Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Clusterisation Processes in the Hungarian Automotive Industry

The author of this paper is going to follow clusterisation processes in the field of Hungarian automotive industry having traditional fundaments in Northwest-Hungary, whose development has been accelarated by the emergence of foreign direct investments and the specialisation of automotive services from the early 90’s. After a short review of international literature (clusterisation and cluster development policy) and the automotive sector with its supporting and linking industries as a cluster, the paper investigates the major features of the spatial concentration of the sector in Hungary, the progress of supplier relations, the role of innovation, research-development and training in the automotive sector and the factors fostering clusterisation process. For the exploration of the competitive advantage of automotive sector Porter’s diamond model is used. Finally the study deals with the first Hungarian cluster initiative called PANAC, which focuses as a cluster development tool on the increase of the competitiveness of the Hungarian automotive sector. The author diagnoses that in Hungary we can’t speak about a well developed automotive cluster yet, however the critical mass of the sector and its supporting industry, the tradition in mechanical engineering and the existing university capacities and competences make it a potential automotive cluster, in which well focused development policy can obtain significant results in the mid-term.
Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems II

Cooperating Organizations AAS—American Astronomical Society (USA) • ASJ—Astronomical Society of Japan (Japan) AURA—Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (USA) • Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation (USA) • CNRS—Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France) • EAS—European Astronomical Society (Switzerland) • ESO—European Southern Observatory (Germany) • IAU—International Astronomical Union (France) • INSU—Institut National des Sciences de l’Univers (France) • LAM—Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille (France) • MPE—Max-Planck-Institut fur extraterrestrische Physik (Germany) NAOJ—National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Japan) • NASA—NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (USA) • Northrop Grumman Corporation (USA) • OAMP—Observatoire Astronomique de Marseille Provence (France) • OPTICON—Optical Infrared Coordination Network (United Kingdom) • RadioNet—Advanced Radio Astronomy in Europe (United Kingdom) • Royal Astronomical Society (United Kingdom) • Science & Technology Facilities Council (United Kingdom) • SFO—Societe Francaise d’Optique (France) Competitiveness Cluster: POPsud-Pole Optique & Photonique (France) • Optitec Sud (France)
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Antibiotic Use among Medical Students

Background and Objectives: Bacterial resistance has reached an alarming proportion in developing countries because of various reasons like indiscriminate use of antibiotics and its availability as over the counter (OTC) drugs. This study is to get an overview of students understanding of antibiotics and to compare the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) on antibiotic use among undergraduate medical students. Material and methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted among undergraduate medical students of Janaki Medical College. A structured and customized self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data on socio-demographic and knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) regarding antibiotic use of medical students. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Out of 183 undergraduate medical students from first, second and third year of Janaki medical College, 115 (62.8%) were male and 68 (37.2%) were female. Among medical students, mean rank of knowledge on antibiotic use among first year (mean rank = 89.36) and second year (mean rank = 87.50) was lower compared to third year (mean rank = 97.78). The mean rank for attitude among first year (mean rank = 87.75) and second year (mean rank = 94.38) was lower compared to third year (mean rank = 94.56). Likewise, practice of antibiotic use was low among first year (mean rank = 61.27) and second year (mean rank = 105.91) compared to third year students (mean rank = 115.19). There is significant difference of mean rank for the practice (p<0.0001) but not for knowledge and attitude on antibiotic use among the students studying in different years. Conclusion: This study showed varying level of knowledge, attitude and practice on antibiotics use among undergraduate medical students of first, second and third year, suggesting that continuous educational intervention on rational use of antibiotic should be made mandatory in the all the academic years of undergraduate medical curriculum, for promoting judicious use of antibiotics, minimizing self-medication and impacts of antibiotic resistance, and for rational antibiotics prescription by future doctors.
Active aerodynamic load control on wind turbines: Aeroservoelastic modeling and wind tunnel

This thesis investigates particular concepts and technologies that can alleviate fatigue loads on wind turbines by using distributed active aerodynamic devices on the blades, a concept briefly referred to as `smart blades'. Firstly, published research work on smart control devices is reviewed, and the pros and cons for the application on wind turbines is discussed. Then an introduction to the quantification of unsteady loads on the blades of a representative 5MW reference wind turbine is given. Based on this, certain requirements for the load control concepts to alleviate the fatigue loads are presented. Moreover, an overview of possible smart rotor concepts with a view towards application to wind turbines is provided. The choice is made for active load control by trailing edge flaps. The theoretical background for the unsteady aerodynamics modeling of airfoils with trailing edge flaps, is included, focusing on wind turbine blades. Moreover, results of 2D aerodynamic load control with aps are shown. Experimental wind tunnel work on a aeroelastically scaled non-rotating blade, where feedback control using piezoelectric-material based flexible flaps is also performed. A developed full wind turbine aeroservoelastic code is presented, capable of simulating rotors with span-wise distributed trailing edge flaps and various sensor and control capabilities. Furthermore, novel wind tunnel experimental work on a scaled rotor equipped with flexible flaps is shown, providing measured load alleviation results. Numerical predictions, correlated with the scaled rotor experiment, using the developed aeroservoelastic tool are shown, giving a reasonable correspondence. Various numerical predictions with the use of the aeroservoelastic model for the case of a representative 5MW wind turbine are presented. Aeroelastic behaviour of smart wind turbine rotors and design of various complexity controllers for active flaps are analysed. The fatigue load can be lowered up to 27%. Conclusions from this research work are finally drawn, with a view towards future work in the field.
Improvement of vehicle lateral dynamics by active front steering control

In this work, the active front steering control is studied using linear three degrees of freedom handling model incorporating the driver's operation model and vehicle suspension derivatives. The active steering control strategy is based on the optimal control theory. In this design, the active front steering angle is determined based on minimizing all model state variables and full state feedback gains. The results are generated when the model is excited by random wind excitation, which was modeled as quasi-static approach with statistical properties taken from previous work, and presented in frequency domain as power spectral density as well as root mean square values in tables. Significant improvements are achieved for the vehicle handling characteristics using active front steering control in comparison with active four wheel steering and conventional two wheel steering.
The Social Media Bible: Tactics, Tools, and Strategies for Business Success

The bestselling bible for social media is now completely revised and updated! The Social Media Bible, Second Edition (www.TSMB2.com) is the most comprehensive resource that transforms the way corporate, small business, and non-profit companies use social media to reach their desired audiences with power messages and efficiency. In this Second Edition, each of the three parts - Tactics, Tools, and Strategies - have been updated to reflect the most current social media trends. Covers all major new software applications, including features and benefits, in detail Lists more than 120 companies integral to the social media industry with updated data, products, services, and links Includes advanced topics like measuring social media return on investment (ROI) and how to develop and implement the Five Steps to Social Media Success strategy plan Includes dozens of social media ROI case studies Author is a widely acknowledged social media authority with numerous media appearances and speaking engagements The Social Media Bible, Second Edition gives you a fully up-to-date toolbox to revamp your marketing strategy and create new opportunities for growth.
Optimal flexible alternative current transmission system device allocation under system fluctuations due to demand and renewable generation

This study proposes two methods for the optimal placement of flexible alternative current transmission system (FACTS) devices considering variations in demand and renewable generation output. The basic optimisation technique utilised is the differential evolution algorithm and the objective is to minimise the cost of generation. The static performance of the FACTS device is considered here. Simulation shows that with renewable generation present in the network, the system state at peak demand is not always the most suitable state to use for the determination of the optimal FACTS allocation. From this, techniques based on the Monte Carlo simulation are proposed to determine the location for which the operation of FACTS device gives highest benefit in terms of saving cost of conventional generation. These techniques collectively are called renewable uncertainty-based optimal FACTS allocation techniques. This study shows the effectiveness of the techniques in the determination of the optimal FACTS placement for networks with a high penetration of renewable generation.
Design guide for Category III reactors: pool type reactors. [US DOE]

The Department of Energy (DOE) in the ERDA Manual requires that all DOE-owned reactors be sited, designed, constructed, modified, operated, maintained, and decommissioned in a manner that gives adequate consideration to health and safety factors. Specific guidance pertinent to the safety of DOE-owned reactors is found in Chapter 0540 of the ERDA Manual. The purpose of this Design Guide is to provide additional guidance to aid the DOE facility contractor in meeting the requirement that the siting, design, construction, modification, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning of DOE-owned reactors be in accordance with generally uniform standards, guides, and codes which are comparable to those applied to similar reactors licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). This Design Guide deals principally with the design and functional requirement of Category III reactor structures, components, and systems.
Program restructuring as an aid to software maintenance

Maintenance tends to degrade the structure of software, ultimately making maintenance more costly. At times, then, it is worthwhile to manipulate the structure of a system to make changes easier. However, it is shown that manual restructuring is an error-prone and expensive activity. By separating structural manipulations from other maintenance activities, the semantics of a system can be held constant by a tool, assuring that no errors are introduced by restructuring. To allow the maintenance team to focus on the aspects of restructuring and maintenance requiring human judgment, a transformation-based tool can be provided--based on a model that exploits preserving data flow-dependence and control flow-dependence--to automate the repetitive, error-prone, and computationally demanding aspects of restructuring. A set of automatable transformations is introduced; their impact on structure is described, and their usefulness is demonstrated in examples. A model to aid building meaning-preserving restructuring transformations is described, and its realization in a functioning prototype tool for restructuring Scheme programs is discussed.
Life After Cutbacks: Tracking California's Aerospace Workers

Abstract : This study looked at aerospace workers in California between 1989 and 1994 to gauge whether they suffered disproportionate hardships during the defense budget downturns of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The end of the Cold War has brought profound changes to the U.S. military and to sectors of the civilian economy that have been linked closely to the armed services. The new political and economic environment of the 1990s is defined by leaner Pentagon budgets, fewer uniformed personnel, and growing closure lists of bases, shipyards, and other facilities. The aerospace industry has been at the vortex of these contractions. As the Pentagon has become smaller over the past eight or nine years, its need for sophisticated aerospace products has dropped. And for some companies heavily dependent on defense business, minor changes in the Pentagon's budget outlays translate into major dislocations on the factory floor. Nationwide, the aerospace industry's job base has shrunk by 30 percent over the past eight years. Nowhere have those changes been more apparent than in California and the Los Angeles basin. The state in 1987 was home to one in four U.S. aerospace jobs. In Los Angeles County alone, aerospace jobs accounted for 10 percent of the national total. Since then, the aerospace industry in California has become a shadow of its former self. The state's aerospace employment rolls are down 33 percent compared with 1987, while in Los Angeles County the industry's job base is only 50 percent of its size eight years ago. The federal government responded to this industry downturn by setting up programs to assist displaced aerospace workers. While different in scope and focus, these programs all were based on a common assumption that aerospace workers had suffered unique hardships that were directly linked to their industry's defense dependence.
Intelligence Essentials for Everyone

Abstract : This intelligence primer reflects the author's examination of dozens of unclassified government documents on the practice of intelligence over a period of nearly seven years. For the national security intelligence community, it presents a concise distillation and classification of the national intelligence functions. To the private sector, it offers an unprecedented translation into lay terms of national intelligence principles and their application within and potentially outside of government. Whereas "intelligences sharing" has traditionally been a government-to-government transaction, the environment is now receptive to government-private sector interaction.
Community-Based Medical Education from Gezira Medical Students’ Perspective

Community-based education (CBE) is the means of achieving educational relevance to community needs. The Integrated Field Training, Research and Rural Development Program (IFTRRD) is a course designed to achieve CBE in Faculty of Medicine, University of Gezira since its establishment in 1978. We aimed to study CBE from Gezira medical students’ perspective regarding the IFTRRD course. In this cross-sectional study, 244 medical students at University of Gezira were enrolled during 2016-2017. Most of the participants agreed that their team work and leadership skills had improved (82% and 78.3% respectively). Moreover, 96% of the students agreed that rural stay helped them be engaged with the community. About 91% identified health and health-related problems in the village and 50% of them performed interventions. About 45.9% achieved 75% of the social accountability philosophy. The students gained communication, teamwork and leadership skills. Moreover, they achieved the philosophy of the university in social accountability. They also identified community problems and performed appropriate interventions. Keywords: COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY ORIENTATION; STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVE; SUDAN
An Investigation of Purchase Intention of Using Mobile Apps for Online Traveling and Booking Service

— This study is to analyse EWOM, perceived ease of use, information quality, and perceived risk and trust how to influence purchase intention for Hong Kong customers. Quantitative research is used in this study. Primary data and secondary data are also collected for the research. Final survey data were collected through face-to face interview and online from 123 participants. Performing SPSS, the results showed that EWOM, information quality and perceived risk has significant relationship to purchase intention. Whereas, perceived ease of use and trust has not support in this study. The results provide advises for online travel agents to enhance performance attract travelers use mobile apps for purchase travel service. The number of academic journals about Hong Kong tourism and hospitality industry and the online travel services is limited and the further research recommended adopting the contents of the industry for test the customers.
Influence of k-casein genotype on heat stability and cheese making properties of milk powder

In this study the effect of k-casein gene polymorphism on the technological characteristics of milk powder obtained by spray (AA1:BB1) and freeze drying (AA2:BB2) was investigated. Standardized and generally accepted methods were used in the field of physical and chemical control of dairy products, as well as methods for assessing the heat stability and cheese making properties of milk. The most heat-resistant were the samples with a predominance of milk obtained from cows with the AA CSN3 genotype, in the pH range from 6.4 to 7.0 (36-91 minutes for AA1:BB1 and 37-101 minutes for AA2:BB2). In systems with a fraction of 25 % to 100 % of milk from cows with the AA CSN3 genotype obtained by freeze drying, higher (by 3-10 %) stabilization qualities of protein were revealed when heated in the pH range from 6.4 to 7.0 compared to spray drying. The analysis of the results regarding the cheese making properties showed that with an increase in the proportion of milk from cows with the BB CSN3 genotype from 0 % to 100 % in model systems, the rennet coagulation time decreases for all samples, regardless of the drying method. It was also found that when using freeze drying, coagulum of all samples were assigned to the highest class of milk quality in terms of cheese making properties, while during spray drying only the samples consisting of min. 75 % or completely of milk obtained from cows with genotype BB CSN3 corresponded to this category.
Aerodynamic, structural and aero-elasticity modelling of large composite wind turbine blades

Large wind turbine blades, manufactured from fibre reinforced laminated composite materials, are key structural components of wind turbine systems. The demands for efficient and accurate modelling techniques of these composite blades have significantly increased. Over past decades, although complex computational models have been widely developed, more analytically based models are still very much desired to drive the design and optimization of these composite blades forward to be lighter, stronger, efficient and durable. The research work in this thesis aims to develop such more analytically based aerodynamic, structural and aero-elasticity models for large wind turbine blades manufactured from fibre reinforced laminated composite materials. Firstly, an improved blade element momentum (BEM) model has been developed by collectively integrating the individual corrections with the classic BEM model. Compared to other existing models, present BEM model accounts for blade tip and root losses more accurately. For laminar flow, the 3-D cross-flow is negligibly small. In this case, present BEM model with statically measured 2-D aerodynamic coefficients agrees closely to experimental measurements. However, stall delay correction is required for a 3-D rotating blade in stall. A new stall delay model is developed based on Snel s stall delay model. Verifications are performed and discussed for the extensively studied NREL UAE phase-VI test. The predictions of distributive and collective factors, e.g. normalised force coefficients, shaft torque and etc. have been compared to experimental measurements. The present BEM model and stall delay model are original and more accurate than existing models. Secondly, significant deficiency is discovered in the analytical thin-walled closed-section composite beam (TWCSCB) model proposed by Librescu and Vo, which is widely used by others for structural modelling of wind turbine blades. To correct such deficiency, an improved TWCSCB model is developed in a novel manner that is applicable to both single-cell and multi-cell closed sections made of arbitrary composite laminates. The present TWCSCB model has been validated for a variety of geometries and arbitrary laminate layups. The numerical verifications are also performed on a realistic wind turbine blade (NPS-100) for structural analysis. Consistently accurate correlations are found between present TWCSCB model and the ABAQUS finite element (FE) shell model. Finally, the static aero-elasticity model is developed by combining the developed BEM model and TWCSCB model. The interactions are accounted through an iterative process. The numerical applications are carried out on NPS-100 wind turbine. The numerical results show some significant corrections by modelling wind turbine blades with elastic coupling.
Piece-wise linear dynamic analysis of serpentine belt drives with a one-way clutch

A prototypical three-pulley serpentine belt drive with belt bending stiffness is extended to include a one-way clutch in order to understand the non-linear dynamics of the system with the one-way clutch performance. The clutch is modelled based on the relative velocity of the driven pulley and its accessory. The clutch locks (engages) the pulley and accessory for zero relative velocity and produces a positive inner clutch torque. Zero clutch torque initiates clutch disengagement, allowing unequal velocities of the two components. This model leads to a piece-wise linear system. The transition matrix is used to evaluate the system response in discrete time series for the two linear configurations, saving significant computational time. The system dynamics including response and dynamic tension drop are examined for varying excitation frequencies, inertia ratio of the pulley and accessory, and external load. The investigation of vibration reduction because of the single-direction power transmission of the clutch provides design guidelines in practice.