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Theoretical Studies Of Swirling Flow Rates For A Confuser Section Of High-Pressure Vortex Mine Spillways, A. A. Yangiev, D. S. Adzhimuratov, P Kovar

Irrigation and Melioration

The advantages of using a confuser section in the outlet part of the vortex spill wayare shown in the paper; they may be more rational in terms of ensuring cavitation-free operation of the flow swirler. An analytical method for calculating the aerated swirling flow in the confuser section of the vortex spillway is presented, as well as its correspondence to experimental results, which allow us to quickly and accurately conduct the distribution analysis of axial and tangential rates in the swirling flow along the length of the confuser at different taper angles.

Increase Of The Effeciency And Rational Use Of Electrical Energy And Electrical Equipment, A. J. Isakov, D. V. Ochilov, N. E. Kadbin

Irrigation and Melioration

This article discusses and reveals the problems of the need for proper use of electricity and electrical installations to improve efficiency. Information on the structure of installed capacity at power plants, the structure of fuel consumption and the consumption of electricity by consumers are reviewed and given; as well as information about the increase in efficiency and causes of failure in operation. Agro-industrial complex consumes about 30 percent of all electricity produced in the country (including the rural population), including pumping stations. This figure is expected to reach 45-50% over the next few years. Thus, the choice, design, installation, maintenance …

Pisa 2018 Australia School Questionnaire Data [Sas] [Data Set], Sue Thomson, Lisa De Bortoli, Catherine Underwood, Marina Schmid

OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Australia

This dataset (SAS zipped) is a data source for the report: PISA 2018: Reporting Australia’s Results. Volume I Student Performance.

Pisa 2018 Australia School Questionnaire Data [Spss] [Data Set], Sue Thomson, Lisa De Bortoli, Catherine Underwood, Marina Schmid

OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Australia

This dataset (SPSS zipped) is a data source for the report: PISA 2018: Reporting Australia’s Results. Volume I Student Performance.

The Relationship Between Motor Vehicle Collisions And Cigarette Smoking In Ontario: Analysis Of Camh Survey Data From 2002 To 2016, Linda L. Pederson, John Koval, Evelyn Vingilis, Jane Seeley, Anca R. Ialomiteanu, Christine M. Wickens, Roberta Ferrence, Robert E. Mann

Paediatrics Publications

Research has shown that tobacco users have an increased risk of collisions compared to nonsmokers. Studies from 1967 through 2013 documented a crude relative risk of collision involvement of about 1.5 among smokers compared to nonsmokers. In January 2009, in response to concerns about the health risks associated with potentially high concentrations of secondhand smoke resulting from smoking in vehicles, the provincial government in Ontario, Canada, introduced legislation restricting smoking in vehicles where children and adolescents are present. We examined the association between reported smoking and involvement in a motor vehicle collision in a large representative sample of adult drivers …

Final Project Report, James Wood, Shima Hamidi

CTEDD Final Project Reports - Archive

No abstract provided.

Pagan Winter, Samm Willard

Sophia and Philosophia

Isn’t this a lovely place to pick apart your lover’s face
Some say the river bank’s a sacred place
Others think that’s such a silly thing to say
But I would never try to prove them wrong on such a blissful day
The colors of the leaves will soon have changed
The yellows and the greens will fade to gray
But I will lose a quiet hour to the darkest day
A pagan winter’s on its way
I will see the death of God before it’s Christmas day
A pagan winter’s on its way
Well isn’t this some lovely clay …

Aeroporti I Gjakovës, Sado Kolic

Theses and Dissertations

Pse është i rëndësishem projektimi i një aeroporti? Industria e aviacionit konsiderohet të jete një aset i vlefshem i transportit, për shkak të ndikimit të drejtepërdrejt të transportit në shendetin e ekonomive tona kombetare dhe nderkombetare. -Aeroportet kontribojne miliona euro ne vite per ekonimite lokale dhe krijojne dhjetera mija vende pune, drejteperdrejt ose terthorazi. -Aerportet luajne nje role te konsiderueshem ne zhvillimin ekonomik,dhe ngarkesat me te rendesishme qe levizin jane njerezit. Aeroportet jane me shume se vende per te kapur aeroplane,per te marre pjese ne nje takim biznesi,ose per te bere disa blerje pa dogane;ato jane nder investimet me te …

Bibloteke Leximore B+P+K, Ermirë Zulfaj

Theses and Dissertations

Tema e marrë për ta shqyrtuar në këtë punim diplome është Biblotekë Leximore. Rëndësia e kësaj teme qëndron se një biblotekë është e nevojshme për nxënësit dhe komunitetin e Malishevës.

Lokacioni i përzgjedhur për për projektimin e kësaj ndërtese është Malisheva, Për shkak se Malishevës i mungon nje bibloteke adekuate, është një biblotekë por e përmasave të vogla e cila nuk i plotëson kërkesat.

Ndërtim i tillë që përveq nxenesave të Malishevës mund të shfrytëzohet eddhe nga ata të fshtrave përreth, pasi që lokacioni ka afërsi me stacionin e autobusave. Nxënësat qe e kanë shkollën larg munden që pas orarit …

Pisa 2018 Australia Student And Achievement Data [Spss] [Data Set], Sue Thomson, Lisa De Bortoli, Catherine Underwood, Marina Schmid

OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Australia

This dataset (SPSS zipped) is a data source for the report: PISA 2018: Reporting Australia’s Results. Volume I Student Performance.

Pisa 2018 Australia Student And Achievement Data [Sas] [Data Set], Sue Thomson, Lisa De Bortoli, Catherine Underwood, Marina Schmid

OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Australia

This dataset (SAS zipped) is a data source for the report: PISA 2018: Reporting Australia’s Results. Volume I Student Performance.

Wisdom Comes From The Young, Michael Gravier

Marketing Department Faculty Journal Articles

Leaders must engage their entire workforce and supplier and customer bases in order to maximize competitive advantage.

Nest Architecture As A Tool For Species Discrimination Of Hypotrigona Species (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini), N. N. Ndungu, A. A. Yusuf, S. K. Raina, D. K. Masiga, C. W.W. Pirk, K. Nkoba

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Hypotrigona species are difficult to identify morphologically. Here, we show that nest sites and nest architecture can be used to discriminate three Hypotrigona species found in Kenya. Hypotrigona gribodoi, H. araujoi and H. ruspolii colonies from Kakamega forest and H. gribodoi from Mwingi, were collected and placed in a meliponiary at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE). The following parameters were recorded: nest sites, internal nest entrances, external nest entrance colour and size, sizes (in terms of volume) of brood cells, honey and pollen pots, arrangement of brood cells and presence or absence of involucrum (cerumen covering …

Data And Code For "Accurate Forest Ecosystem Projections From Wood Decay Experiments Depend On Temporal Scale", Brad Oberle

OpenData@NCF

"speciesCovariates.cv" includes all species-level traits. "plotCovariates.csv" includes all plot-level environmental variables. "massLossTyson2009-2016.csv" includes all mass loss measurements (M), times at harvest (Yr), species codes (Species), plot IDs (Plot), deployment year (Expt 1 = 2009, 2 = 2011) and early harvest (secondaryHarvest2014 = "TRUE"). "cwdData.csv" includes Coarse woody debris species (Species), vertical position (TYP), Suspension (SUSP), Decay Class (DC), based diameter in cm (Diameter), estimated Mean Annual Temperature in degrees C (baseMAT), Weibull residence time (w.res), Negative Exponential residence time (k.res), first year only residence time (y1.res) and fifth year only residence time (y5.res). "modelCode.txt" includes rjags code for implementing the …

Making Data Bearable Workshop, Parts 1 & 2, Jeffrey M. Mortimore, Dawn N. Cannon-Rech

University Libraries: Instructional Resources (Archived)

Making Data Bearable, Part 1: Data Management Basics
During this hands-on workshop, participants explore challenges and best practices related to research data management. Working in groups, participants perform a rudimentary data analysis and create figures and tables capturing the correlation between Gummi Bear flavor and "springiness." In the process, participants explore different kinds of research data and discuss manipulation, analysis, visualization, reporting, and sharing data for different audiences. This workshop is a precursor to discussing data management planning, especially as it relates to grant funding and publisher requirements. Specific skills covered include creating basic figures and charts in Excel and …

Manipulating Natural Enemy Behavior To Improve Biological Control: Attractants And Repellents Of A Weaver Ant, Anais Chailleux, Aurélien Stirnemann, Jimmy Leyes, Emilie Deletre

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Farmers may not want certain natural enemies of insect pests to be present in their fields all year round, due to the detrimental effects they might have on themselves or on their crop. We explored the potential for manipulating the behavior of the African weaver ant, Oecophylla longinoda, which may bite humans while being a major natural enemy against the invasive fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, in Africa. Our aim was to find repellents that might help to protect farmers when working in the fields, while also coming up with ways of increasing weaver ant populations, by finding carbohydrate sources from …

Interview With Hadil Ghoneim, An Author From Egypt, Yasmine Samir Motawy

Faculty Journal Articles

No abstract provided.

Data For Tree Mortality Calibration Of Satellite And Lidar-Derived Fire Severity Estimates, N. Macriss, T. J. Furniss, S.M.A. Jeronimo, E. L. Crowley, O. W. Germain, S. Germain, V. R. Kane, A. J. Larson, J. A. Lutz

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The 55 JFSP plots were established to capture forest types, fire histories, and severity levels beyond those found within the YFPD. The plots were square 50 m × 50 m plots established in Pinus ponderosa, Pinus jeffreyi, and Abies concolor – Pinus lambertiana forest types between 1,431 m and 2,250 m elevation. Plots were installed post-fire based on a randomly chosen locations stratified by burn severity levels as calculated from the differenced Normalized Burn Ratio (dNBR). For details on site selection see Furniss et al. (in review). In the field, plots were located using a handheld GPS and …

Pteridium Nuclear Gene Phylogeny, Paul G. Wolf, Carol Rowe, Sylvia Kinosian, Joshua P. Der, Peter J. Lockhart, Lara D. Shepherd, Patricia A. Mclenachan, John A. Thomson

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Raw amplicon sequence data and raw reads of from GBS library. Also all code and analyses required to process raw data.

Driver Distraction Identification With An Ensemble Of Convolutional Neural Networks, Hesham M. Eraqi, Mohamed Nabil Moustafa

Faculty Journal Articles

The World Health Organization (WHO) reported 1.25 million deaths yearly due to road traffic accidents worldwide and the number has been continuously increasing over the last few years. Nearly fifth of these accidents are caused by distracted drivers. Existing work of distracted driver detection is concerned with a small set of distractions (mostly, cell phone usage). Unreliable ad hoc methods are often used. In this paper, we present the first publicly available dataset for driver distraction identification with more distraction postures than existing alternatives. In addition, we propose a reliable deep learning-based solution that achieves a 90% accuracy. The system …

Risk Perceptions Of Extreme Heat Events At The State, County, And Census Tract Level In The U.S., Peter D. Howe, Jennifer R. Marlon, Xinran Wang, Anthony Leiserowitz

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Project summary, description or abstract: This dataset contains model estimates of how Americans perceive the health risks of extreme heat events at the state, county, and census tract level in the U.S. Estimates are produced using a statistical model based on national survey data.

These data are associated with the following publication: Howe, Peter D., Jennifer R. Marlon, Xinran Wang, and Anthony Leiserowitz. “Public perceptions of the health risks of extreme heat across U.S. states, counties, and neighborhoods.” 2019. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1813145116

A Study Of The Effects Of Certificate Of Need Law On Inpatient Occupancy Rates, Jomon A. Paul, Huan Ni, Aniruddha Bagchi

Economics, Finance & Quantitative Analysis Faculty Publications

Increasing healthcare costs and the deterioration of healthcare quality have always been major concerns to policy makers in the United States, and Certificate of Need (CON) law has been implemented as one way to curb wasteful healthcare resource use. From a theoretical standpoint, CON can lead to a reduction in the number of beds as well as in the number of inpatient days (possibly by shortening the length of patient stay). However, these two effects impact inpatient occupancy rate in opposite directions. We test empirically to find out which of these two effects dominate. In this study, we investigate the …

Food Insecurity Of Winthrop's Campus, Alexzondrea Harrison

The World of Food: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on What We Eat and Grow

I am examining food insecurity on Winthrop's campus. I will be researching the amount of on campus and off campus students who have faced this issue, and developing solutions to solve this issue.

Beyond Burgers And Fries: A Review Of International Childrens' Menus To Assess Global Dietary Choices, Audrey Thomas

The World of Food: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on What We Eat and Grow

Chicken nuggets and burgers are common fast food fare for children in the U.S., but is this true for kids around the world? This presentation will discuss the results from a review of international children's menus for four of the largest chain restaurants in the world, informing our understanding of how corporate practices influence global eating patterns.

Gastro-Geographies And The Cosmopolitan Host: Re-Mapping Cosmopolitanism In Anthony Bourdain’S Parts Unknown, Shelby E. Ward

The World of Food: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on What We Eat and Grow

This paper looks at Anthony Bourdain's production on screen as a cosmopolitan host and as a particular gastro-geographical narrative. With three different episodes of Parts Unknown (CNN), I investigate how Bourdain allows us to question gender roles, development discourse, and the American image through the traces of food, while at the same time being limited in his role as the cosmopolitan.

Particle Size Distribution Of N-Decane And Methane-Saturated N-Decane Jets Entering Seawater At 150 Bar Ambient Pressure, Karen Malone

C-IMAGE data

The dataset contains droplet size measurements from autoclave jet experiments with n-decane and methane-saturated n-decane, at 150 bar ambient pressure at 20° C. The dataset includes two tables: particle size distributions (PSD) of (1) n-decane and (2) methane-saturated n-decane jets entering into seawater. The n-decane is over 99 % pure, provided by Carl Roth GmbH. For this experiment, the oil pressure was 150 +/- 1 bar and the oil volume flow was 1 1.1 - 1.2 l/min. Other related datasets are available under GRIIDC UDIs R4.x267.000:0047 and R4.x267.000:0112. This dataset supports the publication: Malone, K., Pesch, S., Schlüter, M., & …

Cisize Version 1.0, Sas-Based Freeware (And Accompanying Manual), M. R. Jiroutek

Pharmaceutical Sciences

created from code written

for dissertation. Based on the methodology presented in Jiroutek, et al. (2003), the software computes exact target probabilities of interest (including power) for any scalar parameter in a General Linear Multivariate Model (GLMM) with Gaussian errors and fixed predictors. Consisting of a single SAS IML module, this software focuses on sample size computations for studies aims at estimating a confidence interval.

Mass-To-Charge Ratio (M/Z) And Monoisotopic Intensity From The Water Samples Collected During R/V Justo Sierra And Weatherbird Ii Cruises, Js-0815 And Wb-0815, In The Gulf Of Mexico From 2015-08-03 To 2015-08-18, Aprami Jaggi

C-IMAGE data

This dataset contains mass-to-charge ratio (m/z) and monoisotopic intensity peaks detected in the northern and southern Gulf of Mexico dissolved organic matter extracts using a Fourier transform ion cyclotron mass spectrometry (FTICR-MS). The instrument used was manufactured by Bruker Daltonics; Model: Solarix, 12T. The water samples were collected using a CTD-Niskin rosette aboard the R/V Justo Sierra cruise JS-0815 in the southern Gulf of Mexico on 2015-08-03 and aboard the R/V Weatherbird II cruise WB-0815 in the northern Gulf of Mexico on 2015-08-18. The R/V Justo Sierra cruise was led by chief scientist Dr. Steve Murawski and the R/V Weatherbird …

Functional Analysis Of Rip Toxins From The Drosophila Endosymbiont Spiroplasma Poulsonii, Mario Gonzalo Garcia-Arraez, Florent Masson, Juan Camilo Paredes Escobar, Bruno Lemaitre

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Background: Insects frequently live in close relationship with symbiotic bacteria that carry out beneficial functions for their host, like protection against parasites and viruses. However, in some cases, the mutualistic nature of such associations is put into question because of detrimental phenotypes caused by the symbiont. One example is the association between the vertically transmitted facultative endosymbiont Spiroplasma poulsonii and its natural host Drosophila melanogaster. Whereas S. Poulsonii protects its host against parasitoid wasps and nematodes by the action of toxins from the family of Ribosome Inactivating Proteins (RIPs), the presence of S. Poulsonii has been reported to reduce hosts …

Short-Lived Radioisotope (Slrad) Data Collected Aboard R/V Justo Sierra Cruise Js-0815 In The Southern Gulf Of Mexico From 2015-07-31 To 2015-08-08, Gregg R. Brooks, Rebekka A. Larson

C-IMAGE data

This dataset contains short-lived radioisotope (SLRad) data collected aboard R/V Justo Sierra cruise JS-0815 in the southern Gulf of Mexico from 2015-07-31 to 2015-08-08. SLRad data were generated for selected core sub-samples at 2mm sampling intervals for “surficial unit” and 5mm sampling resolution intervals to the base of cores. SLRad data generated include sample activity as disintegrations per minute per gram (dpm/g) of 1) Excess Thorium-234 (234Thxs) activity, which is calculated by measuring the total Thorium-234 (234ThTot) activity and the subtraction of the measured or estimated “supported” Thorium-234 (234ThSup) activity, 2) Excess Lead-210 (210Pbxs) activity, which is calculated by measuring …