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Planning Health-Promoting Development: Creation and Assessment of an Evidence-Based Index in the Region of Peel, Canada

There is mounting evidence of relationships between the built environment, health behaviours, and chronic disease. Collaborative intervention efforts aimed at improving sustainability and environmental planning are underway in many jurisdictions, but relatively few have focused on the rationale and evidence for health-promoting development. Given current rates of chronic diseases, such as diabetes, a collaborative effort between planning departments, public health professionals, and researchers was undertaken to create an evidence-based healthy development index aimed at encouraging health-promoting development in the municipality of the Region of Peel, ON, Canada. In this paper we present the review process used to establish prerequisite elements and measures in the index, and the spatial analytical methodology developed to assess these measures within existing neighbourhoods in our setting. The assessment process and results offer important insight into barriers in existing design standards, official plan policies, zoning by-laws, and technical requirements that limit health-promoting development and have hindered implementation of the index as a tool for planning policy. Our discussion highlights challenges that those seeking to undertake similar interventions in other rapidly developing suburban jurisdictions may encounter. Despite barriers to implementation of the index in the form originally intended, a variety of positive policy contributions have been made in municipal and provincial jurisdictions as a result of this work. Further study is needed to identify and address detailed barriers to policy implementation, and to document the longitudinal health impacts associated with this built environment intervention
Effect of the TEM Mode on the Kicker Impedance

The kickers are major contributors to the CERN SPS beam coupling impedance. As such, they may represent a limitation to increasing the SPS bunch current in the frame of a luminosity upgrade of the LHC. The C-Magnet supports a transverse electromagnetic (TEM) mode due to the presence of two conductors. Due to the finite length of the structure this TEM mode affects the impedance below a certain frequency (when the penetration depth in the ferrite becomes comparable to the magnetic circuit length). A theoretical model was developed to take into account also the impedance contribution due to the TEM mode. The model is found to be in good agreement with CST 3D electromagnetic (EM) simulations. It allows for generic terminations in the longitudinal direction. An example of kicker is analyzed taking into account also the external cables.
Low-Dose Aspirin

What is low dose aspirin? Aspirin is also known as acetylsalicylic acid (pronounced uh-seet-l-sal-uh-sil-ik). It is a common prescription and over-the-counter medication that is similar to non-steroidal inflammatory (NSAIDs) like ibuprofen (Motrin®) and naproxen (Aleve®). Aspirin reduces inflammation, fever and pain. Aspirin can prevent the formation of blood clots which can make it useful in treating or preventing some conditions like heart attacks and strokes. The dosage for aspirin can range from 50 to 6000 milligrams (mg) per day depending on the condition being treated. Aspirin can also be used in combination with other medications. Low dose aspirin ranges from 60 to 150 mg daily but the usual dose taken during pregnancy is 81 mg daily. Regular strength aspirin is NOT a preferred pain reliever during pregnancy.
Exergy Analysis of Thermal, Chemical, and Metallurgical Processes

In addition to the exergy analysis of thermal processes, e.g. heat engines and commercial power stations, for which the methods described have been long established, the book considers the chemical and metallurgical process industries. Charts and tables are provided for the determination of the exergy of many typical substances. Examples are drawn from the fields of thermal, chemical and metallurgical engineering and the exergetic efficiency of typical processes is calculated. The book also discusses the application of the exergy concept to the problem of the economical optimization of complex plants and the implications to the environment of pollution due to external exergy losses. An Instructor's Manual is available which contains outline solutions to the problems listed at the end of each chapter.
Stability of Elastomeric and Lead-Rubber Seismic Isolation Bearings

Elastomeric and lead-rubber bearings are two commonly used types of seismic isolation devices. During seismic events, some of the bearings in an isolation system will be subjected to large axial compressive loads, caused by gravity plus overturning forces, accompanied by simultaneous large lateral displacements. However, the critical load capacity of elastomeric bearings has been shown to reduce with increasing lateral displacement. The design of isolation systems composed of these types of bearings therefore requires that stability at the maximum displacement be demonstrated. The current procedure to assess the stability uses a ratio of areas, referred to as the overlapping area method, to determine the critical load capacity at a given lateral displacement that must be greater than a combination of axial forces imposed on the bearing. Although the overlapping area method provides a simple means of calculating the critical load at a given lateral displacement, it lacks a rigorous theoretical basis and ha.
Cross-Cultural Barriers to Effective Communication in Aviation

Communication is essential to safe flight, as evidenced by several accidents in which crew communicates was found to have contributed to the accidents. This chapter documents the essential role of explicit efficient communication to flight safety with a global context. It addresses communication between flight crews and air traffic controllers in regions a the world where pilots and controllers speak different native languages, as well as cases in which crew members within the flight deck represent different native languages and cultures. It also addresses problems associated with "exporting" crew resource management training programs to parts of the world which values and norms differ from those of the United States, where these programs were initially developed. This chapter is organized around several central questions: (1) What are various kinds of communication failures and what are their consequences; (2) What are the causes of communication failure; (3) What are features of effective crew communication; (4) What can be done to enhance communication success? To explore a wider range of communication failures than available from accident reports, we examined a set of incident reports from the Aviation Safety Reporting System. These could be classified into three major categories: those in which language actually interfered with transmission of a message; those in which transmission was adequate but the context was not expressed unambiguously and thus the message received was not the same as the message intended; and those in which the message was received as intended, but was not adequately understood or acted upon, mainly because of cultural factors. The consequences of failed communication can be flight errors (such as when a clearance is not received correctly), loss of situation awareness, or failure of crew members (or ATC and pilots) to build a shared understanding of a situation. Causes of misunderstanding can be traced to a number of sources, often grounded in faulty assumptions held by one or both parties to a conversation. Speakers and listeners often experience "illusionary understanding" in which they think they understand each other, but in fact do not. While this problem can exist within a single culture, it is much more serious across cultures. Training in effective explicit communication is a component of Crew Resource Management training programs developed in the U.S. These programs are being adopted by airlines around the world, with varying degrees of success. The level of success in part depends on how similar the conversational and social styles of those cultures are to those of the U.S. A factor that influences conversational style is a culture's relative positioned on two major dimensions that distinguish national cultural groups: individualism vs. collectivism and degree of power distance. The chapter concludes with a discussion of techniques for overcoming the various classes of communication failures and for effectively adapting training programs to fit the values and norms of cultures around the globe.
Comparing Demanded Work Values, and the Relationship between Work Values Congruence and Organizational Commitment between the Gen-X and Gen-Y Employees in Klang Valley, Malaysia

The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between work values congruence and organizational commitment as well as to determine the comparison between demanded work values between generation X (Gen-X) and generation Y (Gen-Y) cohort generation staff in the field of Accounting and Finance in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. This is because information regarding workplace diversity is very important to create a better workplace environment in stimulating organizational effectiveness specially to cater on different age among employees. Therefore, this research used a quantitative, survey and purposive sampling involving established instruments; these include Work Value Inventory (WVI), Work Value Congruence Scale (VCS), and the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ). The results of Pearson correlation analysis among 169 respondents showed that there was a significant relationship between the work value congruence and organizational commitment (r = 0.617, k 0.01). In addition, a t-test analysis indicated only six dimensions of demanded work values were significantly different between Gen-Y and Gen-X including management, prestige, nature of supervisor, lifestyle, economic returns, and variety of task. From these, Gen-X had higher mean score in management, prestige, nature of supervisor and lifestyle; meanwhile, Gen Y had higher mean score in economic returns and variety of tasks. This research implies that there is a significant difference between Gen-X and Gen-Y in terms of demanded job values; in which, the congruence work values was significantly correlated with organizational commitment. Therefore, employers need to be more careful and vigilant in managing the job behaviour of Gen-X and Gen-Y employees to ensure that both generations can work as a team and sustain a high level of work performance. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN ACCOUNTING, FINANCE AND
Removal of Arsenic (V) From Water by Adsorption on Aluminum and Ferric Hydroxides

Small water supply with arsenic removal Bibliography l. Blackwell, R. Q. Nutritional and Environmental Conditions in the Endemic Blackfoot Area. Form. Sci. (Aug. 1961). 2. Clark, B. M. Arsenical Poisoning of Humans Resulting from Cattle-Dipping Tanks. S. Afr. Med. Jour. , 20:518 (1946). 3. Kao, T. M. Studies on the So-Called Endemic Blackfoot Disease in Taiwan. Jour. Form. Med. Assn., 57 (1957). 4. Report of Experiments of Drinking Water Sanitation, Taiwan Inst. of Environmental Sanitation (Jun. 1966). 5. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. APHA, AWWA & WPCF, Washington, D.C. (12 ed. 1965).
A process engineering approach to the ALSTOM gasifier problem

Abstract The approach made here to designing a coal gasifier control system has its roots in process engineering. The favoured solution is largely based around conventional single-input single-output loops which control gas calorific value with air flow, gas pressure with steam flow, gas temperature with char flow, and bed mass with coal flow. Evolution towards this solution is discussed in relation to three intermediate schemes (in some cases involving non-linear control elements) that were found viable but less effective in terms of the defined performance criteria. The favoured solution fully meets the required performance in both the 100 and the 50 per cent load cases but at 0 per cent load, while responses are all stable, there are constraint violations which are transient following the pressure step disturbance but sustained for the sinusoidal disturbance. An important operational issue to be addressed in relation to the proposed scheme is the management of automatic-manual transfers for some loops to avoid possible system instability. During the study a number of issues, including equipment design and measurement precision, were identified as important. Their influence on controllability of the gasifier, and on the robustness of the proposed control scheme, is discussed.
Modelos numéricos de vigas mistas de aço e concreto pertencentes a sistemas de pisos mistos de pequena altura em situação de incêndio

Slim floor frames consists on structural system in which the steel beam is completely or partially inserted in a concrete slab, that is usually used in profiled steel decks systems. The main goal of the slim floor systems is to obtain a minimum height of the composite beam section and, consequently, achieve a higher height of the floor or a lower total height of the building. The partial encasement of the steel beam in the concrete slab provides a thermal protection, improving the behavior of the beam when subjected to fire. In order to evaluate the thermal and structural behavior of the slim floor system, numerical models considering partially encased beams, which can be found in the slim floor structures, were created. In view of the DIANA functions, several models were developed in order to achieve a better approximation, a low computational cost, of some tests results presented in wide world literature. ROCHA, F. M. ; MUNAIAR NETO, J. Modelos numericos de vigas mistas de aco e concreto pertencentes a sistemas de pisos mistos de pequena altura em situacao de incendio. Cadernos de Engenharia de Estruturas , v. 14, n. 63, p. 17-32, 2012. ISSN: 1809-5860.
Determinants of CEO compensation in the FTSE100 constituent firms

: The main objective of this paper is to examine the determinants of CEO compensation in the UK public listed companies. Our analysis, based on the sample drawn from the FTSE100 constituent firms, suggest that firm financial performance measured by return of assets (ROA), influence CEO compensation with the impact being most pronounced for the CEO total compensation. Results further suggest that corporate governance characteristics such as board size and CEO role duality have direct implications for CEO compensation. These attributes, however, differentially determine the various components of CEO compensation. Although the results of this research help to elucidate the importance of corporate outcomes, board attributes and CEO traits in explaining the determinants of CEO compensation in the UK public listed companies, these findings have important economic implications for the corporate sector, regulators, investors, market analysts, academics and the public, which extend beyond the UK market.
A systematic review on the impacts of capacity strengthening of agricultural research systems for development and the conditions of success.

This report reviews the evidence of impact of capacity strengthening on agricultural research for development (AR4D) in developing countries. A peer-reviewed protocol for the systematic review was followed to collect and analyse the publications (e.g. journal papers, project reports, evaluations) that provided evidence on impact of capacity strengthening interventions for AR4D. All publications reported positive results for the immediate outputs and outcomes: researchers received training and gained new skills and knowledge, new management tools and approaches were introduced, and organisations and other actors in research and innovation systems improved their collaboration. Evidence on the impact on AR4D is less consistent. The impact pathway was easier to trace in the case of strengthening biotechnological research where new crop varieties or husbandry practices led to higher animal and crop productivity. The impact pathway of capacity strengthening of research organisations or systems is typically nonlinear, explaining why most evaluation studies only reported on outputs or outcomes and not on impact, because of the difficulty of determining causality and attribution. The conclusions of most evaluations, however, suggest that capacity strengthening is most successful in improving research capacity when it is long-term and comprehensive, targeting multiple levels (individual researchers, research organisations and NARS). If capacity strengthening is implemented in an appropriate manner, and the researchers and organisations are able to effectively utilise the built capacity, considerable economic or social impact can be achieved, as some studies show.
Novel High Pressure Multi-Component Diffusion Cell

A novel high pressure multi-component diffusion cell (HPMCDC) apparatus has been designed and built to measure single and binary gas diffusion, including co-current and counter-diffusion, from low to high pressures. The apparatus incorporates capability to investigate scale effects in solid coal specimens, up to 25 mm in diameter and 25 mm in thickness. Future experiments will be conducted to measure diffusion and counter-diffusion of CH4 and CO2 gases in solid coal, at various temperatures, pressures and for three distinct ranks of coal. The experiments will also address the frequent and controversial literature conclusions that the apparent-diffusion of CH4, inconsistent with gas diffusion theory.
Development and Measurement Validity of a Task-Technology Fit Instrument for User Evaluations of Inf

Although many researchers have raised concerns about the lack of theoretical underpinnings for the user evaluation construct and the lack of measurement validity for specific instruments measuring it, the construct is still widely used in IS research. This paper reports on the development and measurement validity of a diagnostic tool used in recently published research to evaluate an organization's overall information systems and services. A distinctive feature of this instrument is that it is conceptually based on the task-technology fit theory in which the correspondence between information systems functionality and task requirements leads to positive user evaluations, and positive performance impacts. Specifically, the instrument development was guided by a task model of managerial decision making using recorded organizational information. This model suggested the different information systems functionalities required by users for that task, which then serve as the basis for a “task-technology fit” (TTF) instrument. The instrument thus measures the degree to which an organization's information systems and services meet the information needs of its managers. An extensive test of the measurement validity of the instrument is conducted using a sample of 357 users in 10 companies. It is found to have excellent reliability and discriminant validity for 12 dimensions of TTF, and also exhibits strong predictive validity. Finally, the instrument is compared to two other well-known user evaluation instruments. Though no single instrument can meet all needs, the instrument presented here should be considered an attractive option for researchers and practitioners seeking to measure the effectiveness of organizational information systems.
Comparative leaf anatomy of three food plants that are used medically; Mespilus germanica L., Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill. subsp. orientalis and Cydonia oblonga Mill. (Rosaceae)

Anatomy of leaf cross sections were carried out on the three food plants that are used medically in the family Rosaceae; Mespilus germanica L. (Musmula), Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill. (Elma) and Cydonia oblonga Mill. (Ayva) Anatomical features of the leaves were good taxonomic markers, especially concerning their palisade cells, cuticle, vascular bundles, crystals, stomatal index, and stomata structure. The bifacial blade has a heterogeneous and hipostomatic mesophyll and possesses a fascicular vascular system. Non-glandular trichomes are present in the lower epidermis. Paradermal sections of the lower epidermis disclose epidermal cells with undulate walls and anomocytic stomata type for C. oblonga and M.sylvestris, but actinocytic stomata type for M. germanica. It was calculated that the stomatal index ranges 16.08 μm-22.54 μm. This is the first study of leaf anatomy on the species.
A new L/sub eff/ extraction approach for devices with pocket implants

In this paper, we propose a new approach to extract the effective channel length of MOSFETs by a C-V method. Gate-to-substrate capacitance is measured and the effective channel length can be extracted from two devices with different gate lengths. It has been verified by both simulation and experimental data. The extracted L/sub eff/ value is very close to the real metallurgical channel length, even for devices scaled down to the 0.1 /spl mu/m regime. In addition, compared to the shift-and-ratio (S&R) method, which fails to extract an accurate L/sub eff/ of devices with pocket implants, we prove that our approach still works well for the devices with pocket implants even down to 0.1 /spl mu/m regime.
MENUMBUHKAN KINERJA MLM MELALUI PROMOSI PENJUALAN DAN ORIENTASI SMART-WORKING

In the Multi Level Marketing Firm the basic strategy to find success are try to build the profesional distributor, smart, hardworking. These policy must be priority for higher sales omzet. The aim of this research to analyze Sales Promotion and Smart-working Orientation influence to Sales Performance in MLM Executive Diamond Director PT. Harmoni Dinamik–High Desert in Surabaya. Population of this research are all of distributors PT. Harmoni Dinamik–High Desert in Surabaya. Purposive sampling has been taken to identify the sample, there are down line MLM Executive Diamond Director, who has Job Performance that’s measure by Business Point (≥ 100 BP). These data analyzed by SEM approach through AMOS program. The result of this research show that; there is positive influence of sales promotion factor to Sales Performance and Smart-Working Orientation factor influential positive to Sales Performance. Keywords : Sales Promotion, Smart-Working Orientation, Sales Performance
Laboratory Testing of Bulk Vitrified and Steam Reformed Low-Activity Waste Forms to Support A Preliminary Risk Assessment for an Integrated Disposal Facility

Laboratory testing was conducted on bulk vitrified and steam reformed waste forms to supply the input parameters needed for reactive chemical transport calculations with the Subsurface Transport Over Reactive Multiphases (STORM) code. This same code was used to conduct the 2001 ILAW performance assessment. The required input parameters for both waste forms are derived from a mechanistic model that describes the effect of solution chemistry on contaminant release rates. The single-pass flow-through test was the principal method used to obtain these input parameters, supplemented by product consistency test measurements and physical property measurements.
A composite view of well-being since 1820

This chapter provides a parsimonious overview of the trends in various well-being dimensions covered in the previous chapters by constructing a composite index of well-being. It discusses the crucial problem of choosing a set of weights to calculate such a composite index. Related problems include normalisation of individual indices and dealing with missing observations. The chapter discusses the advantages of various options, and their implications for the final results. It finds that empirically a wide range of aggregation methods generate comparable results. They all indicate that progress in well-being was commonplace since the early 20th century, with the possible exception of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is also found that since the 1970s between-country inequality in composite well-being is lower than in GDP per capita, while being more pronounced in the period before.