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Voltage-Related Power Quality Issues And Impacts On Distribution Networks With Sensitive Loads - A Review, Godwin Elinazi Mnkeni, Jackson Justo, Aviti Thadei Mushi, Bakari M. M. Mwinyiwiwa

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

Voltage disturbances are the most important power quality (PQ) complications that customers and power utilities face in this smart era. The growing adoption of sophisticated electronic equipment and integration of renewable energy sources (RES) into power grids has increased the susceptibility of power distribution networks (PDNs) to voltage sags, swells, interruptions, flicker, and voltage imbalance. These disturbances, mainly caused by upstream faults, switching operations, and RES integration, compromise voltage PQ and system reliability. Consequently, they accelerate equipment degradation, increase electronic waste (e-waste), raise reactive power demand and maintenance costs, increase power losses, and impose substantial economic losses on customers and …

Effect Of Head Coverings On Directional Microphone Performance In Modern Hearing Aids: A Kemar-Based Laboratory Evaluation, Zahra Fekri, Mariam Mohamad, Ayasakanta Rout

Faculty Scholarship

Background/Objectives: Directional microphones are an established hearing aid technology for improving speech understanding in background noise. Although researchers have examined the influence of hair, spectacles, and earmold venting on directional performance, no systematic work has addressed head coverings, which people wear worldwide for cultural, religious, occupational, and personal reasons. This study determined whether a cotton head covering alters the directivity index (DI) of highest-level receiver-in-canal (RIC) hearing aids. Methods: A Knowles Electronics Manikin for Acoustic Research (KEMAR) was positioned in a double-walled, sound-treated booth, and DI was measured for omnidirectional and fixed directional microphone settings, with and without a two-layer …

Representasi Kritik Terhadap Kerusakan Lingkungan Dalam Lirik Lagu “Alam Bukan Tempat Sampah” Karya Fiersa Besari: Analisis Semiotika Ferdinand De Saussure, Sophie Dwishinta, Talitha Gea Salsabila, Helmi Muzaki, Lutfi Wulandari

Journal of Language, Literature, and Arts

This study examines the representation of environmental criticism in Fiersa Besari’s song “Alam Bukan Tempat Sampah” through Ferdinand de Saussure’s semiotic framework. It employs a descriptive qualitative method, using the complete song lyrics as its data source. Analysis involves reading the text, identifying signifiers, interpreting signifieds, grouping meanings, and developing interpretations within the context of the lyrics as a whole. The findings indicate that environmental criticism is constructed through word choices, semantic contrasts, metaphors, imperatives, and repetition. The lyrics criticize environmental neglect, the pursuit of wealth and power, and complaints or blame unaccompanied by corrective action. The metaphor “our home” …

Morality And Me: An Investigation Of A Moral Framework For College Students, Jillian Lee Meyer '23, Ted Bitner

Student Research

How do college students explain their choices when everyday situations raise moral questions? This study examined the reasoning of 136 U.S. undergraduates across ten dilemmas involving friendships, coursework, employment, and social life. Participants chose a course of action and briefly explained why. Their written explanations were coded using six moral dimensions developed by the Prindle Institute for Ethics: consequences, intentions and motivations, principles and rights, care and relationships, virtues, and fairness. Across dilemmas, students most often emphasized consequences, followed by intentions and motivations. Other dimensions became more prominent in particular contexts: legal questions drew attention to principles and rights, while …

Pilot Evaluation Of A Cross-Disciplinary Training Addressing Substance Use Among Mississippi Mothers, Saijun Zhang, Catherine Poehling, Xiaoshan Gordy, Chinedu P. Chukwu, Jerome R. Kolbo, Masoumeh Karimi, Matthew Morris, Andrew Voluse, Erin Dehon, Michelle Brassfield, Danielle Lahn, Lisa Slade, Deanna Howington, Kathleen Rhodes, Tearsenee Davis, Sonja Fuqua, Lei Zhang

Journal of Public Health in the Deep South

Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) and substance use co-occurring is often managed in siloed systems. Training IPV and related service providers on substance use topics may strengthen screening, response, and referral.

Purpose: To assess whether a pilot training program on substance use disorders (SUDs) in Mississippi improved service providers’ knowledge, preparedness, and attitudes around substance use and satisfaction with the training.

Methods: Pre–post surveys were administered to healthcare and community service providers who completed the training, assessing substance use service-related knowledge, preparedness, and attitudes.  Descriptive statistics and t-tests were used to analyze the data.

Results: Fifty-nine providers completed a …

Which Creed? Whose Interpretation? The Filioque As A Test Case For Theological Method, John C. Peckham

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

This article undertakes a brief assessment of competing methodological commitments relative to the dispute over the filioque clause in the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed. In doing so, this article highlights how the filioque dispute exposes crucial methodological questions about the authority of tradition in relation to the authority of Scripture and the viability of employing creeds as methodologically normative in the doing of theology, especially relative to questions like: Which tradition? Which creed(s)? Which version of the selected creed(s)? Whose interpretation? Which doctrinal commitments? Using the filioque dispute as a test case, this article concludes that the many difficulties faced relative to …

Elisha The Steward: A Literary Examination Of Elisha’S Prophetic Ministry, Lee Hagewood

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

This article examines the characterization of Elisha in Kings by considering the narrative’s presentation of how he attends to the people and tasks entrusted to him; an aspect of his characterization that I refer to as “stewardship.” This literary examination proceeds by examining Elisha’s call, his ministry within the Israelite community, and his ministry as it relates to the geopolitical conditions depicted in the narrative. Evaluating Elisha’s stewardship within the Israelite community involves an investigation of his interactions with both the Shunammite woman and the “sons of the prophets.” A similar evaluation of his geopolitical ministry investigates his response to …

Summer School Breeze: August 7, 1941

UTA Student Newspaper Collection

No abstract provided.

The Ex-Press: Winter 1947-1948

UTA Student Newspaper Collection

No abstract provided.

From Strategic Ambiguity To Operational Alignment: Neuro-Symbolic Ai As A Communication Infrastructure For Translating Business Value, Cedric Roland Berger, Joachim Dehais

Global Advances in Business Communication

Large-scale transformation programs routinely fail, and the explanations typically point to governance, leadership, or technology. This article argues that a deeper cause is often overlooked: the failure to preserve shared meaning as strategy travels through the organization. Concepts like "value", "innovation", "transformation" or "business impact" anchor executive discourse but remain under-specified where execution happens. Drawing on the distinction between meaning as formal reference and meaning as contextual use (Wittgenstein, 1953), and building on sense-making and communication-as-constitutive-of-organization research, we frame strategic misalignment as a breakdown in how meaning is translated across organizational levels. We call the cumulative effect a semantic drift …

The University Standard: March 22, 1993

The University Standard Newspaper Collection

Volume 2, Number 11 of the University Standard published on March 22, 1993.

The University Standard: March 8, 1993

The University Standard Newspaper Collection

Volume 2, Number 10 of the University Standard published on March 8, 1993.

The University Standard: November 9, 1992

The University Standard Newspaper Collection

Volume 2, Number 6 of the University Standard published on November 9, 1992.

The University Standard: January 25, 1993

The University Standard Newspaper Collection

Volume 2, Number 7 of the University Standard published on January 25, 1993.

The University Standard: October 12, 1992

The University Standard Newspaper Collection

Volume 2, Number 14 of the University Standard published on October 12, 1992.

The University Standard: October 26, 1992

The University Standard Newspaper Collection

Volume 2, Number 5 of the University Standard published on October 26, 1992.

The University Standard: September 28, 1992

The University Standard Newspaper Collection

Volume 1, Number 3 of the University Standard published on September 28, 1992.

The University Standard: September 14, 1992

The University Standard Newspaper Collection

Volume 2, Number 2 of the University Standard published on September 14, 1992.

The University Standard: August 31, 1992

The University Standard Newspaper Collection

Volume 2, Number 1 of the University Standard published on August 31, 1992

The University Standard: April 20, 1992

The University Standard Newspaper Collection

Volume 1, Number 14 of the University Standard published on April 20, 1992.

The University Standard: March 23, 1992

The University Standard Newspaper Collection

Volume 1, Number 12 of the University Standard published on March 23, 1992.

The University Standard: April 6, 1992

The University Standard Newspaper Collection

Volume 1, Number 13 of the University Standard published on April 6, 1992

The University Standard: March 2, 1992

The University Standard Newspaper Collection

Volume 1, Number 11 of the University Standard published on March 2, 1992.

The University Standard: February 17, 1992

The University Standard Newspaper Collection

Volume 1, Number 10 of the University Standard published on February 17, 1992.

The University Standard: December 16, 1991

The University Standard Newspaper Collection

Volume 1, Number 7 of The University Standard published on December 16, 1991.

The University Standard: December 2, 1991

The University Standard Newspaper Collection

Volume 1, Number 6 of The University Standard published on December 2, 1991.

The University Standard: November 18, 1991

The University Standard Newspaper Collection

Volume 1, Number 5 of The University Standard published on November 18, 1991.

The University Standard: November 4, 1991

The University Standard Newspaper Collection

Volume 1, Number 4 of The University Standard published on November 4, 1991.

The University Standard: October 21, 1991

The University Standard Newspaper Collection

Volume 1, Number 3 of The University Standard published on October 21, 1991.

The University Standard: October 7, 1991

The University Standard Newspaper Collection

Volume 1, Number 2 of The University Stardard published on October 7, 1991.