytic approaches have been used to comment on the validity of Exner’s Comprehensive System (CS) variables without an evaluation as to the extent that individual studies have conformed to the proposed methodological criteria ( Exner, 1995a ; Gacono, Loving, & Bodholdt, 2001 ). In this article, 210 studies cited in recent meta-analyses by Mihura, Meyer, Dumitrascu, and Bombel (2013) were examined. The studies were analyzed in terms of being research on the Rorschach versus research with the Rorschach and whether they met the threshold of validity/generalizability related to specific Rorschach criteria. Only 104 of the 210 (49.5%) studies were research on the Rorschach and none met all five Rorschach criteria assessed. Trends and the need for more stringent methods when conducting Rorschach research were presented.
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Zafar, Muhammad Hamza, Thamraa Al-shahrani, Noman Mujeeb Khan, Adeel Feroz Mirza, Majad Mansoor, Muhammad Usman Qadir, Muhammad Imran Khan, and Rizwan Ali Naqvi. "Group Teaching Optimization Algorithm Based MPPT Control of PV Systems under Partial Shading and Complex Partial Shading." Electronics 9, no. 11 (November 20, 2020): 1962. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics9111962.
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The most cost-effective electrical energy is produced by photovoltaic (PV) systems, and with the smallest carbon footprint, making it a sustainable renewable energy. They provide an excellent alternative to the existing fossil fuel-based energy systems, while providing 4% of global electricity demand. PV system efficiency is significantly reduced by the intrinsic non-linear model, maximum power point (MPP), and partial shading (PS) effects. These two problems cause major power loss. To devise the maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control of the PV system, a novel group teaching optimization algorithm (GTOA) based controller is presented, which effectively deals with the PS and complex partial shading (CPS) conditions. Four case studies were employed that included fast-changing irradiance, PS, and CPS to test the robustness of the proposed MPPT technique. The performance of the GTOA was compared with the latest bio-inspired techniques, i.e., dragon fly optimization (DFO), cuckoo search (CS), particle swarm optimization (PSO), particle swarm optimization gravitational search (PSOGS), and conventional perturb and observe (P&O). The GTOA tracked global MPP with the highest 99.9% efficiency, while maintaining the magnitude of the oscillation <0.5 W at global maxima (GM). Moreover, 13–35% faster tracking times, and 54% settling times were achieved, compared to existing techniques. Statistical analysis was carried out to validate the robustness and effectiveness of the GTOA. Comprehensive analytical and statistical analysis solidified the superior performance of the proposed GTOA based MPPT technique.
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Ge, Xiaoping, Feng Zhu, Yongjun Yang, Gangjun Liu, and Fu Chen. "Probing Influence Factors of Implementation Patterns for Sustainable Land Consolidation: Insights from Seventeen Years of Practice in Jiangsu Province, China." Sustainability 12, no. 9 (April 28, 2020): 3576. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12093576.
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Land consolidation is a key measure in the implementation of agricultural sustainability and has a strategic importance in farmland fragmentation reduction and rural revitalization. In order to understand spatiotemporal patterns of land consolidation implementation and their influences at a large scale, a comprehensive evaluation of 1046 land consolidation projects was conducted in Jiangsu Province, China. The results of this study showed that the construction scale (CS) and investment amount (IA) rose in waves in Jiangsu province during the period 2001–2017, while the newly increased farmland rate (NIFR) continued to decline. Spatial patterns of land consolidation aggregated, whereas the scale and the kernel density of the newly increased farmland area (NIFA) was differentiated in different time periods. In addition, the regional differentiation was significant. The gravity center of CS, IA, and NIFA moved with an overall trend from South Jiangsu to North Jiangsu, and finally stopped at the Li-Xia River plain area in North Jiangsu. The key factors that promoted land consolidation included natural farmland quality and the proportion of the primary industry production in GDP. The potential of NIFA, the farmland production amount, and the income of the financial transferring payment were also important factors. Spatial patterns were initially influenced by natural conditions and were later influenced more significantly by economic and policy conditions. In the future, differentiated land consolidation policy oriented by public involvement should be formulated to improve new frameworks of system implementation, as well as to provide evidence for spatial configuration, district cooperation, policy adjustment, and the systematic improvement of sustainable land consolidation.
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Brainard, Richene Bevilaqua, Donald J. Viglione, and Jared R. D. Wilke. "A Comparison of Learning-Disabled Children and Non-Learning-Disabled Children on the Rorschach." Rorschachiana 35, no. 1 (January 2014): 66–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1192-5604/a000049.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the differences between learning-disabled (LD) and non-learning-disabled (non-LD) students on the Rorschach inkblot test to help determine how differently the two groups process information. Using the cognitive triad in Exner’s Comprehensive System (CS), the variables consistent with past research and most representative of each of the three stages of the cognitive triad were investigated. The sample consisted of 62 schoolchildren in the age range of 7–12 years in the US state of California. Thirty-one children were identified as LD and were matched on age, gender, and ethnicity with a student who was identified as non-LD. The groups’ responses were compared using a one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to determine whether differences existed between the groups for each of the Rorschach variables F%, W+, XA%, and WSum6. This study concluded that LD children are unable to perceive, interpret, and synthesize information from their environment in a clear and realistic way when compared with their non-LD peers.