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Bochtler, Matthias, and Grzegorz Chojnowski. "The highest reflection intensity in a resolution shell." Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography 63, no. 2 (2007): 146–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s0108767306052809.
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Atmoko, Tri. "Pertumbuhan Semai Shorea Balangeran (Korth.) Burck Pada Berbagai Intensitas Cahaya (The growth of Shorea balangeran (Korth.) Burck seedling in different light intensity)." Jurnal Penelitian Kehutanan Sumatrana 2, no. 1 (2021): 49–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.20886/jpks.2021.2.1.49-57.
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The aim of this research was to examine the effect of light intensity on the growth of Shorea balangeran (Korth.) Burck seedling. This research was carried out at the nursery. The experiment was arranged in Randomized Complete Design with four treatments and three replications. Light intensity was rated using single, double and triple layers of black sarlon on top of the seedlings and natural shading. The result of the research showed that the increased in light intensity significantly decreased the growth of height, diameter, leaves area and total dry weight, but not the number of leaves. The highest growth of S. balangeran seedlings occurred in the natural shading treatment. The storage of S. balangeran seedlings in the nursery can be done by reducing the intensity of the light while still maintains its quality
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Rettinger, Renata, and Małgorzata Rozmus. "Przestrzenne zróżnicowanie wielkości ruchu turystycznego w Grecji." Studies of the Industrial Geography Commission of the Polish Geographical Society 16 (January 1, 2010): 237–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.24917/20801653.16.22.
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Owing to its features, Greece is a country that can meet a whole range of tourist expectations. The country is a popular destination – the number of tourists is constantly increasing; in 2007 the number amounted to 18,754,593 visitors, over 92% of whom were Europeans. Greece is the most popular with the citizens of the Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Holland, France, and the neighbouring countries – Bulgaria, Albania and Macedonia. However, the tourism intensity is spatially differentiated. Attica and the South Aegean region, Ionian Islands and Crete enjoy the highest popularity among tourists. The regions of islands are most intensely visited, while the lowest intensity of tourism is observed in Epirus and West Macedonia. The highest tourism intensity ratio is observed in the case of the South Aegean region, and the lowest – in West Macedonia.
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Krzemińska, Izabela, Artur Nosalewicz, Emilia Reszczyńska, and Barbara Pawlik-Skowrońska. "Enhanced Light-Induced Biosynthesis of Fatty Acids Suitable for Biodiesel Production by the Yellow-Green Alga Eustigmatos magnus." Energies 13, no. 22 (2020): 6098. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13226098.
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Optimization of the fatty acid profile in microalgae is one of the key strategies for obtaining valuable products and sustainable biofuels. Light intensity and light regimes exert an impact on the growth and metabolic process in microalgae. The objective of the present investigations was to assess the effect of light intensity and continuous light vs. photoperiod conditions on the growth and changes in the biomass composition in Eustigmatos magnus, with a focus on bioactive molecules such as lipids and fatty acids. The highest daily productivity of Eustigmatos magnus biomass and lipid yields were detected at continuous illumination and at the highest intensity of light. The results show that the content and composition of fatty acids was influenced by the culture conditions. The biomass of Eustigmatos magnus contained the highest concentrations of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the pphotoperiod conditions with the highest light intensity. This study shows that Eustigmatos magnus has a capacity for the accumulation of palmitoleic acid. A high intensity of continuous light improves the profile of fatty acids in Eustigmatos magnus, which can be suitable for biodiesel applications. At the high intensity of continuous light, Eustigmatos magnus lipids are characterized by high content of oleic acids and low content of saturated and monounsaturated acids.
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Koleva, M., and K. Mladenov. "Measurement and Analysis of Railway Noise and Vibration." Noise & Vibration Worldwide 31, no. 5 (2000): 8–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1260/0957456001497580.
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The acoustic environment, as well as the length and speed of the train, determine noise and vibration levels. The average intensity of the noise (assessing by SEL) varies from 83.9 to 104.1 dB/A: the highest intensity accompanies the passing of express (average 95.32 dB/A); the lowest intensity is measured during the passing of EMU (average 89.24 dB/A). Vibrations of the highest intensity are measured during the passing through free fields (0.750 mm.sec−1). Regardless of the bridge type, the level of vibrations varies between 0.032 – 0.067 mm.sec−1.
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Andika, I. Made Prasetia Candra, I. Made Anom Sutrisna Wijaya, and Ida Bagus Putu Gunadnya. "Pendugaan Intensitas Serangan Penyakit Blas pada Tanaman Padi Melalui Pendekatan Citra NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index)." Jurnal BETA (Biosistem dan Teknik Pertanian) 7, no. 2 (2019): 287. http://dx.doi.org/10.24843/jbeta.2019.v07.i02.p09.
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Penyakit blas merupakan salah satu penyakit yang berbahaya bagi tanaman padi. Penyakit ini bisa menyerang di setiap fase pertumbuhan. Perhitungan intensitas serangan penyakit blas saat ini masih dilakukan secara manual. Diperlukan pengembangan teknologi dalam pendugaan intensitas serangan penyakit blas melalui citra NDVI. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk (1) untuk mendapatkan ketinggian foto udara NDVI terbaik, (2) untuk mendapatkan umur tanaman padi dengan intensitas serangan penyakit blas tertinggi, (3) untuk mendapatkan hubungan antara intensitas serangan penyakit blas dengan nilai NDVI tanaman padi. Penelitian ini menggunakan Drone DJI Phantom 4 dengan lensa NDVI. Pengolahan data menggunakan Web Drone Deploy dan software Arc Gis 10.3. Berdasarkan dari hasil analisis, detail terbaik dari pembesaran 200% mendapatkan akuisisi ketinggian dari citra NDVI adalah 20 meter dengan ukuran piksel 1,4732 cm/pixel. Pertumbuhan intensitas serangan penyakit blas tertinggi terjadi pada umur 98 hari setelah tanam. Hubungan antara intensitas serangan penyakit blas dengan nilai NDVI memiliki koefisien determinasi sebesar 0,986. Persamaan regresi didapatkan dalam penelitian ini adalah y = -23345x3 + 21191x2- 6416,8x + 665,07 dengan akurasi sebesar sebesar 91,74%.
 
 Blast is one of disease that is dangerous for rice plants. This disease can attack in every phase of growth. Calculation of the intensity of blast disease attacks is still done manually. Technology development is needed in estimating the intensity of blast disease attacks through NDVI imagery. This study purpose (1) to get the best NDVI aerial photo altitude, (2) to get the age of rice plants with the highest attack intensity of blast disease, (3) to get a relationship between the intensity of blast disease and the NDVI value of rice plants. This study use Drone DJI Phantom 4 with lens NDVI. Processing data using Web Drone Deploying and Arc Gis 10.3 software. Based on the analysis results, the best detail of 200% zooming results obtained altitude of the NDVI image acquisition that is 20 m with pixel density of 1,4732 cm/pixel. The highest intensity of blast disease attacks occurs at the age of 98 days after planting. The relationship between the intensity of blast disease and NDVI value has a determination coefficient of 0.986. The regression equation obtained in this study is y = -23345x3 + 21191x2- 6416,8x + 665,07 with an estimated accuracy of 91,74%.
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Windarwati, Heni Dwi, Rachel Victoriana Raharjo, and Muladefi Choiriyah. ""Diversity" is the Highest Parameter Intensity of the use of Social Media in Adolescents." Jurnal Keperawatan Jiwa 8, no. 3 (2020): 235. http://dx.doi.org/10.26714/jkj.8.3.2020.235-240.
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Using social media can be reviewed through teens using social media. The intensity of the use of social media teenagers reaches one-sixth of the time in one day. This study aims to explore the use of social media in 10th-grade high school teenagers in Malang. This research uses descriptive. The measuring instrument used is the intensity questionnaire of social media use adopted from the Ardari research questionnaire. The number of samples in this study was 124 adolescents with a descriptive analysis method. The data analysis technique used is descriptive analysis. The intensity of the use of social media in 10th-grade teenagers in Malang is relatively high. The highest parameter of intensity use of social media with a high category is in the aspect of appreciation.
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Rankovic, Christine M., William M. Rabinowitz, and Gregory L. Lof. "Maximum Output Intensity of the Audiokinetron." American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 5, no. 2 (1996): 68–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1044/1058-0360.0502.68.
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The Audiokinetron is a device that processes music for earphone presentation to patients undergoing auditory integration training, a treatment for individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities. Intensity levels produced by the Audiokinetron were measured under realistic listening conditions with a KEMAR manikin substituted for a patient. Average levels at the eardrum were 110 dB SPL when the device was adjusted to the highest setting employed by a local, trained AIT practitioner and 118 dB SPL at the maximum setting of the device. These levels are potentially harmful to hearing and warrant further safety studies of AIT instruments and protocols.
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Datangeji, Richard Umbu, Ali Warsito, Hadi Imam Sutaji, and Laura A. S. Lapono. "KAJIAN DISTRIBUSI INTENSITAS CAHAYA PADA FENOMENA DIFRAKSI CELAH TUNGGAL DENGAN METODE BAGI DUA DAN METODE NEWTON RAPHSON." Jurnal Fisika : Fisika Sains dan Aplikasinya 4, no. 2 (2019): 56–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.35508/fisa.v4i2.976.
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 Telah dilakukan penelitian tentang distribusi intensitas cahaya pada fenomena difraksi celah tunggal dengan tujuan menerapkan metode Bagi Dua dan metode Newton Raphson untuk memperoleh solusi jarak antara dua titik intensitas dalam fenomena difraksi celah tunggal, menetukan jarak antara dua intensitas pada pita terang, memperoleh grafik distribusi intensitas cahaya terhadap jarak pada kasus difraksi cahaya Franhoufer celah tunggal, serta membandingkan kekonvergenan metode Bagi Dua dan metode Newton Raphson. Solusi jarak antara dua intensitas pada pita terang pada kasus difraksi cahaya Franhoufer celah tunggal diperoleh dengan mencari akar-akar persamaan intensitas cahayanya. Hasil penelitian menunjukan jarak yang semakin besar ketika intensitasnya makin kecil. Ada tiga puncak intensitas, yang pertama puncak untuk intensitas maksimum pada terang pusat yang berada pada jarak 0 cm dan dua puncak untuk terang pertama setelah terang pusat yang mana intensitasnya tinggal 0.05I0 dan berada pada jarak 0.154875 cm sebelah kiri dan sebelah kanan dari intensitas maksimum. Grafik antara jarak dengan perbandingan intensitas terhadap terang maksimum berbentuk sinusoidal, terdapat tiga puncak intensitas. Puncak pertama menunjukan intensitas maksimum yang terdapat pada pita terang pusat dan dua puncak dengan intensitas 0.05I0 yang berada pita terang pertama. Pada kasus ini diperoleh hasil bahwa metode Newton Raphson lebih cepat konvergen dari metode Bagi Dua karena hanya memerlukan 4 iterasi untuk memperoleh solusi, sedangkan metode Bagi Dua membutuhkan 20 iterasi. Metode Newton Raphson juga memiliki nilai error pendekatan lebih kecil dari metode Bagi Dua yaitu 6.43929 x 10-13 sampai 7.52642 x 10-7 sedangkan metode Bagi Dua 1.90735 x 10-6.
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 Research on the distribution of light intensity in the phenomenon of single slit diffraction has been carried out with the aim of applying the Bisection method and the Newton Raphson method to obtain a solution between two points in a single slit diffraction phenomenon, determining the distance between two point of intensity in the bright band, obtaining a graph of the light intensity distribution to distance in the case of Franhoufer single slit light diffraction, and comparing the speed of convergence of the Bisection method and the Newton Raphson method. The solution of the distance between two intensities in the bright band in the case of Franhoufer light diffraction in a single slit obtained by looking for the roots of the light intensity equation. The results of the study show that the greater the distance when then intensity gets smaller. There are three peak intensities, the first peak for the highest intensity in the central bright band which is located at a distance of 0 cm and two peaks in the first bright with the intensity is 0.05I0 and is 0.154875 cm left and right of the maximum intensity. The graph between the distance and intensity ratio is sinusoidal, which is three peak intensities. The first peak shows the highest intensity in the central bright band and the two peaks with the intensity of 0.05I0 which is the first bright band. In this case the results of the Newton Raphson method are converged faster than the method of Bisection because it only requires 4 iterations to obtain a solution, while the Bisection method requires 20 iterations. The Newton Raphson method also has a smaller error value than the Bisection method, which is 6.43929 x 10-13 to 7.52642 x 10-6 when the Bisection method is 1.90735 x 10-6.
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Arihanda, Dea Davita Putri, Suryono Suryono, and Gunawan Widi Santosa. "Kadar Total Lipid Mikroalga Nannochloropsis oculata Hibberd, 1981 (Eustigmatophyceae : Eustigmataceae) Berdasarkan Perbedaan Salinitas dan Intensitas Cahaya." Journal of Marine Research 8, no. 3 (2019): 229–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/jmr.v8i3.25263.
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Nannochloropsis oculata merupakan alga yang memiliki kadar lipid tinggi dan mudah dibudidayakan karena hanya bantuan cahaya matahari, karbon dioksida dan air laut mampu berkembang biak dengan baik. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh perbedaan salinitas dan intensitas cahaya terhadap pertumbuhan dan kadar total lipid pada mikroalga N. oculata. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan secara laboratoris, dengan Rancangan Faktorial. Perlakuan yang diuji cobakan yaitu A1( Salinitas 33 ‰), A2 (Salinitas 31 ‰), dan A3 (Salinitas 35 ‰), serta B1 (Intensitas Cahaya 500 lux), B2 (Intensitas Cahaya 1500 lux), B3 (Intensitas Cahaya 3000 lux), yang diperbandingkan dengan Perlakuan Kontrol. Setiap perlakuan dilakukan pengulangan sebanyak 3 kali. Hasil analisis pertumbuhan mikroalga N. oculata dan kandungan lipid dilakukan dengan Analisis Sidik Ragam dan dilakukan uji lanjutan Analisis Duncan Multiple Range Test dilaksanakan untuk mengetahui perbedaan perlakuan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pertumbuhan mikroalga N. oculata tertinggi dicapai oleh perlakuan A1B3 (Salinitas 33 ‰ dan Intensitas Cahaya 3000 lux) sebesar 19,927x103±5,454x103 sel/mLdan A3B1 (Salinitas 35 ‰ dan Intensitas Cahaya 500 lux) sebesar 20,779x103 ± 5,874x103 sel/mL. Pola pertumbuhan mikroalga N. oculata untuk semua perlakuan berbentuk kuadratik. Kandungan lipid mikroalga N. oculata tertinggi dicapai oleh perlakuan A3B1 (Salinitas 35 ‰ dan Intensitas Cahaya 500 lux) dengan nilai sebesar 66,5767±1,5257 mg/g dan terendah pada perlakuan A3B3 (Salinitas 35 ‰ dan Intensitas Cahaya 3000 lux) dengan nilai sebesar 38,2010±3,1507 mg/g.Nannochloropsis oculata is one of algae that has high lipid content compared to other algae and is easily cultivated because only the help of sunlight, carbon dioxide and sea water can reproduce well. This aims of the study was to determine the effect of varions salinity and light intensity on the growth and total lipid contents of microalgae N. oculata. The method used was an experimental laboratory method with a factorial design. The treatments applied were A1 (Salinity 33 ‰), A2 (Salinity 31 ‰), and A3 (Salinity 35 ‰), and B1 (Light Intensity 500 lux), B2 (Light Intensity 1500 lux), B3 (Light Intensity 3000 lux), which compare to the Control. The Interaction Treatments were applied on three replicates. The microalga N. oculata and Lipid Contents were analysed using Factorial Approach on Variance Analysis. The Duncan Multiple Range Test was applied to show the treatment which influence the difference result. The highest microalga N. oculata growth showed by the treatment of A1B3 (Salinity 33 ‰ and Light Intensity 3000 lux) with the number 19,927x103 cells/mL ± 5,454x103 cells/mL and A3B1(Salinity 35 ‰ and Light Intensity 500 lux) with the number 20,779x10 cells/mL ± 5,874x103 cells/mL. The growth model of N. oculata for all treatments showed a model of quadratic.The highest lipid content of N. oculata showed by the treatment ofA3B1 (Salinity 35 ‰ and Light Intensity 500 lux) with the number 66,5767±1,5257 mg/g and the lowest on A3B3 (Salinity 35 ‰ and Light Intensity 3000 lux) with the number38,2010±3,1507 mg/g.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Highest intensity"
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Randrianjanahary, Liantsoa Finaritra. "Cosmology with HI intensity mapping: effect of higher order corrections." University of the Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7248.
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Masters of Science<br>One of the main challenges of cosmology is to unveil the nature of dark energy
and dark matter. They can be constrained with baryonic acoustic oscillations
(BAO) and redshift space distortions, amongst others. Both have characteristic
signatures in the dark matter power spectrum. Biased tracers of dark
matter, such as neutral hydrogen, are used to quantify the underlying dark
matter density field. It is generally assumed that on large scales the bias of the
tracer is linear. However, there is a coupling between small and large scales of
the biased tracer which gives rise to a significant non-linear contribution on
linear scales in the power spectrum of the biased tracer. The Hydrogen Intensity
and Real-time eXperiment (HIRAX) will map the brightness temperature
of neutral hydrogen (HI) over BAO scales thanks to the intensity mapping
technique. We forecasted cosmological parameters for HIRAX taking into
account non-linear corrections to the HI power spectrum and compared them
to the linear case. We used methods based on Fisher matrices. We found
values for the bias to error ratio of the cosmological parameters as high as 1
or 7, depending on the noise level. We also investigated the change in peaks
location on the baryonic acoustic oscillations signal. The value of the shift
goes up to Δk = 10-2h/Mpc with a reduction of amplitude of the BAO features
from 16:33% to 0:33%, depending on the scales.
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Rasheed, Reem. "Search for new physics using radiative B meson decays and lifetime measurment of the B meson with the Belle II experiment." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2020. https://publication-theses.unistra.fr/public/theses_doctorat/2020/RASHEED_reem_2020_ED182.pdf.
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Juste après le Big Bang, matière et antimatière étaient présentes en quantités égales. Mais l’univers que nous observons aujourd’hui est presque entièrement constitué de matière. Une différence de comportement des particules et anti-particules constitue un ingrédient fondamental pour expliquer cette disparition. La violation de la symétrie quantique CP (Charge et Parité) introduit une telle asymétrie, cependant le niveau observé actuellement pour cette violation ne suffit quantitativement pas. L’expérience Belle II vient de démarrer au Japon, elle permet d’étudier avec une très grande précision des systèmes particules/anti-particules produits par le collisionneur électron-positron SuperKEKB , qui sera bientôt le plus lumineux au monde. Dans mon doctorant, J'ai travaillé sur la mesure de la violation de CP dans les désintégrations radiatives du méson B (désintégrations avec des photons à l'état final) particulièrement prometteuses grâce à leur haute sensibilité aux possibles nouveaux processus. Suite à cette analyse, j'ai commencé une nouvelle mesure de la durée de vie des mésons B, pour vérifier la robustesse des outils utilisés pour mesurer la violation de CP<br>After the Big Bang matter and antimatter were present in equal amounts. Today, however, everything we see, is made almost entirely of matter. A fundamental ingredient to explain this asymmetry between matter and antimatter is the violation of the CP (Charge Parity) symmetry. CP violation has been observed but quantitatively not enough to explain the huge asymmetry. The Belle II experiment in Japan studies the particles produced in electron-positron collisions at the SuperKEKB collider, the highest intensity collider in the World, allowing a high precision measurements of the known sources of CP violation and looking for new ones. In my PhD, I worked on measuring the CP violation in B meson radiative decays (decays with photon in final state) particularly promising thanks to their high sensitivity to possible new processes. Following this analysis, I started a new measurement of the B mesons lifetime where I could verify the robustness of the tools used in the CP violation measurement
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Phillips, Franklin Hadley. "The relationship between intensity of involvement and community service engagement in the moral development of student members of Greek organizations." W&M ScholarWorks, 2010. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1550154142.
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Bohman, Elias. "When the Death Count Gets Higher : Intensifying ‘Sons of the Soil’ Conflicts." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-303327.
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‘Sons of the soil’ conflicts seldom intensify above a low level of intrastate violence. Although frequent, they tend to remain small in scale, which has contributed to a lack of scholarly understanding about why some Sons of the soil conflict yet intensify more than others. Taking the role of the state into account, this study aims to investigate the causes for intensification in these conflicts. With a neoclassical realist approach, domestic factors behind the causal process of conflict intensification are unearthed, thereby investigating further the action-formation of the government threat perception. It leads the study to test the following hypothesis: A Sons of the soil conflict is more likely to intensify if the government misperceives the threat the conflict constitutes. Through a comparative process tracing analysis of Sons of the soil conflict intensity in Mali and Niger, 2006-2012, findings suggest that certain domestic factors at the state level cause a significant variation in the outcome. Actual low threats of Sons of the soil conflict may in fact be intensified due to state misperceptions.
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Wegrzecka-Kowalewski, Eva. "Critical Thinking in Intensive Language Programs for International Students in U.S. Universities." Thesis, University of Pittsburgh, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13819975.
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<p> This dissertation examines how critical thinking skills are addressed in university-level intensive language programs for international students in the United States. The theoretical framework for this study was built upon Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory. Three research questions inquired about language instructors’ ability to conceptualize critical thinking, integration of critical thinking into intensive language programs curricula and assessment tools, and obstacles in implementation of critical thinking in language instruction. Twenty-one instructors from intensive language programs for international students at six research universities in the Northeast part of the United States participated in this study. The data collection instruments were a questionnaire and follow-up interviews. A qualitative data analysis using a coding scheme revealed that the majority of the participants did not have a strong conceptualization of critical thinking and had difficulty in articulating critical thinking as a cultural construct. The analysis also revealed that the instructors from intensive language programs with re-designed curricula that included critical thinking as learning and instructional objectives reported a high success rate in preparing international students for academic challenges unlike the instructors from language programs that follow a traditional structure-oriented approach to language teaching. Some instructors from structure-oriented language programs reported that they developed their own critical thinking materials to infuse language instruction with critical thinking instruction. Other than their programs’ focus on language assessment, obstacles in implementing critical thinking into language curricula listed by the instructors included a lack of textbooks encouraging critical thinking, resistance from administrators and other instructors to re-design language curricula, students’ lack of motivation to learn critical thinking, and difficulty of teaching and evaluating critical thinking. With no other studies existing on teaching critical thinking in intensive language programs in universities in the U.S., this study offers pioneering evidence and implications for (a) stronger implementation of critical thinking skills in language support programs for international students planning to pursue academic degrees, (b) reconceptualization of the notion of academic literacy to include critical thinking, (c) development of critical thinking instructional materials and textbooks for language instruction, and (d) training in critical thinking instruction in teacher education programs and professional development initiatives.</p><p>
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Waber, Zachary J. "Exploring Motivation and Practice: A Needs Analysis of a University Intensive English Language Classroom." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1527886986771787.
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Hilli, Pia Elisabet Angelique. "Educating professionals and professionalising education in research-intensive universities : opportunities, challenges, rewards and values." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/25110.
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This study describes what higher education institutions (HEIs) that are known for their research excellence are doing to implement current student and teaching oriented higher education (HE) policies in England and Wales. Pressures to reach increasingly higher levels of excellence in both teaching and research challenge existing structures and mechanisms in these researchintensive universities (RIUs). Options for overcoming challenges are discussed by bringing together perspectives of different stakeholders. This thesis is based on analysis of documentary and empirical data to gain insight into perspectives and experiences of stakeholders of the implementation of current HE policies in England and Wales. Documentary data consisting of publicly available material about HE policies has been analysed by an interpretive analysis of policy, and papers about research have been systematically reviewed. The contents of interviews with academics in four RIUs have been analysed in case studies. This study contributes to existing research on ‘professionalism’ (see, for example, Kolsaker, 2008), ‘effective teaching’ (see, for example, Hunter & Back, 2011), and ‘evaluating teaching quality’ (see, for example, Dornan, Tan, Boshuizen, Gick, Isba, Mann, Scherpbier, Spencer, Timmins, 2014). This study also complements The UK Higher Education Academy’s (HEA) research in this area including Gibbs’ report on quality (2010) as well as earlier work on reward and recognition (2009). Key findings give insight into a troublesome relationship between teaching and research activities, which is at the core of many of the challenges RIUs are facing. Findings showing academics strong interest in their students, teaching, and research highlight their engagement in the development of these key activities. These support recommendations for development processes in RIUs involving organisation wide engagement to build parity of esteem between research and teaching to achieve aims to reach their full potential in terms of excellence in HE.
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Decker, James Brandon. "Online Language Acquisition and Leadership in Higher Education-Governed Intensive English Programs: A Rasch-Based Diffusion of Innovation Study." UKnowledge, 2019. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/edsc_etds/54.
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Research has indicated accredited, U.S. higher education-governed intensive English programs (IEPs) often struggle financially due to a scarcity of resources (namely students) because of political and global economic factors and increased competition (ICEF Monitor, 2017; IIE, 2017; Ladika, 2018; Soppelsa, 2015). However, few IEPs advertise online language acquisition (OLA) courses despite the increase in online study methods at the higher education institutes governing the programs and its use by competitors. The purpose of this study was to determine the status and extent of OLA diffusion in U.S. IEPs, how IEP directors and faculty perceived OLA, and whether they perceived themselves to be the leaders in its diffusion.
Drawing on Rogers’ (1962) diffusion of innovation framework to inform the instrument methodology, this study employed a quantitative, cross-sectional survey. The study used the Rasch measurement model (1960) as the framework informing the instrument’s design and analysis.
All 249 executive directors and 2,492 faculty in the 249 accredited, higher education-governed IEPs were invited to participate in the study, and 328 directors and faculty from 121 IEPs opted to do so. Major findings revealed 40.5% had experimented with online courses within the last five years, and 24.8% offered it currently. The Winsteps dimensionality analysis showed each of the six innovation characteristics performed as a separate strand supporting the dimension of OLA adoption potential. The Wright map and item measures revealed respondents perceived OLA visibility (1.52 logits) as the most difficult-to-endorse characteristic followed by complexity (0.48 logits). The least challenging characteristic was articulated benefits (-0.39 logits), and the easiest item was technology confidence (-1.21 logits) followed by technology clusters (-0.65 logits). Regarding leadership in promoting OLA adoption, 53.2% of the sample claimed they were involved in its leadership at some level, and 31.1% reported leadership involvement at institutes currently lacking online English courses.
This study suggests respondents found OLA to be beneficial for their IEP with articulable results. Cost and technology confidence were not viewed as prohibitive, but respondents lacked confidence that OLA would lead to increased enrollment. Because of the high level of OLA leadership in their IEP, the adoption of online language courses appears to be moving in an upward trajectory.
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Cho, Christina Y. "An Innovation Diffusion and Adoption Model| A Comparative Multiple Case Study of an Intensive Academic-Orientation Boot Camp Program." Thesis, University of Nevada, Reno, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10266523.
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<p> The purpose of this multiple comparative case study was to examine why and how an intensive academic-orientation innovation was diffused and adopted at five different public research universities. The innovation under study was the Louisiana State University (LSU) Biology Intensive Orientation for Students (BIOS) program. Everett Rogers’ (2003) diffusion of innovation theory served as the theoretical framework for this study. Program documentation was collected and reviewed, an on-line survey was administered and completed by each program coordinator/director, and telephone interviews were conducted with each program coordinator/director. The study found there was relative fidelity in the adoption of BIOS and supported the presence of Rogers’ (2003) innovation attributes. A model was developed through this study to describe a successful innovation adoption process; essential elements, roles, and relationships were identified. Key findings of the study included the following: (a) need for a catalyst that the innovation addressed and impacted in a positive way; (b) a credible change agent, who was available to share knowledge about the innovation; (c) a champion, who was committed to the successful adoption of the innovation; and (d) an opinion leader, who supported the innovation adoption. The model further indicates there must be a productive and positive working relationship between the change agent and the champion, as well as an established positive working relationship between the champion and opinion leader. Discontinuation of the innovation adoption is possible if there is a change in opinion leadership or a less complex or less costly solution to the initial catalyst is discovered.</p><p>
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Banks, Troylin Lavon. "Where am I?Intersections between Ethnic Minorities and Liberal Arts Writing-Intensive Programs." University of Findlay / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=findlay1462266182.
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Becker, Sascha O. Returns to education in Germany: A variable treatment intensity approach. European University Institute, 2001.
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Tafner, Meg. Intensive English: Higher intermediate level, students' book. Macmillan, 1988.
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Miranda, Alfonso Alvarez. Non-pecuniary returns to higher education: The effect on smoking intensity in the UK. IZA, 2006.
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Writing-intensive: Becoming W-faculty in a new writing curriculum. Utah State University Press, 2008.
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University of North London. ACES. Accelerated and intensive routes to higher education: First annual report of theresearch and evaluation project. ACES, 1993.
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Da xue Ying yu: Jing du : College English. Intensive reading. 2nd ed. Shanghai wai yu jiao yu chu ban she, 1997.
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Sims, Leah. Fast and flexible: the AIRs experience: The evaluation of the accelerated and intensive routes to higher education. HEFCE, 1996.
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Atchoarena, David. "Universities as Lifelong Learning Institutions: A New Frontier for Higher Education?" In The Promise of Higher Education. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67245-4_47.
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AbstractFor half a century now, lifelong learning has provided—with more or less intensity - the philosophical and conceptual background in which education policies have been framed (Kejawa, 2017). When Paul Lengrand defined l’éducation permanente (1970), learning was conceived as part of a humanistic vision of the world, intrinsically characterized by fundamental values like human dignity, equal rights and social justice and respect for cultural diversity, as well as a sense of shared responsibility and a commitment to international solidarity. Today, these principles remain fundamental aspects of our common humanity and the enduring ideals of what learning can achieve.
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Pawlowski, Jan M., and Monika Walter. "Quality for Global Knowledge-Intensive Organizations: A Step-by-Step Guide." In Changing Cultures in Higher Education. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03582-1_31.
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Guevara-Rosero, Grace Carolina, Byron Acosta, Jaime Flores, and Jhonatan Velasteguí. "Does Cooperation Boost a Transition to a Higher Innovation Intensity in Firms?" In Communication, Smart Technologies and Innovation for Society. Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4126-8_57.
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Liu, K. M., K. M. Lee, and C. K. Pan. "Numerical Techniques for Determining Stress Intensity and Higher Order Factors Using the Finite Difference Methods." In Computational Mechanics ’95. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79654-8_353.
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Burkill, Sue. "Challenging Pedagogic Norms: Engaging First-year Undergraduates in an Intensive Research Informed Learning Programme." In Global Innovation of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Springer International Publishing, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10482-9_5.
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Saar, Ellu, and Triin Roosalu. "Inverted U-shape of Estonian Higher Education: Post-Socialist Liberalism and Postpostsocialist Consolidation." In Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education. Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52980-6_6.
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AbstractThis chapter provides a description of the basic features of the higher education system in Estonia in the historical perspective, paying special attention to the period during the Soviet time right before the USSR collapse and exploring the developments during the following period up to 2015. It is understood that both the social and political system during the period of socialism, as well as changes in the society during the postsocialist period right after the country became independent, have an impact on the current period. On the other hand, changes in the Estonian higher education system are greatly impacted by external factors, especially processes of Europeanisation and internationalisation of higher education. Tendencies towards standardisation of higher education provision, on the one hand, as well as maintaining differentiation between higher education institutions will be highlighted.The analysis distinguishes four periods of the postsocialist higher education system in Estonia, characterised by different traits. 1988–1992 can be considered a period of chaotic, individually and institutionally driven changes; 1993–1998 saw the major expansion of the higher education system in combination with the development of legal frameworks and quality assurance mechanisms; 1999–2005 indicated the wave of reforms, including following the principles of the Bologna process; from 2006 onwards, new measures are put in place to strengthen the (international) competitiveness and sustainability of the shrinking higher education sector. The main strand of differentiation between the higher education institutions largely follows their formal statuses that stem from the soviet period: the applied higher education institutions on the one hand and the academic universities providing bachelor, master’s and doctoral level education on the other. The further differentiation can be made based on the research intensity of the universities as well as based on their legal status, with some being declared national universities by their dedicated laws.
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van der Zee, P., and D. Gommers. "Recruitment Maneuvers and Higher PEEP, the So-Called Open Lung Concept, in Patients with ARDS." In Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2019. Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06067-1_5.
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Blow, David. "Intensity measurements." In Outline of Crystallography for Biologists. Oxford University Press, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198510512.003.0011.
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Once a suitable crystal has been obtained, a molecular structure investigation requires measurement of the intensities of as many Bragg reflections as possible. In this chapter, some of the options that must be decided by the experimenter will be considered, and some of the criteria used to assess the accuracy and completeness of the data will be presented. The experimenter has to make a number of strategic decisions in collecting the crystal intensity data. These include: • What X-ray source should be used? • What X-ray detector should be used? • Under what conditions should the crystal be maintained? • How long should each crystal be exposed? • What data collection technique will be used? • What resolution limit should be applied? The choice of source and detector will depend largely on what is available, but the major decision is whether to use facilities in the home laboratory or whether to use a synchrotron at a central facility. The energy released by absorption of X-rays in a crystal inevitably damages it. The process of radiation damage increases crystal disorder and reduces the intensity of scattering. The experimenter will ultimately have to abandon data collection from the damaged and disordered crystal. Under ideal experimental conditions, all the useful diffraction data can be obtained from a crystal long before radiation damage takes its toll, and radiation damage does not create a practical problem. At the other end of the scale, it may be necessary to combine the measurements from many crystals in order to obtain a complete set of diffracted intensities. There is no definite criterion to decide when a crystal is so badly damaged that it must be discarded. But if the measurements are going to be of highest quality, any observable change is bad news. The most serious effects occur in the part of the diffraction pattern at the highest observed resolution, where the observed intensities of the Bragg reflections will be altered most rapidly. The first observable effect of radiation damage is usually a reduction of high angle intensities due to increased disorder.
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Elsner, James B., and Thomas H. Jagger. "Intensity Models." In Hurricane Climatology. Oxford University Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199827633.003.0012.
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Strong hurricanes, such as Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, and Katrina in 2005, cause catastrophic damage. It is important to have an estimate of when the next big one will occur. You also want to know what influences the strongest hurricanes and whether they are getting stronger as the earth warms. This chapter shows you how to model hurricane intensity. The data are basinwide lifetime highest intensities for individual tropical cyclones over the North Atlantic and county-level hurricane wind intervals. We begin by considering trends using the method of quantile regression and then examine extreme-value models for estimating return periods. We also look at modeling cyclone winds when the values are given by category, and use Miami-Dade County as an example. Here you consider cyclones above tropical storm intensity (≥ 17 m s−1) during the period 1967–2010, inclusive. The period is long enough to see changes but not too long that it includes intensity estimates before satellite observations. We use “intensity” and “strength” synonymously to mean the fastest wind inside the cyclone. Consider the set of events defined by the location and wind speed at which a tropical cyclone first reaches its lifetime maximum intensity (see Chapter 5). The data are in the file LMI.txt. Import and list the values in 10 columns of the first 6 rows of the data frame by typing . . . > LMI.df = read.table("LMI.txt", header=TRUE) > round(head(LMI.df)[c(1, 5:9, 12, 16)], 1). . . The data set is described in Chapter 6. Here your interest is the smoothed intensity estimate at the time of lifetime maximum (WmaxS). First, convert the wind speeds from the operational units of knots to the SI units of meter per second. . . . > LMI.df$WmaxS = LMI.df$WmaxS * .5144 . . . Next, determine the quartiles (0.25 and 0.75 quantiles) of the wind speed distribution. The quartiles divide the cumulative distribution function (CDF) into three equal-sized subsets. . . . > quantile(LMI.df$WmaxS, c(.25, .75)) 25% 75% 25.5 46.0 . . . You find that 25 percent of the cyclones have a lifetime maximum wind speed less than 26 m s−1 and 75 percent have a maximum wind speed less than 46ms−1, so that 50 percent of all cyclones have a maximum wind speed between 26 and 46 m s−1 (interquartile range–IQR).
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Sarajlić, Ankica, Emilija Raspudić, Zdenko Lončarić, Marko Josipović, and Ivana Majić. "The Role of Irrigation and Nitrogen Fertilization on the Feeding Behavior of European Corn Borer." In Pests, Weeds and Diseases in Agricultural Crop and Animal Husbandry Production. IntechOpen, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.92598.
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European corn borer (ECB) creates tunnels inside the plant stalks, causing damage, which could significantly decrease yield loss. This study aimed to determine the relationship between damage caused by ECB larval feeding and different irrigation and nitrogen fertilization rates on different maize genotypes. We conducted a field experiment in Croatia from 2012 to 2014. Increased plant nitrogen adsorption was observed under irrigation only in drought years, and it was decreased in optimal or extremely wet years. We found a weak or a moderate relationship between ECB damage and nitrogen concentration, but the greatest ECB damage was in all years recorded in treatments with the highest fertilization rates. However, the highest plant nitrogen concentration was observed in the hybrid with the lowest damage from ECB larvae. The maize damage caused by ECB larval feeding was negatively affected by high plant nitrogen concentrations only when plants were under drought stress. Nitrogen uptake was increased in irrigated plots. We did not find a strong relationship between the C/N ratio or irrigation and intensity of ECB damage. In 2012, when the narrowest C/N ratio was calculated, the greatest damage by ECB was measured. Further studies are needed since we detected the significant impact of drought on intensive ECB larval feeding.
Conference papers on the topic "Highest intensity"
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Hornung, Marco, Sebastian Keppler, Ragnar Bödefeld, et al. "Highest Intensity Diode Pumped Solid State Laser System." In Advanced Solid State Lasers. OSA, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/assl.2013.af2a.1.
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Erdogan, T. "MLD vs. Transmission Gratings for the Highest-Efficiency, Most-Compact Pulse Compressors." In High Intensity Lasers and High Field Phenomena. OSA, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/hilas.2020.hm2b.2.
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Ashwell, Geoffrey J., Emma J. Dawnay, Andrzej P. Kuczynski, and Philip J. Martin. "Highest observed second harmonic intensity from a multilayered Langmuir-Blodgett film structure." In Physical Concepts of Materials for Novel Optoelectronic Device Applications, edited by Manijeh Razeghi. SPIE, 1991. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.24423.
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Wang, Shijun, and Jinjuan Zhao. "Deformation Relaxation: A Finite Element Optimization Method for Tee." In ASME 2003 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference. ASMEDC, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/pvp2003-2185.
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In this paper, an optimization method for a tee is proposed. A finite element model of a tee is built and its reliability is demonstrated by experiment. Analysis models with different fillet radii are analyzed. The results show that changing the fillet radius can not distinctly change the stress intensity level. Therefore, deformation relaxation, a new method for lowering stress intensity levels, is proposed. The method’s core is that the original shape of the tee is modified by deformation displacement. The computed results show that the decrease of the highest stress intensity is approximately in proportion to the modification. When the maximum modification is up to 10% of the outer diameter of main pipe, the highest stress intensity decreases by 52.2%.
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Liu, G., P. Succop, and C. Rice. "348. Comparison of Highest Short-Term Exposure Intensity and Cumulative Exposure Metrics in a Case-Control Study of Silicosis." In AIHce 1998. AIHA, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.3320/1.2762749.
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Sanford, David, and Christoph Schaal. "High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Scattering at Mammal Vertebrae." In ASME 2020 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2020-24676.
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Abstract High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is used clinically to heat cells therapeutically or to destroy them through heat or cavitation. In homogeneous media, the highest wave amplitudes occur at a predictable focal region. However, HIFU is generally not used in the proximity of bones due to wave absorption and scattering. Ultrasound is passed through the skull in some clinical trials, but the complex geometry of the spine poses a greater targeting challenge and currently prohibits therapeutic ultrasound treatments near the vertebral column. This paper presents a comprehensive experimental study involving shadowgraphy and hydrophone measurements to determine the spatial distribution of pressure amplitudes from induced HIFU waves near vertebrae. First, a bone-like composite plate that is partially obstructing the induced waves is shown to break the conical HIFU form into two regions. Wave images are captured using pulsed laser shadowgraphy, and hydrophone measurements over the same region are compared to the shadowgraphy intensity plots to validate the procedure. Next, shadowgraphy is performed for an individual, clean, ex-vivo feline vertebra. The results indicate that shadowgraphy can be used to determine energy deposition patterns and to determine heating at a specific location. The latter is confirmed through additional temperature measurements. Overall, these laboratory experiments may help determine the efficacy of warming specific nerve cells within mammal vertebrae without causing damage to adjacent tissue.
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Pratt, David M., and David J. Moorhouse. "Common Currency for System Integration of High Intensity Energy Subsystems." In ASME/JSME 2011 8th Thermal Engineering Joint Conference. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ajtec2011-44013.
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Aerospace vehicle design has progressed in an evolutionary manner, with certain discrete changes such as turbine engines replacing propellers for higher speeds. The evolution has worked very well for commercial aircraft because the major components can be optimized independently. This is not true for many military configurations which require a more integrated approach. In addition, the introduction of aspects for which there is no pre-existing database requires special attention. Examples of subsystem that have no pre-existing data base include directed energy weapons (DEW) such as high power microwaves (HPM) and high energy lasers (HEL). These devices are inefficient, therefore a large portion of the energy required to operate the device is converted to waste heat and must be transferred to a suitable heat sink. For HPM, the average heat load during one ‘shot’ is on the same order as traditional subsystems and thus designing a thermal management system is possible. The challenge is transferring the heat from the HPM device to a heat sink. The power density of each shot could be hundreds of megawatts. This heat must be transferred from the HPM beam dump to a sink. The heat transfer must occur at a rate that will support shots in the 10–100Hz range. For HEL systems, in addition to the high intensity, there are substantial system level thermal loads required to provide an ‘infinite magazine.’ Present models are inadequate to analyze these problems, current systems are unable to sustain the energy dissipation required and the high intensity heat fluxes applied over a very short duration phenomenon is not well understood. These are examples of potential future vehicle integration challenges. This paper addresses these and other subsystems integration challenges using a common currency for vehicle optimization. Exergy, entropy generation minimization, and energy optimization are examples of methodologies that can enable the creation of energy optimized systems. These approaches allow the manipulation of fundamental equations governing thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics to produce minimized irreversibilities at the vehicle, subsystem and device levels using a common currency. Applying these techniques to design for aircraft system-level energy efficiency would identify not only which subsystems are inefficient but also those that are close to their maximum theoretical efficiency while addressing diverse system interaction and optimal subsystem integration. Such analyses would obviously guide researchers and designers to the areas having the highest payoff and enable departures from the evolutionary process and create a breakthrough design.
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Ames, Forrest E. "The Influence of Large Scale High Intensity Turbulence on Vane Heat Transfer." In ASME 1995 International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/95-gt-021.
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An experimental research program was undertaken to examine the influence of large scale high intensity turbulence on vane heat transfer. The experiment was conducted in a four vane linear cascade at exit Reynolds numbers of 500,000 and 800,000 based on chord length corresponding to exit Mach numbers of 0.17 and 0.27. Heat transfer measurements were made for four inlet turbulence conditions including a low turbulence case (Tu ≅ 1%), a grid turbulence case (Tu ≅ 7.5%), and two levels of large scale turbulence generated with a mock combustor at two upstream locations (Tu ≅ 12% & Tu ≅ 8%). The heat transfer data demonstrated that the length scale, Lu, has a significant effect on stagnation region and pressure surface heat transfer. The average heat transfer augmentation over the pressure surface was found to scale reasonably well on the relative level of dissipation. The stagnation region heat transfer correlated well on the {Tu ReD5/12 (Lu/D)−1/3} parameter of Ames and Moffat (1990). The dependence of heat transfer augmentation on Reynolds number was estimated to scale on the 1/3 power for the pressure surface. The absolute level of heat transfer augmentation was found to be highest near the stagnation region. The combustor closely coupled to the cascade produced an average augmentation on the pressure surface of 56 percent at a Reynolds number of 800,000.
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Templalexis, Ioannis, Lambros Giachalis, and Ioannis Lionis. "Turboprop Engine Loading During High and Low Maneuver Intensity Flight Mode." In ASME Turbo Expo 2021: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/gt2021-59668.
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Abstract The life consumption rate of the aircraft engine is a vital input for aircraft operators who aim to an efficient fleet management. T6 aircraft, propelled by the PT6 turboprop engine, is operated by the Hellenic Air Force, both for training and aerobatic purposes. The current study focuses on quantifying and comparatively assessing the engine life consumption rate for the following missions: i) An “aerobatic” mission which is a typical high intensity maneuver flight and ii) a “training for patrol” mission, representing a typical low intensity maneuver flight. Missions were selected with the criterion of setting the lowest and the highest possible engine loading during a certain mission. In other words, the goal of the study is to define the extent of the loading the engine can encounter as a propulsion system of the T-6 aircraft during a certain mission. This is the first step before proceeding in setting up a methodology for continuously monitoring the engine life consumption rate in support of the squadron flight management plan. The study was based on real time data recorded during the respective flights. An engine model built using “GasTurb” gas turbine simulation software was used to fill in engine operating data at stations where recordings have not been taken. Engine life consumption was based on creep and low cycle fatigue failure mechanisms of the first gas generator turbine stage. Creep life fractions were calculated based on the Larson-Miller parameter curves and the fatigue cycles were counted using the rainflow method. The study showed that the life consumption is about 10 times lower when the aircraft is operated at a low loading mode as opposed to a high loading mode.
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Shi, Kaikai, Yixiong Zhang, Yu Yang, et al. "Fast Fracture Evaluation of Steam Generator Channel Heads Considering High Carbon Macro-Segregation." In ASME 2020 Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/pvp2020-21010.
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Abstract The Fracture evaluation is important in the structural integrity analysis of nuclear equipment which is subjected to the effects of neutron irradiation. The increment of ductile and brittle transition temperature is mainly due to the neutron irradiation, thermal ageing and strain ageing. In addition to above these factors, the high carbon macro-segregation of low-alloy steels also increases the risk of fast fracture failure as the carbon positive macro-segregation will lead to the increasing transition temperature of low-alloy steels. In this work, a relationship between the carbon content and the increment of transition temperature is developed and is used to the fast fracture failure analysis of the highest carbon content region in steam generator channel head. Results show that ratio between the calculated stress intensity factor considering safety coefficient suggested by ASME design code and the critical stress intensity factor is less than one, which indicates a safe design for the highest carbon content region in steam generator channel head.
Reports on the topic "Highest intensity"
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Puttanapong, Nattapong, Arturo M. Martinez Jr, Mildred Addawe, Joseph Bulan, Ron Lester Durante, and Marymell Martillan. Predicting Poverty Using Geospatial Data in Thailand. Asian Development Bank, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/wps200434-2.
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This study examines an alternative approach in estimating poverty by investigating whether readily available geospatial data can accurately predict the spatial distribution of poverty in Thailand. It also compares the predictive performance of various econometric and machine learning methods such as generalized least squares, neural network, random forest, and support vector regression. Results suggest that intensity of night lights and other variables that approximate population density are highly associated with the proportion of population living in poverty. The random forest technique yielded the highest level of prediction accuracy among the methods considered, perhaps due to its capability to fit complex association structures even with small and medium-sized datasets.
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Yépez, Ariel, Luis San Vicente Portes, and Santiago Guerrero. Productivity and Energy Intensity in Latin America. Inter-American Development Bank, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003219.
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Within an industrial setting, what would ones conjecture be about the relation between Energy Intensity (EI) and productivity? Could higher Energy use be associated to more capital intensive processes, and thus higher output (per worker)? Or Ceteris paribus, are productivity indicators inversely associated with energy intensity? So that more productive firms or industries tend also to be more energy efficient. The nature of this question is multifold as there are historical, geographical, institutional, developmental, and policy variables that jointly affect industrial development as well as a nations energy supply. This study seeks to assess the relationship between these variables in the industrial sector of four Latin American countries. Under alternative measures of productivity, namely, average labor productivity and total factor productivity (TFP), we find a statistically negative relationship between productivity and Energy intensity.
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Kost’, Stepan. THE CONCEPT OF CREATIVITY IN JOURNALISM. Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.30970/vjo.2021.50.11092.
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The article analyzes some theoretical and practical aspects of creativity. The author shares his opinion that the concept of creativity belongs to the fundamental concepts of philosophy, psychology, literature, art, pedagogy. Creativity is one of the important concepts of the theory of journalism. The author does not agree with the extended definition of creativity. He believes that journalistic activity becomes creativity when it is free and associated with the creation and establishment of new national and universal values, with the highest intensity of intellectual and moral strength of the journalist, when journalism is a manifestation of civic position, when this activity combines professional skills and perfect literary form.The author also believes that literary skill and the skill of a journalist are not identical concepts, because literary skill is a component of journalistic skill.
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Gillen, Emily, Nicole M. Coomer, Christopher Beadles, and Amy Mills. Constructing a Measure of Anesthesia Intensity Using Cross-Sectional Claims Data. RTI Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.3768/rtipress.2019.mr.0040.1910.
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With intensifying emphasis on episodes of care and bundled payments for surgical admissions, anesthesia expenditures are increasingly important in assessing variation in expenditures for surgical episodes. When comparing anesthesia expenditures across surgical settings, adjustment for anesthesia case complexity and duration of anesthesia services, also known as anesthesia service intensity, is desirable. A single anesthesia intensity measure allows researchers to make more direct comparisons between anesthesia outcomes across settings and services. We describe a process for creating a claims-based anesthesia intensity measure using Medicare claims. We create the measure using two fields: base units associated with American Medical Association Current Procedural Terminology codes on the anesthesia claim and time units associated with the service. We rescaled the time component of the anesthesia intensity measure to equally represent base units and time units. For illustration, we applied the measure to Medicare anesthesia expenditures stratified by rural/urban location. We found that adjustments for intensity were greater in urban settings because the level of intensity is greater. Compared with rural settings, unadjusted expenditures in urban settings are roughly 26 percent higher, whereas adjusted expenditures in urban settings are only 20 percent higher. Even absent longitudinal data, researchers can adjust anesthesia outcomes for intensity using our cross-sectional claims-based intensity method.
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Goggin, Kathy, Emily Hurley, Andrea Bradley-Ewing, et al. Comparing Higher and Lower Intensity Parent-Clinician Communication Trainings to Reduce Antibiotic Misuse in Children. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.25302/01.2021.cdr.150731759.
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Chauvin, Juan Pablo, Annabelle Fowler, and Nicolás Herrera L. The Younger Age Profile of COVID-19 Deaths in Developing Countries. Inter-American Development Bank, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002879.
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This paper examines why a larger share of COVID-19 deaths occurs among young and middle-aged adults in developing countries than in high-income countries. Using novel data at the country, city, and patient levels, we investigate the drivers of this gap in terms of the key components of the standard Susceptible-Infected-Recovered framework. We obtain three main results. First, we show that the COVID-19 mortality age gap is not explained by younger susceptible populations in developing countries. Second, we provide indirect evidence that higher infection rates play a role, showing that variables linked to faster COVID-19 spread such as residential crowding and labor informality are correlated with younger mortality age profiles across cities. Third, we show that lower recovery rates in developing countries account for nearly all of the higher death shares among young adults, and for almost half of the higher death shares among middle-aged adults. Our evidence suggests that lower recovery rates in developing countries are driven by a higher prevalence of preexisting conditions that have been linked to more severe COVID-19 complications, and by more limited access to hospitals and intensive care units in some countries.
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Tuite, Ashleigh R., David N. Fisman, Ayodele Odutayo, et al. COVID-19 Hospitalizations, ICU Admissions and Deaths Associated with the New Variants of Concern. Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.47326/ocsat.2021.02.18.1.0.
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New variants of concern (VOCs) now account for 67% of all Ontario SARS-CoV-2 infections. Compared with early variants of SARS-CoV-2, VOCs are associated with a 63% increased risk of hospitalization, a 103% increased risk of intensive care unit (ICU) admission and a 56% increased risk of death due to COVID-19. VOCs are having a substantial impact on Ontario’s healthcare system. On March 28, 2021, the daily number of new SARS-CoV-2 infections in Ontario reached the daily number of cases observed near the height of the second wave, at the start of the province-wide lockdown, on December 26, 2020. The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is now 21% higher than at the start of the province-wide lockdown, while ICU occupancy is 28% higher (Figure 1). The percentage of COVID-19 patients in ICUs who are younger than 60 years is about 50% higher now than it was prior to the start of the province-wide lockdown. Because the increased risk of COVID-19 hospitalization, ICU admission and death with VOCs is most pronounced 14 to 28 days after diagnosis, there will be significant delays until the full burden to the health care system becomes apparent.
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Mateo Díaz, Mercedes, Laura Becerra Luna, Juan Manuel Hernández-Agramonte, Florencia López, Marcelo Pérez Alfaro, and Alejandro Vasquez Echeverria. Nudging Parents to Improve Preschool Attendance in Uruguay. Inter-American Development Bank, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002901.
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Uruguay has increased it preschool enrollment, reaching almost universal coverage among four- and five-year-olds. However, more than a third of children enrolled in preschool programs have insufficient attendance, with absenteeism higher in schools in lower socioeconomic areas and among younger preschool children. This paper presents the results of a behavioral intervention to increase preschool attendance nationwide. Most previous experiments using behavioral sciences have looked at the impact of nudging parents on attendance and learning for school-age children; this is the first experiment looking at both attendance and child development for preschool children. It is also the first behavioral intervention to use a government mobile app to send messages to parents of preschool children. The intervention had no average treatment effect on attendance, but results ranged widely across groups. Attendance by children in the 25th 75th percentiles of absenteeism rose by 0.320.68 days over the course of the 13-week intervention, and attendance among children in remote areas increased by 1.48 days. Among all children in the study, the intervention also increased language development by 0.10 standard deviations, an impact similar to that of very labor-intensive programs, such as home visits. The intervention had stronger effects on children in the remote provinces of Uruguay, increasing various domains of child development by about 0.33 to 0.37 standard deviations. Behavioral interventions seeking to reduce absenteeism and raise test scores usually nudge parents on both the importance of attendance and ways to improve child development. In this experiment, the nudges focused only on absenteeism but had an effect on both.
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Phuong, Vu Tan, Nguyen Van Truong, and Do Trong Hoan. Commune-level institutional arrangements and monitoring framework for integrated tree-based landscape management. World Agroforestry, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5716/wp21024.pdf.
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Governance is a difficult task in the context of achieving landscape multifunctionality owing to the multiplicity of stakeholders, institutions, scale and ecosystem services: the ‘many-multiple’ (Cockburn et al 2018). Governing and managing the physical landscape and the actors in the landscape requires intensive knowledge and good planning systems. Land-use planning is a powerful instrument in landscape governance because it directly guides how actors will intervene in the physical landscape (land use) to gain commonly desired value. It is essential for sustaining rural landscapes and improving the livelihoods of rural communities (Bourgoin and Castella 2011, Bourgoin et al 2012, Rydin 1998), ensuring landscape multifunctionality (Nelson et al 2009, Reyers et al 2012) and enhancing efficiency in carbon sequestration, in particular (Bourgoin et al 2013, Cathcart et al 2007). It is also considered critical to the successful implementation of land-based climate mitigation, such as under Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), because the Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector is included in the mitigation contributions of nearly 90 percent of countries in Sub-Saharan and Southern Asia countries and in the Latin American and Caribbean regions (FAO 2016). Viet Nam has been implementing its NDC, which includes forestry and land-based mitigation options under the LULUCF sector. The contribution of the sector to committed national emission reduction is significant and cost-effective compared with other sectors. In addition to achieving emission reduction targets, implementation of forestry and land-based mitigation options has the highest benefits for social-economic development and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (MONRE 2020). Challenges, however, lie in the way national priorities and targets are translated into sub-national delivery plans and the way sub-national actors are brought together in orchestration (Hsu et al 2019) in a context where the legal framework for climate-change mitigation is elaborated at national rather than sub-national levels and coordination between government bodies and among stakeholders is generally ineffective (UNDP 2018). In many developing countries, conventional ‘top–down’, centralized land-use planning approaches have been widely practised, with very little success, a result of a lack of flexibility in adapting local peculiarities (Amler et al 1999, Ducourtieux et al 2005, Kauzeni et al 1993). In forest–agriculture mosaic landscapes, the fundamental question is how land-use planning can best conserve forest and agricultural land, both as sources of economic income and environmental services (O’Farrell and Anderson 2010). This paper provides guidance on monitoring integrated tree-based landscape management at commune level, based on the current legal framework related to natural resource management (land and forest) and the requirements of national green-growth development and assessment of land uses in two communes in Dien Bien and Son La provinces. The concept of integrated tree based landscape management in Viet Nam is still new and should be further developed for wider application across levels.
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Viswanathan, Meera, Jennifer Cook Middleton, Alison Stuebe, et al. Maternal, Fetal, and Child Outcomes of Mental Health Treatments in Women: A Systematic Review of Perinatal Pharmacologic Interventions. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.23970/ahrqepccer236.
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Background. Untreated maternal mental health disorders can have devastating sequelae for the mother and child. For women who are currently or planning to become pregnant or are breastfeeding, a critical question is whether the benefits of treating psychiatric illness with pharmacologic interventions outweigh the harms for mother and child. Methods. We conducted a systematic review to assess the benefits and harms of pharmacologic interventions compared with placebo, no treatment, or other pharmacologic interventions for pregnant and postpartum women with mental health disorders. We searched four databases and other sources for evidence available from inception through June 5, 2020 and surveilled the literature through March 2, 2021; dually screened the results; and analyzed eligible studies. We included studies of pregnant, postpartum, or reproductive-age women with a new or preexisting diagnosis of a mental health disorder treated with pharmacotherapy; we excluded psychotherapy. Eligible comparators included women with the disorder but no pharmacotherapy or women who discontinued the pharmacotherapy before pregnancy. Results. A total of 164 studies (168 articles) met eligibility criteria. Brexanolone for depression onset in the third trimester or in the postpartum period probably improves depressive symptoms at 30 days (least square mean difference in the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, -2.6; p=0.02; N=209) when compared with placebo. Sertraline for postpartum depression may improve response (calculated relative risk [RR], 2.24; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.95 to 5.24; N=36), remission (calculated RR, 2.51; 95% CI, 0.94 to 6.70; N=36), and depressive symptoms (p-values ranging from 0.01 to 0.05) when compared with placebo. Discontinuing use of mood stabilizers during pregnancy may increase recurrence (adjusted hazard ratio [AHR], 2.2; 95% CI, 1.2 to 4.2; N=89) and reduce time to recurrence of mood disorders (2 vs. 28 weeks, AHR, 12.1; 95% CI, 1.6 to 91; N=26) for bipolar disorder when compared with continued use. Brexanolone for depression onset in the third trimester or in the postpartum period may increase the risk of sedation or somnolence, leading to dose interruption or reduction when compared with placebo (5% vs. 0%). More than 95 percent of studies reporting on harms were observational in design and unable to fully account for confounding. These studies suggested some associations between benzodiazepine exposure before conception and ectopic pregnancy; between specific antidepressants during pregnancy and adverse maternal outcomes such as postpartum hemorrhage, preeclampsia, and spontaneous abortion, and child outcomes such as respiratory issues, low Apgar scores, persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, depression in children, and autism spectrum disorder; between quetiapine or olanzapine and gestational diabetes; and between benzodiazepine and neonatal intensive care admissions. Causality cannot be inferred from these studies. We found insufficient evidence on benefits and harms from comparative effectiveness studies, with one exception: one study suggested a higher risk of overall congenital anomalies (adjusted RR [ARR], 1.85; 95% CI, 1.23 to 2.78; N=2,608) and cardiac anomalies (ARR, 2.25; 95% CI, 1.17 to 4.34; N=2,608) for lithium compared with lamotrigine during first- trimester exposure. Conclusions. Few studies have been conducted in pregnant and postpartum women on the benefits of pharmacotherapy; many studies report on harms but are of low quality. The limited evidence available is consistent with some benefit, and some studies suggested increased adverse events. However, because these studies could not rule out underlying disease severity as the cause of the association, the causal link between the exposure and adverse events is unclear. Patients and clinicians need to make an informed, collaborative decision on treatment choices.