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IVASTINOVIC, D., T. GEORGI, R. HORNIG, A. WEDRICH, and M. VELIKAY-PAREL. "Investigation of particular surgical steps in epiretinal prostheses implantation procedure in pigs." Acta Ophthalmologica 87 (September 2009): 0. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.3112.x.
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Shabalov, N. P., L. V. Erman, P. D. Vaganov, and Al’mira D. Donetskova. "One step forward, two steps back." Medical Journal of the Russian Federation 22, no. 5 (October 15, 2016): 228–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.18821/0869-2106-2016-22-5-228-231.
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The article presents the history of Russian system of maternity and children care, including pediatric education organized for the first time in the world. the particular considerations concerning post-graduate training are exposed.
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TEKIĆ, JASMINA. "AMPLITUDE DEPENDENCE OF THE SHAPIRO STEPS." International Journal of Modern Physics B 21, no. 23n24 (September 30, 2007): 4234–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0217979207045463.
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The existence and stability of the Shapiro steps in the ac driven dissipative Frenkel-Kontorova model are studied. The particular attention has been focused on, the variations of the step width and critical depinning force with the ac amplitude. The amplitude dependence is strongly influenced by the frequency of ac force where at the higher frequencies, the oscillations have the Bessel like form.
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Dailey, H. A. "Terminal steps of haem biosynthesis." Biochemical Society Transactions 30, no. 4 (August 1, 2002): 590–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bst0300590.
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The terminal three steps in haem biosynthesis are the oxidative decarboxylation of coproporphyrinogen III to protoporphyrinogen IX, followed by the six-electron oxidation of protoporphyrinogen to protoporphyrin IX, and finally the insertion of ferrous iron to form haem. Interestingly, Nature has evolved distinct enzymic machinery to deal with the antepenultimate (co-proporphyrinogen oxidase) and penultimate (protoporphyrinogen oxidase) steps for aerobic compared with anaerobic organisms. The terminal step is catalysed by the enzyme ferrochelatase. This enzyme is clearly conserved with regard to a small set of essential catalytic residues, but varies significantly with regard to size, subunit composition, cellular location and the presence or absence of a [2Fe-2S] cluster. Coproporphyrinogen oxidase and protoporphyrinogen oxidase are reviewed with regard to their enzymic and physical characteristics. Ferrochelatase, which is the best characterized of these three enzymes, will be described with particular emphasis paid to what has been learned from the crystal structure of the Bacillus subtilis and human enzymes.
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Lee, Ah Rahm, Yoon Cheol Bae, Gwang Ho Baek, Je Bock Chung, Sang Hyo Lee, Hyun Sik Im, and Jin Pyo Hong. "Multifunctional resistive switching behaviors employing various electroforming steps." Journal of Materials Chemistry C 4, no. 4 (2016): 823–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5tc03303a.
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We examine the electroforming-dependent multifunctional resistive switching features by operating a merged Pt/Ta2O5−x/Ta–Ta/Ta2O5−x/Pt switching device under particular bias and polarity conditions.
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Misler, Nicoletta. "Seven Steps, Seven Veils: Salomé in Russia." Experiment 17, no. 1 (2011): 155–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/221173011x611888.
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Abstract The article concentrates on experimental dance movements of the outside of the Ballets Russes, especially the danse plastique, in St. Petersburg, Munich, and Moscow. Particular attention is paid to the innovative interpretations of Salomé and analogous subjects by Ida Rubinstein, Alexander Sacharoff, Lev Lukin, and Kasian Goleizovsky. Reference is made to the persistence of the Symbolist esthetic in dance of the 1910s and to pictorial renderings of the various performances by artists such as Léon Bakst, Marianne Werefkin, and Boris Erdman.
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Bozicevic, Goran. "Positive steps turning into a process." Temida 7, no. 4 (2004): 9–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/tem0404009b.
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The conclusion of the research conducted in Croatia for QPSW in 2003 is there is no systematic, accountable and structural confrontation with the past in Croatia, but there is growing concern within the civil society about the problems incurred by the lack of such a confrontation. Two different approaches can be discerned: individual work with particular persons or target groups and advocacy that could influence the alteration of the public opinion and decision-making. Both levels are necessary and they should unfold simultaneously. The systematization and regional cooperation of documentation centers, cooperation between victim organizations and peace initiatives, the inclusion of former warriors into peace building processes the cooperation of artists and activists - represent some of the new and promising steps on the civilian scene in Croatia. The constant strengthening of the independent media and the judiciary, coupled with constant efforts on both levels - the personal and the public - raises hopes that the confrontation with the past in Croatia is a process and not a trend.
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Marin, Mario, Gene Lee, and Jaeho Kim. "Multiple Resolution Modeling: A Particular Case of Distributed Simulation." Information 11, no. 10 (October 2, 2020): 469. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/info11100469.
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Multiple resolution modeling (MRM) is the future of distributed simulation. This article describes different definitions and notions related to MRM. MRM is a relatively new research area, and there is a demand for simulator integration from a modeling complexity point of view. This article also analyzes a taxonomy based on the experience of the researchers in detail. Finally, an example that uses the high-level architecture (HLA) is explained to illustrate the above definitions and, in particular, to look at the problems that are common to these distributed simulation configurations. The steps required to build an MRM distributed simulation system are introduced. The conclusions describe the lessons learned for this unique form of distributed simulation.
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Arregui, F. J., J. Soriano, E. Cabrera, and R. Cobacho. "Nine steps towards a better water meter management." Water Science and Technology 65, no. 7 (April 1, 2012): 1273–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2012.009.
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The paper provides a comprehensive perspective of the critical aspects to be taken into account when planning the long-term management of water meters in a utility. In order to facilitate their quick understanding and practical implementation, they have been structured into nine steps. Ranging from an initial audit up to the final periodic meter replacement planning, these steps cover three aspects of the problem – field work, laboratory work and management tasks; and each one is developed in detail paying attention to the particular data needed and noting the practical outcome it will yield.
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Hathaway, Joshua, and Michael R. W. Dawson. "Giant Steps In The Interpretation Of A Musical PDP Network." Eureka 4, no. 1 (July 28, 2014): 24–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.29173/eureka22826.
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We first introduce the notion of chord progressions by describing a particular example (the II-V-I) that is related to the Coltrane changes. Second, we describe the Coltrane changes using a formalism derived from previous musical investigations with neural networks (Yaremchuk & Dawson, 2005, 2008). Finally, we describe how we trained a neural network to generate the Coltrane changes, how we analyzed its internal structure, and the implications of this interpretation. In particular, we discovered that a network represented transitions between chords in a fashion that could be described in terms of a new musical formalism that we had not envisioned. In short, this paper shows that the interpretation of the internal structure of a musical network can provide new formalisms for representing musical regularities, and can suggest new directions for representational research on musical cognition.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "In particular steps"
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Moore, Adam. "An Empirical Study of Particulate Matter Exposure for Transit Users at Bus Stop Shelters." PDXScholar, 2012. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/870.
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Congested traffic corridors in dense urban areas are key contributors to the degradation of urban air quality. While waiting at bus stops, transit patrons may be exposed to greater amounts of vehicle-based pollution, including particulate matter, due to their proximity to the roadway. Current guidelines for the location and design of bus stops do not take into account air quality or exposure considerations. This thesis provides a unique contribution to roadside air quality studies and presents an innovative method for the consideration of bus shelter placement. Exposure to roadside pollutants is estimated for transit riders waiting at three-sided bus stop shelters that either: 1) face roadway traffic, or 2) face away from roadway traffic. Shelters were instrumented with particulate matter monitoring equipment, sonic anemometers for wind speed and direction, and vehicle counters capable of categorizing vehicles by length. Temperature and relative humidity were gathered from a nearby monitoring station. Data were collected for two different days at three shelters during both the morning and afternoon peak periods for a total of eleven data periods. Bus shelter orientation is found to significantly affect concentration of four sizes of particulate matter: ultrafine particles, PM1, PM2.5, and PM10. Shelters with an opening oriented towards the roadway were observed to have significantly higher concentrations inside the shelter than outside the shelter. In contrast, shelters oriented away from the roadway were observed to have significantly lower concentrations inside the shelter than outside the shelter. The differences in average particulate matter concentrations are statistically significant across all four sizes of particulate matter studied. Additional correlation and linear regression investigation reveals interactions between particulate concentrations and built environment characteristics, vehicle flow, and weather conditions. Temperature and relative humidity played a large role in the diurnal variation of average concentration levels. In all instances, particulate concentrations were greater during the morning period, often substantially so. Particulate concentrations are shown to vary based on both wind speed and direction. Vehicle flow is correlated with particulate levels, though significance is not consistent. Lagged vehicle flow is demonstrated to be more consistently significant. Regression analysis suggests weather factors such as wind, temperature, and relative humidity explain roughly 70% of particulate variation, while vehicle flow explains less than 6%.
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Prabhu, Achutha. "Agrégation irréversible par patchs de particules colloïdales : une étude par simulation numérique." Phd thesis, Université du Maine, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00795636.
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La variété des structures colloïdales auto assemblées est principalement due à la présence d'interactions anisotropes. Nous présentons ici une méthode numérique pour étudier l'agrégation irréversible par patches de particules sphériques. Il s'agit d'une amélioration de la dynamique d'amas browniens prenant en compte les interactions par patches et les mouvements de rotation. Nous limitons notre étude aux particules à deux patches opposés de taille variable. Une interaction isotrope, faible, est également ajoutée pour modéliser une polymérisation par étape dans diverses conditions de solvant. Cet algorithme a été testé sur des chaînes isolées et nous avons retrouvé les propriétés statiques et dynamiques attendues. En jouant sur la balance entre la qualité du solvant et la taille des patches diverses morphologies hors-équilibres sont obtenues. Même dans la limite diluée, les collisions corrélées jouent un rôle important et une description de type Smoluchowski échoue.
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Fialová, Petra. "Posouzení vlivu územního plánování na cenu pozemků v Třebíči." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Ústav soudního inženýrství, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-232891.
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Dvořák, Marian. "Vybrané části STP pro výstavbu administrativně bytového komplexu Sochorova." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-225414.
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Masters thesis is engaged of chosen parts of technological-buildig project of administrativ and housing complex of Sochorova in Brno, Žabovřesky. Contains technological-buildig study of first phase with brief description of advancement of construction with grafical scripts of particular steps, timetable and pecuniarytable of objects AB3, AB4, diagrams with various possibilities of using operatives. Thesis continous with calculation of entire first phase and item budged of object AB3(draft construction), statement of masurement, technical report of construction-technological AB3, plan of situaction of the building, technological manual of reiforced concrete ceiling of AB3 including plan of planking parts PERI, timetable, design of construction site equipment with technical report, proposal of machineries and crane, plane of inspections for chosen items, ecology and report about safety and health protecting on construction site.
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Zumu, Doli Christian. "Transmission des fluctuations de bruit aéroacoustique dans un modèle d’habitacle automobile générées par un écoulement instationnaire : étude en soufflerie." Thesis, Poitiers, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018POIT2317/document.
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Cette étude vise à caractériser en soufflerie les mécanismes aérodynamiques à l’origine de la génération puis la transmission des fluctuations de bruit dans un modèle d’habitacle automobile. Le banc d’essai conçu en soufflerie anéchoïque consiste en un écoulement dont la vitesse incidente est modulée par un volet mobile, et qui par interaction avec une marche montante rayonne un bruit aéroacoustique transmis à travers une vitre dans un caisson anéchoïque. L’approche retenue consiste, pendant le temps de maniement du volet, à mesurer et relier le champ de vitesse externe mesuré à l’aide de la technique de vélocimétrie laser par images de particules (TR-PIV échantillonnée à 20 kHz) à la pression pariétale d’une part, puis au champ acoustique interne obtenu par transmission d’autre part. Des outils de corrélation spatio-temporelle sont alors utilisés pour mettre en évidence les zones de l’écoulement les plus corrélées avec les fluctuations d’énergie de la pression pariétale et celles du niveau de bruit intérieur. La fluctuation du chargement aérodynamique de la vitre sous la bulle de recirculation est logiquement liée à l’activité instationnaire de cette dernière, puis plus en aval, au lâcher tourbillonnaire. Quant au bruit transmis dans le modèle d’habitacle, il semble principalement lié aux fluctuations de vitesse dans la couche de cisaillement. Enfin, une procédure spécifique a permis d’évaluer le caractère quasi-stationnaire des variations temporelles des quantités fluctuantes ainsi que la réponse acoustique de la vitreThis study aims at characterizing in a wind tunnel the aerodynamic mechanisms contributing to the generation and transmission of the noise fluctuations into a car interior model. The test bench designed in anechoic wind tunnel consists of a flow whose incoming flow velocity is modulated by a mobile flap, and which by interaction with a forward-facing step radiates an aeroacoustic noise transmitted through a glass into an anechoic box. The adopted approach consists, during the flap handling time, in measuring and connecting the external velocity field measured using the Time-Resolved laser Particle Image Velocimetry technique (TR-PIV at sampling frequency 20 kHz) to the wall pressure on the one hand, and then to the internal acoustic field obtained by transmission on the other hand. Spatio-temporal correlation tools are then used to highlight the flow areas that are the most correlated with the energy fluctuations of the wall pressure and with those of the internal noise level. The fluctuation of the aerodynamic loading of the window under the recirculation bubble is logically related to the unsteady activity of the latter, then further downstream to the vortex stream. As for the noise transmitted into the cabin model, it seems mainly related to the speed fluctuations in the shear layer. Finally, a specific procedure allows to evaluate the quasi-steady nature of the temporal variations of the fluctuating quantities, as well as the acoustic response of the window
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Ponczek, Daniel Kalansky. "O instituto da incorporação de ações." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/2/2132/tde-03082012-162117/.
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O presente trabalho tem por objeto o estudo do instituto da incorporação de ações. Para tanto, será analisado, (i) no primeiro capítulo, o regime legal vigente e sua natureza jurídica, apresentando-se as diferenças em relação à operação de incorporação de sociedade, fazendo inclusive um contraste com o direito norte-americano; (ii) no segundo capítulo, a proteção dos acionistas minoritários em operações de incorporação de controlada e eventual impedimento de voto do acionista controlador, analisando-se os recentes pareceres de orientação emitidos pela CVM; (iii) no terceiro capítulo, o estudo do instituto do tag along e do fechamento de capital e necessidade de realização de oferta pública em operações de incorporação de ações que impliquem transferência de controle ou cancelamento de registro de companhia aberta, à luz das últimas operações realizadas no mercado; (iv) no quarto capítulo, a discussão dos principais precedentes nos quais a CVM decidiu impor restrições ou impedir a realização de operações de incorporação de ações por entender ter havido um tratamento não equitativo entre os acionistas minoritários e controladores, com o objetivo de demonstrar a alteração do comportamento do órgão regulador no decorrer dos anosThe present work aims the study of the stock-for-stock exchange transactions (incorporação de ações). For this purpose, it will be examined (i) in the first part, the current legal regime and legal nature, contemplating differences with the statutory merger (incorporação de sociedade), including a comparison with the US law, (ii) in the second part, the protection of minority shareholders in the context of parent-subsidiary mergers and possible exclusion from voting of the controlling shareholder, taking into account the recent opinions issued by the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM), (iii) in the third part, the study of the tag along rights and the regulation for delisting companies and the need to conduct a tender offer in stock-for-stock exchange transactions involving transfer of control or delisting of a publicly-held company in light of recent transactions, and (iv) in the fourth part, the discussion of the key precedents on which CVM has decided to impose restrictions or prevent the conduct of stock-for-stock transaction under the understanding that there was inequitable treatment of minority shareholders and controlling shareholders, in order to demonstrate the change of the CVMs understanding over the years.
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Klamser, Juliane Uta. "Transitions de phase en basse dimension à l’équilibre et hors d’équilibre." Thesis, Sorbonne université, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018SORUS333.
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Bien que la nature soit tridimensionnelle, il existe de nombreux systèmes dont les dimensions effectives sont inférieures, offrant une nouvelle physique. Cette thèse porte sur les transitions de phase dans les systèmes de faibles dimensions, en particulier sur les phases hors équilibre dans la matière active (MA) bidimensionnelle (2D). À la différence des systèmes passifs, les particules actives sont entraînées par de l'énergie injectée à l'échelle microscopique à partir de degrés de liberté internes, entraînant une dynamique irréversible, et donnant souvent lieu à des phases macroscopiques contrastant avec l'équilibre. Dans une première partie, ce travail propose une caractérisation quantitative des phases hors équilibre en s'appuyant sur un modèle minimal de MA. Ce modèle repose sur des particules 2D autopropulsées avec des interactions de paires. La dynamique (Monte Carlo cinétique persistante) est une variante des disques passifs et diffère des modèles bien connus de MA. Un diagramme de phase quantitatif complet est présenté, incluant la séparation de phase induite par motilité (SPIM). De plus, le scénario de fusion en deux étapes avec la phase hexatique se retrouve aussi hors équilibre. L'activité peut fondre un solide 2D et les lignes de fusion restent séparées de SPIM. La deuxième partie explore l'existence de transitions de phase dans les modèles 1D classiques avec des interactions courtes portées à température non nulle. Une idée largement partagée est que de telles transitions sont impossibles. Un contre-exemple clair est présenté où la non-analyticité de l'énergie libre émerge d'un nouveau mécanisme d'origine géométrique, établi de manière rigoureuseAlthough nature is three-dimensional, lower dimensional systems are often effectively realized offering fascinating new physics. The subject of this thesis is phase transitions in low dimensions, with its primary focus on non-equilibrium phases in two-dimensional active matter. Unlike passive systems, active particles are driven by energy injected at the microscopic scale from internal degrees of freedom resulting in an irreversible dynamics, often giving rise to macroscopic phases in striking contrast to equilibrium. A goal is to give a quantitative characterization of such non-equilibrium phases and to capture these in simplest realizations of active matter. The thesis explores two-dimensional self-propelled particles with isotropic pair-wise interactions. The dynamics (persistent kinetic Monte Carlo) is a variant of passive disks and different from well-known models of active matter. A full quantitative phase diagram is presented including motility induced phase separation (MIPS) as seen in other active systems. Additionally, the famous two-step melting scenario with the hexatic phase extends far from equilibrium. In this non-equilibrium scenario, the activity can melt a 2D solid and the melting lines remain separated from MIPS. The second part explores a frequently debated issue of the existence of phase transitions in classical one-dimensional models with short-range interactions at non-zero temperature. A widely shared misconception is that such transitions are not possible. A clear counterexample to this belief is given where non-analyticity in the free energy emerges from a new mechanism with a geometrical origin, which is then established on a rigorous ground
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Ould, Salihi Mohamed Lemine. "Couplage de méthodes numériques en simulation directe d'écoulements incompressibles." Phd thesis, Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble), 1998. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00004901.
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Ce travail est consacré au développement des méthodes lagrangiennes comme alternatives ou compléments aux méthodes euleriennes conventionnelles pour la simulation d'écoulements incompressibles en présence d'obstacles. On s'intéresse en particulier à des techniques ou des solveurs eulériens et lagrangiens cohabitent dans le même domaine de calcul mais traitent différents termes des équations de Navier-Stokes, ainsi qu'à des techniques de décomposition de domaines ou différents solveurs sont utilisés dans chaques sous-domaines. Lorsque les méthodes euleriennes et lagrangiennes cohabitent dans le même domaine de calcul (méthode V.I.C.), les formules de passage particules-grilles permettent de représenter la vorticité avec la même précision sur une grille fixe et sur la grille lagrangienne. Les méthodes V.I.C. ainsi obtenues combinent stabilité et précision et fournissent une alternative avantageuse aux méthodes différences-finies pour des écoulements confinés. Lorsque le domaine de calcul est décomposé en sous-domaines distincts traités par méthodes lagrangiennes et par méthodes euleriennes, l'interpolation d'ordre élevé permet de réaliser des conditions d'interface consistantes entre les différents sous-domaines. On dispose alors de méthodes de calcul avec décomposition en sous-domaines, de type Euler/Lagrange ou Lagrange/Lagrange, et résolution en formulation (vitesse-tourbillon)/(vitesse-tourbillon) ou (vitesse-pression)/(vitesse-tourbillon). Les différentes méthodes développées ici sont testées sur plusieurs types d'écoulements (cavité entrainée, rebond de dipôles de vorticité, écoulements dans une conduite et sur une marche, écoulements autour d'obstacles) et comparées à des méthodes de différences-finies d'ordre élevé.
Books on the topic "In particular steps"
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Hackett, Helen Jane. Steps into the twenty-first century: An investigation into the development of The Royal Ballet with particular reference to the work of William Forsythe and Ashley Page. [Guildford]: [University of Surrey], 1997.
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Rudes, Blair A. Tuscarora roots, stems, and particles: Towards a dictionary of Tuscarora. Winnipeg: Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics, 1987.
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Rudes, Blair A. Tuscarora roots, stems, and particles: Towards a dictionary of Tuscarora. Winnipeg: Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics, 1987.
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Siebesma, P. A. The function of the niph'al in Biblical Hebrew: In relationship to other passive-reflexive verb stems and to the pu'al and hoph'al in particular. Assen, The Netherlands: Van Gorcum, 1991.
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Siebesma, P. A. The function of the niph'al in Biblical Hebrew: In relationship to other passive-reflexive verb stems and to the pu'al and hoph'al in particular. Assen, The Netherlands: Van Gorcum, 1991.
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Siebesma, P. A. The function of the niph'al in Biblical Hebrew: In relationship to other passive-reflexive verb stems and to the pu'al and hoph'al in particular. Assen, The Netherlands: Van Gorcum, 1991.
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Rutherford, J. F. Deliverance, a vivid description of the divine path particularly outlining God's progressive steps against evil and showing the final overthrow of the Devil and all of his wicked institutions ... Brooklyn, N.Y: International Bible Students Association, 1986.
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Sangiuliano, Maria, and Agostino Cortesi. Institutional Change for Gender Equality in Research Lesson Learned from the Field. Venice: Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-334-2.
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Gender balance in research organizations is considered as a key step for ensuring research excellence and quality and inclusive-sustainable innovation. Still, in spite of an increasing number of HE and research institutions committed to make science more equal and some positive trends in figures on Gender equality in STEM research, it still appears to be difficult to prioritize gender equality. This is particularly true for disciplines such as ICT/IST where female representation at all levels is among the lowest ones among STEM topics and where a gender sensitive approach to ICT design and programming is far from being understood in its implications among computer and information systems scientist. H2020 (PGERI and SWAFS programmes in particular), promoted the concept of institutional change for gender equality, insisting on the need for merging change management and gender policies. The volume is focusing on a presentation and reflexive review of results and tools from the H2020 EQUAL-IST project to discuss opportunities to innovate and transform HR management and Institutional communication, research design, teaching & students services, via gender equality, and how such innovations could be multiplied and sustained with a focus on ICT and IST research organizations. The volume is complemented by contributions from other projects on institutional change in research.
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Coghill, David, Alessandro Zuddas, Luis Augusto Rohde, and Tobias Banaschewski. The next steps. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198739258.003.0047.
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ADHD has been heavily researched and over the past few years this has resulted in many important advances in our understanding of this complex disorder and its management. There are, however, still many unanswered questions. Here we outline several of the key challenges facing the field and offer suggestions about potentially important future lines of research. The discussion is organized around several key topics: diagnosis, epidemiology, course, aetiology, and treatment issues. Key themes include a need for smarter, stronger, and innovative study designs across all aspects of the field and a particular need for well-designed longitudinal studies. We need greater collaboration, not just across disciplines with integration of basic and clinical science, but also between researchers and their clinical colleagues, and with patients and their families and the broader community.
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Twohig, Michael P., Michael E. Levin, and Clarissa W. Ong. ACT in Steps. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190629922.001.0001.
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This book is a guide for new therapists on the use of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for any psychological disorder that involves some level of struggle with inner experiences; it is not targeted to any particular diagnosis. The book is suitable for graduate students who are seeing their first client, for clinicians with years of experience who have never done ACT or are just learning about ACT, and for anyone who is interested in applying ACT across a range of presentations. The book also includes exercises and worksheets that will continue to be useful for sessions after the therapist is competent in ACT. The chapters walk therapists through a recommended sequence of ACT sessions, including creative hopelessness, control as the problem, acceptance, defusion, mindfulness, values, and committed action. They also contain accompanying materials for clients. The book provides information on assessment, case conceptualization, treatment planning, and intervention that therapists can use as a starting point for practicing ACT. The book is intended to serve as a more structured framework from which therapists can learn and experiment with ACT concepts as they begin to get more experience with the therapy.
Book chapters on the topic "In particular steps"
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Jerome, Neil Peter, and João S. Periquito. "Analysis of Renal Diffusion-Weighted Imaging (DWI) Using Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) and Intravoxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) Models." In Methods in Molecular Biology, 611–35. New York, NY: Springer US, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0978-1_37.
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AbstractAnalysis of renal diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) data to derive markers of tissue properties requires careful consideration of the type, extent, and limitations of the acquired data. Alongside data quality and general suitability for quantitative analysis, choice of diffusion model, fitting algorithm, and processing steps can have consequences for the precision, accuracy, and reliability of derived diffusion parameters. Here we introduce and discuss important steps for diffusion-weighted image processing, and in particular give example analysis protocols and pseudo-code for analysis using the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) models. Following an overview of general principles, we provide details of optional steps, and steps for validation of results. Illustrative examples are provided, together with extensive notes discussing wider context of individual steps, and notes on potential pitfalls.This publication is based upon work from the COST Action PARENCHIMA, a community-driven network funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) program of the European Union, which aims to improve the reproducibility and standardization of renal MRI biomarkers. This analysis protocol chapter is complemented by two separate chapters describing the basic concepts and experimental procedure.
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Corrubolo, Federico. "Il Divino amore dalla mistica teologia del sec. XIV alla pietà romana del Settecento." In Le vestigia dei gesuati, 135–58. Florence: Firenze University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-5518-228-7.12.
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This paper shows in its essential points the development of spiritual doctrine of divine love in Italy during four centuries (1350-1750 AD), especially regarding religious ambients, some authors and main texts produced in Florence, Venice, Genoa and Rome. The author explains various steps of diffusion of the spirituals ideas connected to the theology of divine love, and indicates some important writers and ambients whcich had a particular relief concerning this topic. A particular interesting is reserved to a religious order called povari yesuati, that is the principal promoter of this particular devotion, especially promoted by Domenico da Monticchiello and his italian translation of an important work of Hugh of Balma, called “mistica teologia”. The povari yesuati is an religious order not many known but very important in cultural and religious world of late middle age in Italy. It’s also mentioned the origin of Roman sanctuary of our Lady of Divine Love, that is also at the present and many important religious sanctuary for the people of Rome.
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Xiaopeng, Yan, and Zhao Yinyin. "温州社会经济发展与移民文化变迁——以瑞安桂峰乡移民为例 / Development and evolution of Wenzhounese migrant culture throughout time: the case study of Guifeng (Rui'An)." In Studi e saggi, 141–48. Florence: Firenze University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-5518-260-7.08.
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With China’s economic opening, and in particular since the beginning of this century, the economy and the society of Wenzhou have been characterized by an enormous development. However, little research has focused on the relationship between the changes occurred within Wenzhounese migrant culture and the development of the Wenzhounese society. The current contribution takes the case of the village of Guifeng (Rui’An, Wenzhou) as an example in order to analyze different historical steps in the development of Wenzhouese migrant culture. By describing the general situation of Guifeng’s migration it will be possible to summarize the reasons at the basis of Wenzhounese migrant culture, and by examining the new trends in Guifeng’s migration it will be possible to trace the future tendencies of Wenzhounese migrant culture.
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Shapiro, Ben Rydal. "What About Interaction Geography to Evaluate Physical Learning Spaces?" In Teacher Transition into Innovative Learning Environments, 167–79. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7497-9_14.
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AbstractThis paper reviews and explores how interaction geography, a new approach to visualize people’s interaction over space and time, extends current approaches to evaluate physical learning spaces. This chapter begins by reviewing representations produced using interaction geography to study visitor engagement and learning in a museum. In particular, this review illustrates Mondrian Transcription, a method to map people’s movement and conversation over space and time, and the Interaction Geography Slicer (IGS), a dynamic visualisation tool that supports new forms of interaction and multi-modal analysis. Subsequently, this chapter explores how interaction geography may advance the evaluation of physical learning spaces by providing dynamic information visualisation methods that support more expansive views of learning and the evaluation of the alignment between space and pedagogy. This chapter concludes by outlining significant limitations and next steps to expand interaction geography to evaluate physical learning spaces.
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Brown, Jeannette E. "Next Steps." In African American Women Chemists in the Modern Era. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190615178.003.0011.
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This book relates the stories of some amazing women who are currently working as chemists or are recently retired. These women, as I have said before, are hiding in plain sight. Perhaps the first or the only woman of color to work in a particular lab or university, they all managed to succeed in spite of any obstacles they faced. This chapter presents some ideas as to what you can do in order to succeed if you, your child, grandchild, or students might be interested in a STEM career, especially in chemistry. I highly recommend reading Dr. Sandra L. Hanson’s book, Swimming against the Tide: African American Girls and Science Education. Dr. Hanson studied young African American girls in high school and their attitudes toward science, which has traditionally been a male profession. One of her conclusions is that these young girls need to see or read about role model, an African American woman chemist. Swimming against the Tide was written before the explosion of the World Wide Web and web-based materials, so this conclusion may no longer hold. For example, information about most of the women in this book is available on the web; some of them have given talks that are also on the web. Many of the women whose stories are told here work to mentor young minority students. These web based materials can be accessed by the students and teachers. The primary organization that focuses on careers in chemistry is the ACS. What is chemistry? It is a branch of science that provides opportunities for a variety of careers, not just working in a research laboratory making new chemicals. According to the ACS, “In simplest terms, chemistry is the science of matter, for example anything that can be touched, tasted, smelled, seen or felt is made of chemicals.” The ACS website has information on chemistry careers, including videos of the different jobs that chemists do, and information on various technical disciplines, as well as profiles of many chemists, including one whose life story is in this book.
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Goldszmidt, Moises, Miroslaw Malek, Simin Nadjm-Tehrani, Priya Narasimhan, Felix Salfner, Paul A. S. Ward, and John Wilkes. "Towards a Holistic Approach to Fault Management." In Dependability and Computer Engineering, 1–10. IGI Global, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-747-0.ch001.
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Systems with high dependability requirements are increasingly relying on complex on-line fault management systems. Such fault management systems involve a combination of multiple steps – monitoring, data analysis, planning, and execution – that are typically independently developed and optimized. We argue that it is inefficient and ineffective to improve any particular fault management step without taking into account its interactions and dependencies with the rest of the steps. Through six real-life examples, we demonstrate this inefficiency and how it results in systems that either under-perform or are over-budget. We propose a holistic approach to fault management that is aware of all relevant aspects, and explicitly considers the couplings between the different fault management steps. We believe it will produce systems that will better meet cost, performance, and dependability objectives.
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Vatsa, Mayank, Richa Singh, P. Gupta, and A. K. Kaushik. "Biometric Databases." In Encyclopedia of Database Technologies and Applications, 42–46. IGI Global, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-560-3.ch008.
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Biometric databases are the set of biometric features collected from a large public domain for the evaluation of biometric systems. For the evaluation of any algorithm for a particular biometric trait, the database should be a large collection of that particular biometric trait. The creation and maintenance of biometric databases involve various steps like enrollment and training.
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Jantke, Klaus, Christoph Igel, and Roberta Sturm. "From E-Learning Tools to Assistants by Learner Modelling and Adaptive Behavior." In Intelligent Assistant Systems, 212–31. IGI Global, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-878-9.ch010.
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Humans need assistance in learning. This is particularly true when learning is supported by modern information and communication technologies. Most current IT systems appear as more or less complex tools. The more ambitious the problems in the application domain are, the more complex are the tools. This is one of the key obstacles to a wider acceptance of technology enhanced learning approaches (e-learning, for short). In computer science, in general, and in e-learning, in particular, we do need a paradigmatic shift from tools of a growing complexity to intelligent assistants to the human user. Computerized assistants that are able to adapt to their human users’ needs and desires need some ability to learn. In e-learning, in particular, they need to learn about the learner and to build an internal model of the learner as a basis of adaptive system behavior. Steps toward assistance in e-learning are systematically illustrated by means of the authors’ e-learning projects and systems eBuT and DaMiT. These steps are summarized in some process model proposed to the e-learning community.
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Lavin, Jose M., and Alfonso de la Mora - San Miguel. "Social Media Plan for the Textile Industry." In Management and Inter/Intra Organizational Relationships in the Textile and Apparel Industry, 284–302. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1859-5.ch013.
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Throughout this chapter, the authors analyse the steps that must be taken when drawing up a social media plan for a company in the textile sector. In the first place, the designation of the target public and the social platforms in which the bulk of the company's public is located will be the first step. Subsequently, the objectives will be elaborated following the SMART formulation strategy. Having defined the objectives, the next step will be to design concrete actions to promote the company in particular, as well as the designation of specific actions that help create a powerful brand in social media, as well as the content of the messages and the tone in which they should be written.
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Thireou, Trias, Kostas Bethanis, and Vassilis Atlamazoglou. "Describing Methodology and Applications of an In Silico Protein Engineering Approach." In Biocomputation and Biomedical Informatics, 37–54. IGI Global, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-768-3.ch002.
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This chapter presents a particular cascade of computational steps in order to build a workflow for an in silico protein engineering approach. In this respect, all available information, in order to choose and computationally implement mutations, is described, employed and monitored. Some of the prerequisites of in silico protein engineering are access to various sequence and structure molecular biology databases, software tools for three dimensional molecular visualization and manipulation, sequence and structure alignment and comparison, molecular modelling and molecular docking. The implementation of these steps is demonstrated in the context of performing mutations of particular residues on the ligand pocket of a lipocalin protein family member, to derive the desired ligand binding properties. The example chosen for inclusion introduces the reader to all of the essentials of computational protein engineering experiments. More importantly, it provides insight into understanding and properly interpreting the data produced by these methods.
Conference papers on the topic "In particular steps"
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Sakai, Eiji, Meng Bai, Richard Ahlfeld, and Francesco Montomoli. "Uncertainty Quantification Analysis of Back Facing Steps Film Cooling Configurations." In ASME Turbo Expo 2018: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/gt2018-75686.
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This paper compares two back step film-cooling configurations under an uncertainty quantification framework. An important limit of such configurations is their reliability under geometrical variations, which is taken into account in this study. For the back step configurations, a straight and a curved step is used. Detached eddy simulations with k-ω turbulence model are performed using OpenFOAM ver. 4.0. The Reynolds number is based on the main stream velocity and film cooling hole diameter, d, and is Re = 15,300. The investigated step heights are 0.5d and 0.75d, and the blowing ratios, BR, are 0.5 and 1.0. The straight and the curved steps are found to enhance lateral spreading of coolant flow, resulting in higher film cooling effectiveness compared to the baseline case without the step at comparatively higher BR conditions. The curved step shows better performance than the straight one in particular from BR = 1.0 upwards with the step height of 0.5d. At lower BR with lower H/d, and at higher BR with higher H/d, deterministic simulations are not able to identify the best performer. However when the performance of the two configurations is evaluated considering the stochastic variation of step height and the cooling condition, the benefit of the curved step becomes clear. In particular, the curved step shows better mean performance and has a higher probability to achieve a better performance than the other one. The uncertainty in the film cooling effectiveness caused by the uncertainty of the step height and the BR is investigated using Sparse Approximation of Moment-Based Arbitrary polynomial chaos (SAMBA).
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Liu, Wensheng, and T. J. Nye. "Adaptive Control for Intelligent Open Die Forging." In ASME 2004 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2004-61789.
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Open die forging is a manufacturing process with a number of advantages; in particular it is an inherently flexible manufacturing process that makes efficient use of raw material. A fundamental drawback of this process, however, is the difficulty found in creating forging programs to control part manipulation and forming steps. A-priori approaches to creating these programs, such as by using FEM simulations or using modeling materials, are slow and have a strong tendency for errors to accumulate when predicting the results of consecutive forming steps. In this paper we present a new approach in which process feedback is used between forming steps to update a part geometry model that allows the forming sequence to be adjusted adaptively. This approach has been implemented in a simulated forging cell that uses non-linear FEM analyses to predict the effects of each forming step. A fully adaptive control scheme has been implemented that efficiently forges bars of one cross sectional shape into another shape, such as square to round or hexagonal. Programming the forging system with this scheme has proved particularly simple; the shape of the raw material is measured, and a desired shape is specified. Physical experiments have confirmed the simulation results.
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Rusa´k, Zolta´n, Imre Horva´th, and Wilfred van der Vegte. "First Steps Towards an All Embracing Relations-Based Modeling." In ASME 2004 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. ASMEDC, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2004-57735.
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The focus in computer-aided design is shifting from geometric aspects to functional aspects and from the detail design to a multi-aspect conceptual design. As a consequence, new concepts are emerging and being tested, for instance, for comprehensive geometric and functional modeling in conceptual design. This paper introduces a new approach, which has been called relations-based design. Relations are existential, manifestation and behavioral associations, dependencies and interactions between human, artifacts and environments. Nucleus is introduced as a generic modeling entity, which includes two regions of one or two objects that are interconnected by a system of relations in a particular situation. A design concept (or an artifact) is conceived as a purposeful composition of specific instances of nuclei. The nucleus can be instantiated at multiple levels such as entity, component, subassembly and assembly. A set of relations has been predefined to express qualitative and quantitative associations, dependencies and interactions between objects in a parameterized form on these levels. As a modeling entity, the nucleus offers many advantages in multi-aspect conceptual modeling by integrating incomplete and uncertain geometric, structural, physical and behavioral modeling. The paper introduces the foundational theories, the most important mathematical definitions, and the concept of information management. Finally, it points at some advantages of relations based modeling in the context of application cases comparing it with the physical modeling offered in a commercial system.
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Hinds, T., J. Sticklen, M. Urban-Lurain, M. Amey, and T. Eskil. "First Steps Toward Curricular Integration of Computational Tools." In ASME 2005 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2005-79956.
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Calls for new paradigms for engineering education are widespread [1-3]. Yet, major curricular change is difficult to accomplish for many reasons, including having the necessary faculty buy-in [4]. Generally, efforts can be classified as either top-down/structural, in which faculty assess an entire program of study and address needs in each component before implementation begins; or bottom-up/individual, a more traditional approach that implements change in one course at a time. Faculty buy-in, consensus, and resources (unit and institutional) needed for the top-down approach make it difficult to accomplish. On the other hand, the bottom-up model is slow; the assumption that curricular reform can be affected by an accumulation of individual course adaptations is unproven, and the change goals need to have a more systemic focus. Unless the curriculum helps students integrate material across their courses, they have difficulty seeing how the material they learn in one course will connect to the next. We have performed a pair of initial studies using an evolutionary approach to curricular reform that capitalized on the strengths of both the top-down and bottom-up models, which was built on the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) reform literature. This approach developed a pairwise linkage among strategic courses in the engineering curricula to promote curricular integration and helped students see connections between their first-year courses and subsequent courses. Vertically integrated problem-based learning scenarios that link across courses are crucial to this model. Pre-reform data collected in the first study showed that students taking an introductory computing course did not see the importance of learning a particular software tool (MATLAB), because they did not see connections to their future courses. This had negative impacts on student motivation, learning, and retention. In our recent work, which was our first vertical effort, we focused on MATLAB with integration of the learning of this engineering tool in an introductory computing course with the solution of statics problems in an introductory mechanical engineering course. Our recent study set out to determine if joint team efforts would enhance student perceptions of the set learning goal for the introductory computing students while enhancing learning outcomes for both the introductory computing and introductory mechanical engineering students. The paper outlines this pairwise linkage model, the goals of this project, the framework for evaluating the linkage, and the types of data we collected as part of the evaluation effort. Results from the initial study confirmed that problem-based teamwork enhanced student attitudes towards MATLAB. We also describe how results here will enable us to reach our long-term goal of curricular integration.
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Dalpiaz, G., G. D’Elia, E. Mucchi, and A. Ferna´ndez del Rinco´n. "Modeling Run in Process in External Gear Pumps." In ASME 8th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis. ASMEDC, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/esda2006-95466.
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In this work, the authors have developed a mathematical model that simulates the run in of external gear pumps, as an useful tool in the optimization of this time-consuming process. The model calculates the wear profile of the case by enveloping the tip circle of the gears concerning all the run in steps. For each step, the positions of the gear centers are obtained by the equilibrium between pressure forces and torques due to the pressure distribution, meshing forces and hydrodynamic journal bearing reactions. The pressure distribution depends on the clearance between case and gears, so for each run in step, since the positions of the gear centers change, the pressure distribution is recalculated considering the wear profile obtained in the previous step. Besides, the model also estimates the quantity of material taken away in each step and it shows the effects of modifications in the run in parameters (time, pressure and speed). In particular, the simulation results indicate that a meaningful reduction of run in global time, can be obtained by increasing the duration of the steps that remove the greater part of material and by decreasing the duration of the other steps. This model is used by TRW Automotive Italia S.p.A. (section Automotive Pumps, Ostellato, Italy) to improve the run in process with good reduction in manufacturing-time.
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Howard, Boyd, and Larry Gelder. "Digital Radiography of General Purpose Fissile Packages." In ASME 2005 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference. ASMEDC, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/pvp2005-71620.
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Digital radiography provides an effective means of non-destructively examining the effects of physical tests on the interior structure of a Radioactive Materials Packaging. As such it enables evaluation of the effects of the Hypothetical Accident Conditions Sequential Test on a package, following each step in the test sequence. An introduction to digital radiography is given and application of CCD-based, lens-coupled, large area-detector, digital radiography in the HAC testing of the prototype General Purpose Fissile Packaging is described. The radiographs enable correlation of damage with particular steps in the test sequence.
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McHugh, Steven E., Frank J. Saunders, and Jason H. Rife. "Dynamics-Based Design of a Soft Robot." In ASME 2009 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2009-10781.
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This paper develops a methodology for converting the results of coarse dynamic simulations into fully realized designs. In particular, we demonstrate how to convert a caterpillar-like soft-bodied robot from a lumped-parameter form into a CAD model that could be easily manufactured. To simplify this design problem, we propose a decomposition method involving three steps. The first step groups the elements of the lumped model into segments. This segmentation simplifies the second step, where rough CAD models are automatically synthesized for each segment from the union of many prisms. In the third step, a human designer combines and smoothes these segment models to create a full-body CAD model. This approach simplifies the development of a high degree-of-freedom soft robot by guiding the designer to a final model with an almost fully automated process.
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Zhao, Jiheng, Debra A. Sheadel, and Wei Xue. "Surface Treatment of Polymers for the Fabrication of All-Polymer Microfluidic Devices." In ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2012-86136.
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Polymer microfluidics has received considerable attention due to their low cost, remarkable biocompatibility, and high flexibility when compared to glass and silicon devices. However, the fabrication process of all-polymer devices can be complicated. In particular, different types of polymers possess different properties in terms of surface chemistry and hydrophilicity, making device assembly a challenging task. In this paper, we demonstrate the fabrication of an all-polymer device through the investigation of the essential surface treatment methods. A hybrid SU-8-SU-8-polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) sandwiched structure is used in this research. Both untreated SU-8 and PDMS are hydrophobic and they have different surface chemistry properties, so surface modifications are necessary. Three critical surface treatment steps are used in our process. The first step is to treat the first SU-8 layer with low-power (10 W) oxygen plasma, making its surface hydrophilic. This step enables the uniform coating of the second SU-8 layer. The next surface treatment is on the second SU-8 layer. Both oxygen plasma (40 W) etching and diluted 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES, a silane solution) coating are needed. APTES introduces amine (Si-NH2) groups on the surface. The last treatment step is to introduce silanol (Si-OH) groups on PDMS using oxygen plasma. These surface treatment steps are critical in the fabrication process and can determine the quality of the final device.
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Stasytytė, Viktorija, and Raminta Pilionienė. "Risk management model for transportation company." In Business and Management 2016. VGTU Technika, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/bm.2016.36.
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There are different risk management models developed in scientific as well as in practical literature, but they are usually of general manner and should be adapted for particular company or field of activity. The paper aims at developing a risk management model for transportation company, based on the prevalent theoretical provisions of risk management activity. The separate attention is given to risk identification stage as it proves to be a critical step of risk management process. Different methods, such as SWOT, PEST, financial analysis and questionnaire are applied to identify risks in transportation sector company. The proposed model includes the basic steps of risk management process and ends with a detailed risk management plan preparation.
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Chen, Jifeng, Peilin Song, Thomas M. Shaw, Franco Stellari, Lynne Gignac, Chris Breslin, Dirk Pfeiffer, and Griselda Bonila. "A Novel Integrated Reliability Test System for BEOL TDDB Study." In ISTFA 2012. ASM International, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2012p0297.
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Abstract In this paper, we propose a new methodology and test system to enable the early detection and precise localization of Time-Dependent-Dielectric-Breakdown (TDDB) occurrence in Back-End-of-Line (BEOL) interconnection. The methodology is implemented as a novel Integrated Reliability Test System (IRTS). In particular, through our methodology and test system, we can easily synchronize electrical measurements and emission microscopy images to gather more accurate information and thereby gain insight into the nature of the defects and their relationship to chip manufacturing steps and materials, so that we can ultimately better engineer these steps for higher reliable systems. The details of our IRTS will be presented along with a case study and preliminary analysis results.
Reports on the topic "In particular steps"
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Kumar, Indraneel, Lionel Beaulieu, Annie Cruz-Porter, Chun Song, Benjamin St. Germain, and Andrey Zhalnin. An Assessment of the Workforce and Occupations in the Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction Industries in Indiana. Purdue University, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284315018.
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This project explores workforce and occupations within the highway, street, and bridge construction industries (NAICS 237310) in Indiana. There are five specific deliverable comprised of three data reports, one policy document, and a website. The first data report includes an assessment of the workforce based on the eight-part framework, which are industry, occupations, job postings, hard-to-fill jobs, Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP), GAP Analysis, compatibility, and automation. The report defines a cluster followed by a detailed analysis of the occupations, skills, job postings, etc., in the NAICS 237310 industry in Indiana. The report makes use of specialized labor market databases, such as the Economic Modeling Specialists International (EMSI), CHMURA JobsEQ, etc. The analysis is based only on the jobs covered under the unemployment insurance or the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) data. The second data report analyzes jobs to jobs flows to and from the construction industry in Indiana, with a particular emphasis on the Great Recession, by utilizing the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data. The third data report looks into the equal employment opportunity or Section 1391 and 1392 data for Indiana and analyzes specific characteristics of that data. The policy report includes a set of recommendations for workforce development for INDOT and a summary of the three data reports. The key data on occupations within the NAICS 237310 are provided in an interactive website. The website provides a data dashboard for individual INDOT Districts. The policy document recommends steps for development of the highways, streets and bridges construction workforce in INDOT Districts.
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Groeneveld, Caspar, Elia Kibga, and Tom Kaye. Deploying an e-Learning Environment in Zanzibar: Feasibility Assessment. EdTech Hub, July 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.53832/edtechhub.0028.
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The Zanzibar Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT) and the World Bank (the Bank) approached the EdTech Hub (the Hub) in April 2020 to explore the feasibility of implementing a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). The Hub was requested to focus primarily on the deployment of a VLE in lower secondary education, and this report consequently focuses primarily on this group. The report is structured in four sections: An introduction to provide the background and guiding principles for the engagement with a short overview of the methodology applied. An analysis of the Zanzibar education system with a particular focus on elements relevant to deploying a VLE. This includes the status of ICT infrastructure, and a summary of the stakeholders who will play a role in using or implementing a VLE. A third section that discusses types of VLEs and content organisation, and their applicability to the Zanzibar ecosystem. A conclusion with recommendations for Zanzibar, including short- and long-term steps. In this collaboration with Zanzibar’s MoEVT, the Hub team sought to understand the purpose of the proposed VLE. Based on discussions and user scenarios, we identified two main education challenges a VLE may help to resolve. In the short term, students cannot go to school during the COVID-19 crisis, but need access to educational content. There is content, but no flexible and versatile platform to disseminate content to all students. In the long term, a mechanism to provide students with access to quality, curriculum-aligned content in school, or remotely, is required.
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Lempert, Robert J., Michelle Miro, and Diogo Prosdocimi. A DMDU Guidebook for Transportation Planning Under a Changing Climate. Edited by Benoit Lefevre and Ernesto Monter Flores. Inter-American Development Bank, February 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003042.
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The effects of climate-related natural hazards pose a significant threat to sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region and in particular its transportation sector. Risk Management provides an appropriate framework for assessing and mitigating the impacts of climate change and other climate-related natural hazards on transportation systems and choosing actions to enhance their resilience. However, analysts and policymakers involved in transportation planning, policy, and investment face significant challenges in managing the risks triggered by the effects of climate change. Climate change impacts the lifespan of roads, airports, and railroads as they have time horizons that surpass 40 years, thus making it harder (if not impossible) to forecast with confidence all relevant future events that will affect such infrastructure. In addition, the climate has already changed, so the return frequency of storms, for example, and other extreme events may now be different than suggested by the historical record in ways that are not always currently well understood. Implementing Risk Management under conditions of such uncertainty can prove difficult. Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty (DMDU) enables Risk Management under conditions of Deep Uncertainty, that is when risks cannot confidently be quantified. This guidebook is aligned with the Disaster and Climate Change Risk Assessment Methodology for IDB projects (IDB 2018) and introduces and provides guidance on applying methods for Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty (DMDU) to transportation planning. It presents the methodological steps that are necessary for the implementation of DMDU methodologies and reviews several such methods, including scenario planning, Adaptive Pathways, and robust decision making (RDM). This review is geared towards supporting the incorporation of DMDU methods into IDBs transportation sector funding and planning processes.
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Ostashev, Vladimir, Michael Muhlestein, and D. Wilson. Extra-wide-angle parabolic equations in motionless and moving media. Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.), September 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/42043.
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Wide-angle parabolic equations (WAPEs) play an important role in physics. They are derived by an expansion of a square-root pseudo-differential operator in one-way wave equations, and then solved by finite-difference techniques. In the present paper, a different approach is suggested. The starting point is an extra-wide-angle parabolic equation (EWAPE) valid for small variations of the refractive index of a medium. This equation is written in an integral form, solved by a perturbation technique, and transformed to the spectral domain. The resulting split-step spectral algorithm for the EWAPE accounts for the propagation angles up to 90° with respect to the nominal direction. This EWAPE is also generalized to large variations in the refractive index. It is shown that WAPEs known in the literature are particular cases of the two EWAPEs. This provides an alternative derivation of the WAPEs, enables a better understanding of the underlying physics and ranges of their applicability, and opens an opportunity for innovative algorithms. Sound propagation in both motionless and moving media is considered. The split-step spectral algorithm is particularly useful in the latter case since complicated partial derivatives of the sound pressure and medium velocity reduce to wave vectors (essentially, propagation angles) in the spectral domain.
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Scoular, Claire, and Ian Teo. Developing strategic plans for an aligned approach to 21st century skills integration. Australian Council for Educational Research, March 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.37517/978-1-74286-626-0.
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This report describes an online course developed to support education systems to build an aligned and sustainable approach to integration of 21st Century Skills (21CS). 21CS are those skills that are considered particularly important to succeed in today’s knowledge-based society in which innovation and technology are predominant. Prominent examples include critical thinking, creative thinking, and collaboration, and such skills need to be better understood in order for them to be integrated. While different countries may have their own frameworks or priorities surrounding 21CS, a consistent approach to integration can still be achieved with a shared understanding from all stakeholders within the system. The course objectives focused on supporting countries to develop a strategic plan for 21CS integration, providing resources to aid that plan, and building capacity to implement the plan. The specific learning objectives were to: Understand components and steps leading to 21CS alignment; Conduct a needs analysis, identifying which steps are currently being met, and which steps need more attention; Develop a strategic plan, identifying which steps are to be prioritized and in which order; Gain insights from other education systems from reflections on successful developments and lessons learned; and Engage in discussion within education systems and with other countries about the emerging area of skills integration, as well as identify future directions. Course participants joined from across 16 Asia Pacific countries and from the Education Quality and Assessment Programme for the Pacific Community (EQAP). The course comprised of eight modules that were spread over three weeks, with content hosted online through the Moodle platform.Each module consisted of pre-recorded video content (30-60 minutes) and team and/or individual activities. The modules were supported by three live sessions that allowed participants to ask questions and share reflections in real time. The course concluded with a webinar that consisted of presentations that were delivered by one member from each Core Strategy Team who shared their team’s strategic plan and reflections from this course.
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Brill, Sophie, and Beck Wallace. Oxfam GB Statement on Modern Slavery for the financial year 2019/20. Oxfam GB, September 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.21201/2020.6614.
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The UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires organizations with a turnover of over £36m to make a public statement on the steps they are taking to identify and prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains. Oxfam GB advocated for this legislation to be enacted. In this, our fifth statement, we share our progress against the three-year objectives set last year, which focus on corporate responsibility governance, human rights due diligence and inclusion of our country programmes. Due to the particularly devastating impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, we have added a section to highlight our initial response in March 2020, which fell under this reporting period.
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Rathinam, Francis, P. Thissen, and M. Gaarder. Using big data for impact evaluations. Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL), February 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.51744/cmb2.
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The amount of big data available has exploded with recent innovations in satellites, sensors, mobile devices, call detail records, social media applications, and digital business records. Big data offers great potential for examining whether programmes and policies work, particularly in contexts where traditional methods of data collection are challenging. During pandemics, conflicts, and humanitarian emergency situations, data collection can be challenging or even impossible. This CEDIL Methods Brief takes a step-by-step, practical approach to guide researchers designing impact evaluations based on big data. This brief is based on the CEDIL Methods Working Paper on ‘Using big data for evaluating development outcomes: a systematic map’.
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Echegoyen, Luis, Huai N. Cheng, and Bonnie Charpentier. Greetings from the American Chemical Society. AsiaChem Magazine, November 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.51167/acm00005.
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As the 2019, 2020, and 2021 presidents of the American Chemical Society (ACS), it is our pleasure to extend our well-wishes to the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS) in the inaugural issue of AsiaChem. ACS is proud to support the efforts of partner chemical societies around the world, particularly regional collaborators like FACS. The creation of this publication is a monumental step for FACS and we are pleased to be a part of this historic edition.
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Hayes, Anne M., Eileen Dombrowski, Allison H. Shefcyk, and Jennae Bult. Learning Disabilities Screening and Evaluation Guide for Low- and Middle-Income Countries. RTI Press, April 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.3768/rtipress.2018.op.0052.1804.
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Learning disabilities are among the most common disabilities experienced in childhood and adulthood. Although identifying learning disabilities in a school setting is a complex process, it is particularly challenging in low- and middle-income countries that lack the appropriate resources, tools, and supports. This guide provides an introduction to learning disabilities and describes the processes and practices that are necessary for the identification process. It also describes a phased approach that countries can use to assess their current screening and evaluation services, as well as determine the steps needed to develop, strengthen, and build systems that support students with learning disabilities. This guide also provides intervention recommendations that teachers and school administrators can implement at each phase of system development. Although this guide primarily addresses learning disabilities, the practices, processes, and systems described may be also used to improve the identification of other disabilities commonly encountered in schools.
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Corlin Christensen, Rasmus, Martin Hearson, and Tovony Randriamanalina. At the Table, Off the Menu? Assessing the Participation of Lower-Income Countries in Global Tax Negotiations. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), December 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ictd.2020.004.
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Since 2013, the formal structure of global corporate tax policymaking at the OECD has changed. Decisions are no longer made by 37 OECD members, but by 137 countries from all regions and levels of development through the ‘Inclusive Framework’ (IF). Official documentation emphasises that all countries participate on an ‘equal footing’, but some participants and observers have emphasised that developing countries in particular face practical obstacles that lead to unequal participation in practice. In this paper, we assess these claims, drawing primarily on 48 interviews with negotiators, policymakers and stakeholders involved in global tax discussions. We find that the explosion in formal membership has not in itself led to the step-change in developing country influence that the raw numbers imply. This is because of a combination of structural obstacles that are not unique to the IF, and some challenging aspects of the OECD’s way of working. Yet, lower-income countries have made some modest achievements to date, and there are signs of incremental progress towards a more effective presence. We develop a typology of mechanisms through which successes have been achieved: association with the efforts of more powerful states, anticipation of lower-income countries’ needs by the OECD secretariat and others, collaboration to form more powerful coalitions, and the emergence of expert negotiators with individual authority.