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Electricity Generation And Consumption In Iran And The Role Of Nuclear Power For Sustainable Energy / Afshin Mazandarany, Mazandarany Afshin Dec 2012

Electricity Generation And Consumption In Iran And The Role Of Nuclear Power For Sustainable Energy / Afshin Mazandarany, Mazandarany Afshin

Student Works (2010-2019)

Over the years, the consumption of all types of energy, such as electricity, have increased rapidly in Iran. The economic growth of the country depends on electricity, and, therefore, the trend of electricity consumption is likely to keep growing in the future to sustain this growth. In view of this need, the government plans to build many new power plants and decided to redevelop its nuclear program to meet the rising electricity demand and decrease the consumption of fossil fuels. In this study, the effect of this policy on four major aspects of energy sustainability, including environmental pollution, electricity demand, …

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A New Approach For Turkish Ports To Reduce Ship Emissions Case Study : Application Of Cold Ironing System For Marport Container Terminal, Nurullah H. Peksen Dec 2012

A New Approach For Turkish Ports To Reduce Ship Emissions Case Study : Application Of Cold Ironing System For Marport Container Terminal, Nurullah H. Peksen

World Maritime University Dissertations

Maritime transport is the most environmentally friendly type of transport mode. However, air pollution and greenhouse gases from ship emissions are increasing because of the growing maritime traffic. These exhaust emissions cause global warming, acid rain and a reduction in air quality which has serious adverse effects on human health. Particularly as a specialized agency of the United Nations with responsibility for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine pollution by ships, International Maritime Organization has dealt with reducing ship emissions on a global basis by adapting “The Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from …

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Study About Volunteer Groups' Involvement In China Maritime Search And Rescue, Qin Huapu Dec 2012

Study About Volunteer Groups' Involvement In China Maritime Search And Rescue, Qin Huapu

World Maritime University Dissertations

According to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, signatory states have the obligation to provide maritime search and rescue services. In order to comply with this obligation, various forms of maritime search and rescue services have been established all over the world. with the growing economy, merchandise trade and demand for maritime transport, search and rescue has become a higher priority in China. The issue of insufficient coverage of the national maritime search and rescue forces has arisen. In some developed countries, the national search and rescue duty is normally complemented by volunteer groups. This study …

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Risk Factors Of Warehouse Receipt Pledge : A Research Based On Risk Assessments For Chinese Logistics Enterprises, Ren Xiaobin Dec 2012

Risk Factors Of Warehouse Receipt Pledge : A Research Based On Risk Assessments For Chinese Logistics Enterprises, Ren Xiaobin

World Maritime University Dissertations

This dissertation is concerned with risk analysis of Warehouse Receipt Pledge (WRP) business based on the application of risk theory as well as principle component analysis methodology. It is aimed at helping logistics providers engaged in WRP take appropriate measures to manage risks effectively during business process. Simultaneously, it explicitly clarifies the risks regarding the business flow of WRP and how it becomes bridge to integrate conventional logistics business with finance business. In order to enable logistics providers to adopt right ways to address identified categories of risk, it combines China Shipping Line (CSL) as a research case with risk …

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Study On The Implementation Of Formal Safety Assessment For The Development Of The Mandatory Polar Code, Xie Jieying Dec 2012

Study On The Implementation Of Formal Safety Assessment For The Development Of The Mandatory Polar Code, Xie Jieying

World Maritime University Dissertations

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The Importance Of Using Ship Bridge Simulation Training To Enhance The Competency Of Masters And Watch-Officers : A Case Study Of The Iraqi Dredging Fleet, Al-Kabie Mazin Da Wood Salman Dec 2012

The Importance Of Using Ship Bridge Simulation Training To Enhance The Competency Of Masters And Watch-Officers : A Case Study Of The Iraqi Dredging Fleet, Al-Kabie Mazin Da Wood Salman

World Maritime University Dissertations

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Monetary And Ecological Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Onshore Power Supply : A Case Study Of The Port Of Mombasa, Mulwa Denis Musyoka Dec 2012

Monetary And Ecological Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Onshore Power Supply : A Case Study Of The Port Of Mombasa, Mulwa Denis Musyoka

World Maritime University Dissertations

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The Impact Of Maritime English Communication Training For Non-Native English Language Speakers Concerning The Competency Of Seafarers : Iraqi Maritime Sector Case Study, Harth J. Ahmed Dec 2012

The Impact Of Maritime English Communication Training For Non-Native English Language Speakers Concerning The Competency Of Seafarers : Iraqi Maritime Sector Case Study, Harth J. Ahmed

World Maritime University Dissertations

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Implementation Of Maritime Education And Training (Met) : An Exploration Of Human And Technological Resources Challenges Facing Met In Kenya, Nthia J. Mabuti Dec 2012

Implementation Of Maritime Education And Training (Met) : An Exploration Of Human And Technological Resources Challenges Facing Met In Kenya, Nthia J. Mabuti

World Maritime University Dissertations

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Radar Based Navigation In Unknown Terrain, Kyle J. Kauffman Dec 2012

Radar Based Navigation In Unknown Terrain, Kyle J. Kauffman

Theses and Dissertations

There is a great need to develop non-GPS based methods for positioning and navigation in situations where GPS is not available. This research focuses on the development of an Ultra-Wideband Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (UWB-OFDM) radar as a navigation sensor in GPS-denied environments. A side-looking vehicle-fixed UWB-OFDM radar is mounted to a ground or aerial vehicle continuously collecting data. A set of signal processing algorithms and methods are developed which use the raw radar data to aide in calculating the vehicle position and velocity via a simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) approach. The radar processing algorithms detect strong, persistent, and …

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The Impact Of Maritime Oil Pollution In The Marine Environment : Case Study Of Maritime Oil Pollution In The Navigational Channel Of Shatt Al-Arab, Farhan M. Al Fartoosi Dec 2012

The Impact Of Maritime Oil Pollution In The Marine Environment : Case Study Of Maritime Oil Pollution In The Navigational Channel Of Shatt Al-Arab, Farhan M. Al Fartoosi

World Maritime University Dissertations

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Intercultural Management Cases For The Business Language Class, Christine Uber Grosse Dec 2012

Intercultural Management Cases For The Business Language Class, Christine Uber Grosse

Global Business Languages

This article explores the use of intercultural management cases as alternative instructional materials in business language courses. These cases use the power of story to teach about successful global leaders who effectively lead across cultures. As the cases engage and inform business language students, they also serve as a valuable resource for teaching language, communication, and culture. Additionally, the cases develop situation analysis and problemsolving skills. Three prominent CEOs serve as examples of intercultural management case subjects for the business language class: Jack Ma of China’s Alibaba, Carlos Ghosn of France and Japan’s Renault-Nissan Alliance, and Ratan Tata of India’s …

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Using Advertising To Explore French Language And Culture In The Classroom, Elizabeth Martin Dec 2012

Using Advertising To Explore French Language And Culture In The Classroom, Elizabeth Martin

Global Business Languages

It is widely recognized that authentic materials such as advertisements are beneficial to language learners. In addition to stimulating students’ interest and motivation, advertising in the target language exposes students to different styles of expression and offers a window into another culture. This article proposes a more comprehensive approach to integrating commercial advertisements into the foreign language classroom through content-based learning. In an effort to develop its international business curriculum, California State University, San Bernardino has added Introduction to French Advertising to its already strong business course options in French. This article describes the course in detail, including topics of …

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Curriculum Development Of International Business With Language Concentration: Results Of A Seven-Year Study Of An American Business Executive In China, Jinghui Liu Dec 2012

Curriculum Development Of International Business With Language Concentration: Results Of A Seven-Year Study Of An American Business Executive In China, Jinghui Liu

Global Business Languages

Existing international business with language concentration curriculum research indicates that little is known about perceptions of current international executives who are working in multinational corporations. This article investigates an American international executive’s perceptions of language and cultural barriers in multiple multinational corporations in China. The researcher’s seven-year period of contact with the business executive from 2003 to 2010 led to the collection of multiple data sources through businessactivity protocol questionnaires and in-depth interviews. The international executive’s perceptions suggest that the international business curriculum development was in the following three areas: (1) language competency, (2) multicultural awareness, and (3) global awareness.

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Shifting The Curriculum To Language For Specific Purposes, Jennifer L. M. Gerndt Dec 2012

Shifting The Curriculum To Language For Specific Purposes, Jennifer L. M. Gerndt

Global Business Languages

As English emerges as the lingua franca of many international corporations worldwide, academic institutions are erroneously retracting funds from language-learning programs, citing the lack of need or the inability to support nonessentials. With this approach, the true needs of language learners have been neglected. The blame can easily be placed on institutions that misunderstand the additional benefits learners garner while pursuing language studies (i.e., culture). However, it can be argued that the blame is actually that of the language educators who fail to arm themselves with the proper ammunition to argue their side properly. The administrators who decide the fate …

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Anderson V. Google, United States District Court For The Northern District Of California Dec 2012

Anderson V. Google, United States District Court For The Northern District Of California

Historical and Topical Legal Documents

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Online State Of Charge And Electrical Impedance Estimation For Multicell Lithium-Ion Batteries, Taesic Kim, Wei Qiao, Liyan Qu Dec 2012

Online State Of Charge And Electrical Impedance Estimation For Multicell Lithium-Ion Batteries, Taesic Kim, Wei Qiao, Liyan Qu

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Faculty Publications

This paper proposes a hybrid battery model-based high-fidelity state of charge (SOC) and electrical impedance estimation method for multicell lithium-ion batteries. The hybrid battery model consists of an enhanced Coulomb counting algorithm for SOC estimation and an electrical circuit battery model. A particle swarm optimization (PSO)-based online parameter identification algorithm is designed to estimate the electrical parameters of the cells sequentially. An SOC compensator is designed to correct the errors of the enhanced Coulomb counting SOC estimations for the cells sequentially. This leads to an accurate, robust online SOC estimation for individual cells of a battery pack. The proposed method …

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Masthead Dec 2012

Masthead

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

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Back Matter Dec 2012

Back Matter

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

No abstract provided.

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Front Matter Dec 2012

Front Matter

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

No abstract provided.

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A Study Of The Size Of Nuclear Fuel Carriers, The Most Required Ships For Safety : How Large Can Ship's Tonnage Be?, Azusa Fukasawa Dec 2012

A Study Of The Size Of Nuclear Fuel Carriers, The Most Required Ships For Safety : How Large Can Ship's Tonnage Be?, Azusa Fukasawa

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Premature Redeliveries Of Vessels Versus The Regime Of Damages : The Results In The Shipping Industry After The Global Economic Meltdown In 2008, Dimitrios Kyrkos Dec 2012

Premature Redeliveries Of Vessels Versus The Regime Of Damages : The Results In The Shipping Industry After The Global Economic Meltdown In 2008, Dimitrios Kyrkos

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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The Correlation Of Lumbar Spine Flexibility And Lumbar Extensor Activity In Healthy Adults, Chung-Che Lin, Ta-Sen Wei, Pen-Ta Liu Dec 2012

The Correlation Of Lumbar Spine Flexibility And Lumbar Extensor Activity In Healthy Adults, Chung-Che Lin, Ta-Sen Wei, Pen-Ta Liu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

The modified fingertip-to-floor method is one of the clinical measurements used to assess forward bending. The present research is based on recording the measurements obtained by lumbar extensor surface electromyography (EMG) during the modified ”fingertip-to-floor” method in order to investigate the correlation between the two approaches. Our hypothesis is that poorer flexibility of the low back is associated with larger amplitude of low back extensor surface EMG activity.Measurements were obtained from 36 subjects (12 male and 24 female aged 28.9±5.3 year-old). The subjects stood on a wooden box and bent forward so that measurements could be taken. The top of …

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Quantitative Evaluation Of Motor Control Of Upper Limbs After Neuro-Robot Rehabilitation, Shu-Min Chen, Yu-Chia Tsai, Ming-Shaung Ju, Bing-Cheng Kung Dec 2012

Quantitative Evaluation Of Motor Control Of Upper Limbs After Neuro-Robot Rehabilitation, Shu-Min Chen, Yu-Chia Tsai, Ming-Shaung Ju, Bing-Cheng Kung

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Function of the upper limbs is crucial in daily activities. Motor recovery of upper limbs after stroke is slower and less complete than of lower limbs. During the recovery period, abnormal synergies always disturb daily life activity. Various therapeutic techniques have been developed to improve the function of upper limbs after stroke, such as the neuro-rehabilitation robot, which was developed in recent years and shows numerous positive outcomes for upper-limb facilitation after stroke. For the evaluation of motor recovery after stroke, Brunnstrom stages and the Modified Ashworth scale are commonly used and convenient. However, both depend heavily on the evaluator …

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Biorecognition Ability Of Polysaccharides As Piezo Quartz Biosensors, En Kalmykova, Ca Mgina Dec 2012

Biorecognition Ability Of Polysaccharides As Piezo Quartz Biosensors, En Kalmykova, Ca Mgina

Tanzania Journal of Science

Piezoquartz biosensors (PQB) which are analytical devices for recognition of biochemical interactions have recently attracted increasing interest from different researchers such as analysts, immune-chemists, medical doctors, environmentalists, etc. This is due to the advantages of PQB for having high detection sensitivity (at ng and mg level depending on the mass of sorbates or micro-organisms) and the ability to monitor biochemical reactions in turbid or highly coloured liquids (including in biological fluids) in real time. The use of additional markers and preliminary sample preparation are not required in this biorecognition process. This paper reports on the principle of the PQB and …

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Activity Of Enzyme Trypsin Immobilized Onto Macroporous Poly(Epoxy-Acrylamide) Cryogel, W Johnson, Ymm Makame Dec 2012

Activity Of Enzyme Trypsin Immobilized Onto Macroporous Poly(Epoxy-Acrylamide) Cryogel, W Johnson, Ymm Makame

Tanzania Journal of Science

Bovine pancreatic trypsin has been covalently immobilized onto monolithic polyacrylamide cryogels with epoxy functionality (Epoxy-MPAAGs). The covalent immobilization of trypsin onto Epoxy-MPAAGs was achieved through incorporation of ethylenediamine-glutaraldehyde spacers on the cryogels’ surfaces. The immobilization yield and the influence of pH and temperature conditions on the activity of the immobilized trypsin were assessed by using the hydrolysis of a low molecular weight substrate, N-α-benzoyl-D, L-arginine-p-nitroanilide (BAPNA). Optimal pH and temperature values of 9 and 50 °C, respectively, were established for both the immobilized trypsin and the free trypsin. Activity measurements from the native trypsin before immobilization and the residual free …

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Electrochemical Behaviour Of Environmentally Friendly Inhibitor Of Aloe Secundiflora Extract In Corrosion Control Of Carbon Steel In Soft Water Media, J Mutasingwa, J Buchweishaija, Jeg Mdoe Dec 2012

Electrochemical Behaviour Of Environmentally Friendly Inhibitor Of Aloe Secundiflora Extract In Corrosion Control Of Carbon Steel In Soft Water Media, J Mutasingwa, J Buchweishaija, Jeg Mdoe

Tanzania Journal of Science

Electrochemical behaviour of Aloe secundiflora on carbon steel corrosion control in neutral and aerated soft water solutions have been investigated using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and Tafel polarization techniques. The investigation was performed at different inhibitor concentrations under static and dynamic conditions using a Rotating Disk Electrode (RDE). The impedance and polarization results revealed that A. Secundiflora could be a potential corrosion inhibitor for carbon steel undergoing corrosion in fresh water medium. It was found that Aloe secundiflora reduces the electrochemical processes taking place on carbon steel undergoing corrosion. The inhibitor efficiency increases with increase in A. Secundiflora concentration and gradually …

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Nextgen Flight Deck Data Comm: Auxiliary Synthetic Speech Phase I, Tracy Lennertz, Judith Bürki-Cohen, Andrea L. Sparko, Nickolas D. Macchiarella, Jason Kring, Mike Coman, Tom Haritos, Jeffry Alvarado Dec 2012

Nextgen Flight Deck Data Comm: Auxiliary Synthetic Speech Phase I, Tracy Lennertz, Judith Bürki-Cohen, Andrea L. Sparko, Nickolas D. Macchiarella, Jason Kring, Mike Coman, Tom Haritos, Jeffry Alvarado

Publications

Data Comm—a text-based controller-pilot communication system—is critical to many NextGen improvements. With Data Comm, communication becomes a visual task. Interacting with a visual Data Comm display may yield an unsafe increase in head-down time, particularly for single-pilot operations. This study examined the feasibility of supplementing Data Comm with synthetic speech. To this end, thirty-two pilots flew two experimental scenarios in a Cessna 172 Flight Training Device. In one scenario, ATC communication was with a text-only Data Comm display, in the other, communication was with a text Data Comm display with synthetic speech that read aloud each message (i.e., text+speech). Pilots …

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Murray Ledger And Times, December 31, 2012, Murray Ledger And Times Dec 2012

Murray Ledger And Times, December 31, 2012, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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(R)-Β-Lysine Modified Elongation Factor P Functions In Translation Elongation, Tammy J. Bullwinkle, S. Betty Zou, Andrei Rajkovic, Steven J. Hersch, Sara Elgamal, Nathaniel Robinson, David Smil, Yuri Bolshan, William Wiley Navarre, Michael Ibba Dec 2012

(R)-Β-Lysine Modified Elongation Factor P Functions In Translation Elongation, Tammy J. Bullwinkle, S. Betty Zou, Andrei Rajkovic, Steven J. Hersch, Sara Elgamal, Nathaniel Robinson, David Smil, Yuri Bolshan, William Wiley Navarre, Michael Ibba

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

Post-translational modification of bacterial elongation factor P (EF-P) with (R)-β-lysine at a conserved lysine residue activates the protein in vivo and increases puromycin reactivity of the ribosome in vitro. The additional hydroxylation of EF-P at the same lysine residue by the YfcM protein has also recently been described. The roles of modified and unmodified EF-P during different steps in translation, and how this correlates to its physiological role in the cell, have recently been linked to the synthesis of polyproline stretches in proteins. Polysome analysis indicated that EF-P functions in translation elongation, rather than initiation as proposed previously. This was …

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