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Environmental Impacts Of Seawater Desalination On The Marine Environment In The Kingdom Of Bahrain, Waleed Al-Zubari, Alaa Elsadek, Mohamed Khadim

Emirates Journal for Engineering Research

The main water planning and management challenge facing Bahrain is in how to balance water availability and water use on a long-term basis in the face of increasing demands under the least economic and environmental costs and without endangering socio-economic development. To meet escalating municipal water demands desalination is becoming inevitable, which is associated with substantial financial, economic, and environmental costs. In this research, the environmental impact of seawater desalination on the surrounding marine environment is assessed at a government-owned MSF desalination plant (Sitra Power and Water Station (SPWS)). The assessment used a number of environmental indicators, namely temperature and …

A Proper Framework For Studying Noise From Jets With Non-Compact Sources, Woutijn J. Baars, Nathan E. Murray, Charles E. Tinney

Faculty and Student Publications

A quantitative assessment of the acoustic source field produced by a laboratory-scale heated jet with a gas dynamic Mach number of 1.55 and an acoustic Mach number of 2.41 is performed using arrays of microphones that are traversed across the axial and radial plane of the jet's acoustic field. The nozzle contour comprises a method of characteristics shape so that shock-related noise is minimal and the dominant sound production mechanism is from Mach waves. The spatial topography of the overall sound pressure level is shown to be dominated by a distinct lobe residing on the principal acoustic emission path, which …

Novel Biomarkers Of Ciliary Extracellular Vesicles Interact With Ciliopathy And Alzheimer’S Associated Proteins, Ashraf M. Mohieldin, Amal Alachkar, John R. Yates Iii, Surya M. Nauli

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Ciliary extracellular vesicles (ciEVs), released from primary cilia, contain functional proteins that play an important role in cilia structure and functions. We have recently shown that ciEVs and cytosolic extracellular vesicles (cyEVs) have unique and distinct biomarkers. While ciEV biomarkers have shown some interactions with known ciliary proteins, little is known about the interaction of ciEV proteins with proteins involved in ciliopathy and neurodegenerative disorders. Here, we reveal for the first time the protein-protein interaction (PPI) between the top five ciEVs biomarkers with ciliopathy and Alzheimer disease (AD) proteins. These results support the growing evidence of the critical physiological roles …

Intraoperative Acoustics: Auditory Cues In Hip Reconstructive Surgery, Jeffrey M. Henstenburg, Walaa Abdelfadeel, Anthony J. Boniello, Joseph Schmitz, Jeffrey J. Vakil, Andrew M. Star

Rothman Institute Papers

Background: Orthopaedic surgeons rely on visual and tactile cues to guide performance in the operating room (OR). However, there is very little data on how sound changes during orthopaedic procedures and how surgeons incorporate audio feedback to guide performance. This study attempts to define meaningful
changes in sound during vital aspects of total hip arthroplasty (THA) within the spectrum of human hearing.

Methods: 84 audio recordings were obtained during primary elective THA procedures during sawing of the femoral neck, reaming of the acetabulum, acetabular cup impaction, polyethylene liner impaction, femoral broaching, planning of the femoral calcar and press-fit of a …

Quality Control Of Combustion Of Gaseous Fuel In Furnaces, Azamat Toirovich Rajabov

Chemical Technology, Control and Management

The issues of research and development of systems for monitoring the availability and quality of the process of fuel combustion in industrial furnaces are interpreted. The perspective of using new elements in control systems - communication sensors for the presence and quality in gas-burning installations and furnaces are shown. A method has been developed to control the optimal aeration coefficient based on the extreme of the total integral amplitude-frequency characteristic of the flame conductivity pulsations, which makes it possible to control the quality characteristics of gas-burner devices and control the ratio of the components of the combustible mixture with high …

Developing Advanced Process Control System For Manufacturing Processes Using Virtual Analyzer, Elyor Erkinovich Samadov

Chemical Technology, Control and Management

This research reflects outlines the main potential features of Advanced Process Control (APC) systems for improved control of technological processes and production. It is shown developing APC systems using a virtualized analyzer (VA) is a very effective technique to increase the efficiency of industrial production. This research reflects the main steps of generating VA as part of the APC system and also describes the key features of each step-in terms of analyzer synthesis.

Mathematical Modeling Of Processes Of Diagnostics Of Technical And Technological Objects, Azizbek Nodirbekovich Yusupbekov, Khurshid Salim Ugli Turayev

Chemical Technology, Control and Management

The work is an introduction to the technical diagnostics of technical (or technological) objects. It discloses the basic concepts and definitions of the reliability of dynamic systems as objects of diagnostic reference knowledge and their diagnosis. Structural schemes of diagnosing objects with individual and combined channels of influence are analyzed. Questions of rational construction of base of reference knowledge are stated.

Peran Digital Media Planner Dalam Menangani Brand Chocolatos Milk Memalui Aplikasi Tiktok Di Dentsu X

Jurnal Sosial Humaniora Terapan

Media planner is a part of division in Advertising Agency that has the role to make decisions on the most effective and suitable media for each Advertisement. Along with the times of communication technology and digital information media, this is a great opportunity in the advertising industy to carrying out advertising activities through digital media. The purpose of writing this research is to find out the role of Media Planner in handling Chocolatos Milk Brand through the TikTok Application. Chocolatos want to introducing the new product which is Chocolatos Milk through marketing in digital media. The TikTok application is a …

Beauty Pageant Dalam Persfektif Semiotik Komunikasi Visual, Dony Hermawan

Jurnal Sosial Humaniora Terapan

This research is a semiotic study of visual communication that is analyzing the meaning of signs or symbols in the world beauty contest. The beauty pageant itself has become a spectacle event that attracts millions of viewers when beautiful woman who represents her country walks gracefully on the world-class stage. Behind this phenomenal competition, there are no many people realize that there are various communication symbols that delivers by the participants, both verbal and non-verbal, especially in the semiotics topic. By using the method of studying literature on the study of semiotics, in the world beauty contests, the expected meaning …

Analisa Proses Pemasaran Berbasis Komunitas: Studi Kasus Musik Indie

Jurnal Sosial Humaniora Terapan

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Predictive Analysis And Synthesis, Modeling And Control Of Complex Technological Processes And Systems, Zhahongir Sherboyevich Bekqulov

Chemical Technology, Control and Management

Consider the theoretical underpinnings of practically predictive analysis and synthesis, modeling and automatic control of complex chemical technological processes and systems, and the evolution of advanced (or advanced) APC (Advanced Process Control) control of technological processes and industries. The current state of industrial automation systems and the characteristics of their deployment are highlighted. The features of each stage of the analysis and synthesis of APC - advanced process control for complex dynamic objects are disclosed. The real situation and features of the implementation of industrial automation systems of industrial enterprises are reflected.

New Transformer Changer Static Characteristics Measuring Angle Silences Difference, Sultan Faizullayevich Аmirov, Nurulla Raxmatullayevich Yuldashev

Chemical Technology, Control and Management

Presented the specific features of the new transformer converter, which measures the difference in angular displacement, and examines the nonlinearity levels of static characteristics, sensitivity and static characteristics. Studies have shown that in a new measuring device, where one of the two moving parts consists of a magnetic conductor made in the form of an Archimedean spiral made of ferromagnetic material, the balance of the magnetic bridge changes not only depending on the angle of rotation of it’s shoulder resistances. the current is disturbed by the change in the magnitude of the combined air gap depending on the angle of …

Assessing Users’ Satisfaction With Electronic Resources In University Libraries In Punjab, Pakistan, Muhammad Younus, Mushir Ahmad Dilshad

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of the study was to assess users’ satisfaction with electronic resources available in university libraries in Punjab, Pakistan. The study adopted the quantitative research method to achieve its objectives. The quantitative data were collected through the questionnaire from library users in eight public universities by employing the convenience sampling technique. The findings of the study reveal that the libraries lacked adequate electronic resources. The respondents were satisfied only with the internet resources. They did not seem satisfied with the rest of the resources as they did not give their opinions about them. The findings of the study will …

A Study Of The Awareness And Utilization Of Digitized Resources In Selected University Libraries Of Karnataka, K N Lakshmipathi, Research Scholar, Centre For Research And Evaluation, Senhilkumar R., Research Supervisor, Bharathiar University & Librarian (Sg) & Head (Research), Dept. Of Lis, Kongunadu Arts And Science College (Autonomous)

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Due to information explosion and overload of information, libraries are unable to procure or subscribe to the enormous published information. Libraries are finding it difficult to supply the most deemed reading materials such as reference, rare, career advancement, scholarly publications, government publications, and research related reading materials. Thus, to overcome this existing problem, now the libraries, especially university libraries are starting to digitize the value added reading materials and have made them available through a digital library, gateways, portals, archives, repositories, and consortium electronic platforms. In this context, the present study evaluates the awareness and utilization of digitized resources by …

Online Databases Backbone For Teaching And Research: Case Study Of Rajarambapu Institute Of Technology, Affiliated To Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra (India), Vishwas L. Hase, Mahesh N. Gaikwad, Yuvraj G. Jadhav Assistant Professor , Dept. Of Library And Information Science

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The library facilities and services have changed during the pandemic from both the librarians’ and library users’ points of view. Research and academic communication disseminated via emerging online databases and resulted in creating awareness and utilization of electronic resources remotely. The present study investigates the availability, awareness, and use of online databases subscribed from direct publishers and also accessed from Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India, under the INFEED project by Rajarambapu Institute of Technology (RIT) staff members and students during the lockdown period. A mixed research approach (i.e. quantitative and qualitative) has been applied by using an online questionnaire as a …

Development Of Job Satisfaction Scale For Female Library Professionals: Case Study, Punam Chauhan, Aditya Tripathi, Mohd Shoaib Ansari

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

It has been observed that there are no standard scales for measuring the job satisfaction of female library professionals. A scale would prove to be an excellent tool for developing policies for female library professionals. A questionnaire is prepared, which is further tested for reliability and validity, considered a standard scale. A survey method is used to collect the data for this purpose. The study suggests that job satisfaction variables are not unidirectional in their effect. The job itself can be a source of both satisfaction and dissatisfaction. The scale has good internal consistency. The scale has good internal consistency …

To Live More And Die Less: Challenging Tennessee's Anti-Trans Birth Certificate Policy, Guy E. Tustin Iii

Lincoln Memorial University Law Review Archive

This note analyzes Gore, et al., v. Lee, et al., a case challenging Tennessee's birth control policy which explicitly prohibits trans people born in Tennessee from correcting their gender marker to accurately reflect their gender identity. The note begins with a description of the issues the lawsuit hopes to address and continues with a description of the parties, history of anti-trans birth certificate jurisprudence, an analysis of lawyering strategies, and concludes with First Amendment strategies which may be used to fight state laws requiring trans citizens to complete gender confirming procedures in order to correct their birth certificate gender markers.

An Experimental Test Of The Impact Of Varying Questionnaire Response Format On Prevalence Rates For Sexual Violence Victimization And Perpetration, Raeann E. Anderson, Kelly Cuccolo

Psychology Faculty Publications

Objective: This study examined the impact of a dichotomous versus scaled response format on prevalence rates of sexual violence perpetration and victimization, thus conceptually replicating Hamby et al., 2006 and extending those findings to the context of sexual violence.

Methods: Two samples were recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk and were randomly assigned to either a dichotomous or scaled response format of the same questionnaire. Sample 1 was used to examine perpetration and received a perpetration specific version of the Post-Refusal Sexual Persistence Scale (PRSPS). Sample 2 was used to examine victimization and received a victimization specific version of the PRSPS. …

The Effect Of Parental Thermal Environment On Maternal Investment And Offspring Performance, Bianca Allegra Parodi

The Plymouth Student Scientist

As heat wave phenomena and thermal variance events increase in frequency and intensity, it is important to understand how the effect of exposure to constant elevated temperatures on fitness differs from the one of thermal fluctuations. This study aims to investigate how parental thermal environment affects maternal fitness measured as maternal investment and offspring performance. A wild population of the amphipod Gammarus chevreuxi was exposed to constant (15, 20 and 25 °C) or fluctuating (variable between 15 and 25 °C) thermal regimes and allowed to mate. Immediately after fertilization, mothers carrying eggs were transferred to common garden conditions (15 °C), …

2021-12-24_Michiganoverview_Covidsymptoms, Michigan Department Of Health & Human Services

Michigan COVID-19 Syndromic Surveillance System Data

The Syndromic Surveillance System Data report was obtained from Michigan's COVID-19 dashboard, from under the link "​Coronavirus Symptoms": https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus. Data was compiled by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). The information was updated three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Syndromic Surveillance System data is obtained from approximately 216 facilities participating in syndromic surveillance (139 Emergency Departments (ED), 77 Urgent Care) across the State of Michigan. The reporting is based on individuals who present at EDs and may not be representative of the overall population. The coronavirus-like symptoms query searches visit free-text (chief complaint, …

Regional Topological Aberrances Of White Matter- And Gray Matter-Based Functional Networks For Attention Processing May Foster Traumatic Brain Injury-Related Attention Deficits In Adults, Ziyan Wu, Meng Cao, Xin Di, Kai Wu, Yu Gao, Xiaobo Li

Publications and Research

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is highly prevalent in adults. TBI-related functional brain alterations have been linked with common post-TBI neurobehavioral sequelae, with unknown neural substrates. This study examined the systems-level functional brain alterations in white matter (WM) and gray matter (GM) for visual sustained-attention processing, and their interactions and contributions to post-TBI attention deficits. Task-based functional MRI data were collected from 42 adults with TBI and 43 group-matched normal controls (NCs), and analyzed using the graph theoretic technique. Global and nodal topological properties were calculated and compared between the two groups. Correlation analyses were conducted between the neuroimaging measures that …

Dielectric Relaxation Studies Of Hydrogen Bonded Complexes Of Benzamide And Acetamide With Halogenated Phenols Using X-Band Microwave Frequency, Basha A. Aathif, Khan F. Liakath Ali

ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development

At 308 K, using a 9.37 GHz dielectric relaxation setup, dielectric studies of hydrogen bonded complexes of benzamide and acetamide with 4-fluorophenol, 4-bromophenol, 4-chlorophenol, and 4-iodophenol in benzene were performed. Various dielectric parameters (such as ?', ?'', ?0, ??) were tested. The steric interactions of the proton donor determined the group rotation relaxation time t(2), whereas the significance of the single frequency method of Higasi et al. for multiple relaxation time t(1) was determined by the hydrogen bonding power of the phenolic hydrogen. The presence of a 1:1 complex system between the prepared samples, as well as a charge transfer …

High Expression Of Glycolytic Genes In Clinical Glioblastoma Patients Correlates With Lower Survival, Kimberly M. Stanke, Carrick Wilson, Srivatsan Kidambi

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: Faculty Publications

Glioblastoma (GBM), the most aggressive brain tumor, is associated with a median survival at diagnosis of 16–20 months and limited treatment options. The key hallmark of GBM is altered tumor metabolism and marked increase in the rate of glycolysis. Aerobic glycolysis along with elevated glucose consumption and lactate production supports rapid cell proliferation and GBM growth. In this study, we examined the gene expression profile of metabolic targets in GBM samples from patients with lower grade glioma (LGG) and GBM. We found that gene expression of glycolytic enzymes is up-regulated in GBM samples and significantly associated with an elevated risk …

Spontaneous Visual Perspective-Taking: Level 2 Representations Of Another's Perspective Are Not Related To What They Actually See, Louis Aldrich

The Plymouth Student Scientist

The ability to understand what another person can see is a fundamental feature of human interaction, commonly referred to as ‘visual perspective-taking’ (VPT). Traditionally, this ability has been conceptualised along two ‘levels’, in line with developmental observations (Flavell, Everett, Croft & Flavell, 1981). ‘Level-1 VPT’ is a simple, automatic, and rapid process enabling understanding of what another individual can see. In contrast, ‘Level-2 VPT’ is a more complex process requiring conscious control, which enables understanding of how features of the environment look from another’s location. This has led to a widely accepted hypothesis that Level-1 VPT is necessary in the …

A Study To Assess The Viability Of Novel In-Situ Techniques For Determining Chloroform In Drinking Water In Developing Countries, Jack Baker

The Plymouth Student Scientist

The aim of this study was to research appropriate methods for the in-situ analysis of chloroform and other disinfection by-products (DBPs) in drinking water and then assess the viability of these techniques by comparing them against the established methods. A literature search was undertaken using Web of Science and the various features contained within it to research a series of techniques in three distinct categories. These were βeta-cyclodextrin (βCD) techniques, colourimetry techniques and gas-chromatography (GC) techniques. Of the βCD techniques studied, the 2014 paper by Ncube et al showcased a novel method using an azo dye modified βeta-cyclodextrin epichlorohydrin polymer …

Who Owns These Objects? - Impact Of Social And Personal Conditions On Self-Prioritisation, Sammy Parkin

The Plymouth Student Scientist

A relatively new development concerning literature pertaining to the concept of self-bias has highlighted that humans tend to self-prioritise when completing tasks based on perceptual judgements (the self-prioritisation effect). Since then, further exploration into the role that other tasks can have on this effect have been demonstrated, including the idea that object-ownership tasks show the same effects (Golubickis et al., 2018). As recent focus has been on the association between this effect and the task used, it means that there has been little exploration into the possible role that other variables have on predicting levels of self-prioritisation. Based on this, …

Parameters Controlling Large Landslide Propagation, Taylor Wood

The Plymouth Student Scientist

Landslides are an ever-present natural hazard and understanding factors such as propagation are vital for the management of such events. This natural hazard has increased in frequency in recent history which further highlights the importance of the research. This study aims to determine which parameters contribute to large rock avalanche propagation using an experimental approach within a laboratory environment. The experiment was designed to simulate a granular flow event using equipment formed of an inclined slope and a flat horizontal plane with a confined zone. A range of material flow combinations and two different slope inclinations were used throughout. The …

Using Remote Sensing Techniques To Investigate The Detection Of Sargassum Blooms In The Caribbean And Possible Causes For These Events, Louise Ely

The Plymouth Student Scientist

Sargassum was thought to originate from a single source, the Sargasso Sea in the central west Atlantic. This has been challenged over the past decade after excessive amounts of the macroalgae began washing up on Caribbean coastlines in June 2011, leading the scientific community to investigate causes of this phenomenon. These, now yearly, events are having detrimental environmental and socioeconomic impacts in areas of the Caribbean and central America, providing motivation for uncovering any regime shifts or severe changes in anthropogenic activity. Anthropogenic sources of nitrate from three rivers surrounding the CWA in addition to wind stress and chlorophyll-a levels …

Handedness: Does It Affect Interhemispheric Transfer?, Diyotima Datta

The Plymouth Student Scientist

Left- handed people have different patterns of cerebral dominance to the rest of the population, as explained by Annett’s (1996) right shift theory. Left handers are considered to have bilateral functionality unlike right handers who have left cerebral dominance, which is believed to lead to faster interhemispheric transmission time in left- handers. The current research examined the effect of handedness on interhemispheric transfer time. The study was conducted online using fifty-one left and fifty-one right handers classified by laterality quotients obtained from Oldfield’s (1971) 12 item Edinburgh Handedness Inventory. The crossed uncrossed difference was calculated using mean reaction times yielded …

Variations In Thermal Performance Of Cardiac Function Of Pure And Hybrid Mytilus Spp. As A Factor Influencing Hybrid Zone Dynamics, Isabelle Hann

The Plymouth Student Scientist

Interspecific hybridisation within the Mytilus complex has been well documented. Distribution patterns of Mytilus congeners in mosaic hybrid zones are hypothesised to reflect differences in their thermal tolerances. In this present study, the relative thermal performance of adult Mytilus galloprovincialis, Mytilus edulis and their hybrids, from a sympatric population within the Southwest England mosaic hybrid zone was assessed using cardiac function as a proxy for thermal performance. As indices of cardiac performance, the Arrhenius break temperature (ABT), the maximum heart rate, the slope post-ABT and the flat line temperature were used. Examination of the response of cardiac activity under emersion …