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Conceptual framework for scenarios development in the Water futures and Solutions project

The major purpose of the Water Futures & Solutions (WFaS) initiative is to develop a set of adaptable resilient and robust solutions and a framework to facilitate access to and guidance through them by decision makers facing a variety of water-related challenges to sustainable evelopment, and a set of optional pathways to achieve plausible sustainable development goals by 2050. The WFaS Initiative addresses the multidimensional aspects of the water system and is guided by stakeholders representing these various aspects. The Initiative views freshwater systems as being strongly interweaved with human activities (Economy, Society) and Nature as a whole. Dynamics and health of freshwater systems is critical to human well- being. The Initiative will go beyond scenario production and model comparisons and will focus on exploring solutions and necessary innovations to address the growing water challenges. Solutions can be combinations of technological innovations, regulatory approaches, manageent or institutional changes that improve the balance of water supply and demand, improve water quality, or reduce water-related risks for society. Solutions will often be embedded in and cut across all sectors of social and economic activities. In order to represent the aspirations and interdependencies as described above, the conceptual framework has been developed, to communicate project results to the target audiences. This document describes this conceptual framework that will be used: -to support development of qualitative water scenarios -to identify and select critical dimensions of the water scenarios -to guide integration of scenarios with quantitative models -to guide integration of information from various data sources into the scenarios -to support development and assessment of solutions -to support collaboration between project and stakeholder groups -to facilitate presentation of results to target audiences The WFaS conceptual framework is developed using the 'concept maps' technique (Caqas and Carff, 2005; Novak and Caqas, 2006b). Concept maps method was develop to represent knowledge in an organized way. It allows practitioners to represent concepts and specific relationships between concepts. It is flexible enough to adapt to different knowledge domains to support better understanding and communication between individuals and groups from different backgrounds.
Bluetooth in Control

This master thesis evaluates control algorithms for control applications using Bluetooth in the loop. It is done in order to investigate whether Bluetooth can be used in hard real-time control loops or not. The control algorithms suggested in this work are evaluated on a real process, the Furuta pendulum, due to the unstable nature of the process. This will assure that the Bluetooth communication is pushed to its limits, where problems can be found. Problems encountered are bandwidth limitations, retransmissions in the low layers of Bluetooth and disturbances to the wireless communication.
A Simulator-Independent Optimization Tool based on Genetic Algorithm Applied to Nuclear Reactor Design

Here is presented an engineering optimization tool based on a genetic algorithm, implemented according to the method proposed in recent work that has demonstrated the feasibility of the use of this technique in nuclear reactor core designs. The tool is simulator-independent in the sense that it can be customized to use most of the simulators which have the input parameters read from formatted text files and the outputs also written from a text file. As the nuclear reactor simulators generally use such kind of interface, the proposed tool plays an important role in nuclear reactor designs. Research reactors may often use non-conventional design approaches, causing different situations that may lead the nuclear engineer to face new optimization problems. In this case, a good optimization technique, together with its customizing facility and a friendly man-machine interface could be very interesting. Here, the tool is described and some advantages are outlined
Identification of Microorganisms Dwelling on the 19th Century Lanna Mural Paintings from Northern Thailand Using Culture-Dependent and -Independent Approaches

Simple Summary In this study, we compared microbial communities in Lanna mural paintings in temples with different numbers of visitors using culture-dependent and culture independent approaches. The results showed that microorganisms could damage the colors that are used on murals. The process of degradation involved the production of organic acids and formation of the calcium crystal. Furthermore, we found that the site with higher number of visitors is associated with microbial contamination from humans while the site with lower number of visitors had higher saprotroph population. Further research into these microorganisms, their activities and functional roles may provide crucial information to aid the preservation of mural paintings. Abstract Lanna painting is a unique type of painting in many temples in the Northern Thai region. Similar to most mural paintings, they usually decay over time partly due to the activity of microbes. This study aimed to investigate the microorganisms from two Lanna masterpiece paintings in two temples that differ in the numbers of visitors using both culture-dependent and -independent approaches. The microorganisms isolated from the murals were also tested for the biodeterioration activities including discoloration, acid production and calcium precipitation. Most microorganisms extracted from the paintings were able to discolor the paints, but only fungi were able to discolor, produce acids and precipitate calcium. The microorganism communities, diversity and functional prediction were also investigated using the culture-independent method. The diversity of microorganisms and functional prediction were different between the two temples. Gammaproteobacteria was the predominant group of bacteria in both temples. However, the fungal communities were different between the two temples as Aspergillus was the most abundant genus in the site with higher number of visitors [Buak Krok Luang temple (BK)]. Conversely, mural paintings at Tha Kham temple (TK) were dominated by the Neodevriesia genera. We noticed that a high number of visitors (Buak Krok Luang) was correlated with microbial contamination from humans while the microbial community at Tha Kham temple had a higher proportion of saprotrophs. These results could be applied to formulate a strategy to mitigate the amount of tourists as well as manage microorganism to slow down the biodeterioration process.
A fitness landscape model for manufacturing strategy

Many studies analyse manufacturing organisations and their problems by reducing or simply throwing away the interacting components; with the assumption that the latter are either negligible or behave linearly. These studies (referred to as reductionism) tend to overlook the importance of these interacting components. An alternative view is to adopt a "complex systems" approach, to understand the manufacturing organisation as a system which evolves over time by adopting characteristics to survive. The aim of this research was to study the development and application of fitness landscape theory (a theory that is part of complex systems theory) in understandinga nd formulating manufacturings trategy. The creation and application of fitness landscape models to help search and select capabilities for manufacturing strategy is the principal area of novelty within this thesis. Several researchers (Maguire, 1997b; Merry, 1998; Beinhocker, 1999) had noted that fitness landscape theory was an appropriate theory for investigating and understanding strategy, but none of these papers made any attempt to understand fitness and relate it to organisations in terms of competitiveness, effectiveness or survival. With this gap and above introduction the contribution that this thesis makes to knowledge is in the following areas: " The creation of knowledge on the boundaries and detail of complex systems theory. This is summarised by a framework that relates the various concepts to manufacturing management issues. " To study manufacturing strategy. This thesis treats manufacturing organisations as complex adaptive systems, with goal directed behaviour. " The creation of a definition and model of "fitness" that is appropriate for organisations in general. This is then developed into a manufacturing specific definition and model. It was concluded that to increase fitness, a manufacturing organisation must possess the ability to inherit, imitate and search manufacturing strategy (or configuration) such as quality, delivery, flexibility, and cost. " The above definitions and models are then related to manufacturing strategy formulation in terms of the acquisition of specific capabilities (cost, quality, flexibility and delivery) " The models are then applied and tested on a population of UK manufacturing organisations to explore the relationship between fitness and capabilities. A map which indicates the relative fitness contribution by the four manufacturing capabilities is presented.
Anthocyanins from Agro-waste as Time-Temperature Indicator to Monitor Freshness of Fish Products

Fish products perish easily due to microbial contamination. Uncontrolled thawing will increase the rate of microbial activity at every 10°C increase in temperature. One of indicator that can detect food quality is the time-temperature indicator (TTI) with changes in pH. However, these indicators are generally made of synthetic chemicals which tend to pollute the environment. This study aimed to summarize various studies on anthocyanins from agro-waste as time-temperature indicator to monitor freshness of fish products. This research used systematic literature review (SLR) from various relevant research and resources. The SLR process includes practical screening, quality appraisal, synthesizing, and reviewing. Anthocyanins derived from agro-waste than can be developed into TTI are purple yam peel, black plums peel, blueberries peel, rambutan peel, sweet potato peel, dragon fruit peel. The TTI from agro-waste anthocyanins can be developed to monitor freshness of fish products.
AM³Net: Adaptive Mutual-Learning-Based Multimodal Data Fusion Network

Multimodal data fusion, e.g., hyperspectral image (HSI) and light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data fusion, plays an important role in object recognition and classification tasks. However, existing methods pay little attention to the specificity of HSI spectral channels and the complementarity of HSI and LiDAR spatial information. In addition, the utilized feature extraction modules tend to consider the feature transmission processes among different modalities independently. Therefore, a new data fusion network named AM3Net is proposed for multimodal data classification; it includes three parts. First, an involution operator slides over the input HSI’s spectral channels, which can independently measure the contribution rate of the spectral channel of each pixel to the spectral feature tensor construction. Furthermore, the spatial information of HSI and LiDAR data is integrated and excavated in an adaptively fused, modality-oriented manner. Second, a spectral-spatial mutual-guided module is designed for the feature collaborative transmission among spectral features and spatial information, which can increase the semantic relatedness connection through adaptive, multiscale, and mutual-learning transmission. Finally, the fused spatial-spectral features are embedded into a classification module to obtain the final results, which determines whether to continue updating the network weights. Experimental evaluations on HSI-LiDAR datasets indicate that AM3Net possesses a better feature representation ability than the state-of-the-art methods. Additionally, AM3Net still maintains considerable performance when its input is replaced with multispectral and synthetic aperture radar data. The result indicates that the proposed data fusion framework is compatible with diversified data types.
Effect of supplemental feeding on habitat and crop selection by wild boar in Sweden

The wild boar population has increased rapidly during the last 2 decades in Southern and Central Sweden. This rise in population size has caused severe damages to agricultural fields through their foraging behavior. Given the hierarchical nature of habitat and resource selection, wildlife management needs to understand the selection on both levels to better understand the ecology of nuisance species and mitigate the damages they infer. Thus, there is an urgent need for more knowledge on the factors that influence habitat selection as a tool in the evidence-based management of wild boar to reduce the losses they cause in the agricultural sector. This study aims to evaluate a common management action (feeding stations) influencing wild boar selection of (1) habitats and (2) resources i.e., crop types, in South-Central Sweden during summer. Eleven wild boars were fitted with GPS/GSM-collars to record movement among different habitats and crops. Wild boar shows a high preference for clear-cuts, agricultural fields, and deciduous forests. The animals showed a high preference for crop fields with oat, spring wheat, and mixed crops. A binary logistic model revealed both a positive and negative significant influence of distance to feeding stations on the selection of different habitats and crop fields. In general, feeding stations influenced the selection of different habitats and crops negatively i.e., the closer a habitat or crop field is to a feeding station, the higher the likelihood of its selection. The study recommends adjustments to wild boar management and cropping systems to reduce damages on highly selected crop fields.
Implementation of Taguchi and Genetic Algorithm Techniques for Prediction of Optimal Part Dimensions for Polymeric Biocomposites in Fused Deposition Modeling

Additive manufacturing has gained popularity among material scientists, researchers, industries, and end users due to the flexible, low cost, and simple manufacturing process. Among number of techniques, fused deposition modeling (FDM) is the most recognized technology due to easy operation, lower environmental degradation, and portable apparatus. Despite numerous advantages, the limitations of this technique are poor surface finish, dimensional accuracy, and mechanical strength, which must be improved. The present study focuses on the implementation of the genetic algorithm and Taguchi techniques to achieve minimum dimensional variability of FDM parts especially for polymeric biocomposites. The output has been measured using standard testing techniques followed by Taguchi and genetic algorithm analyses. Four response variables were measured and were converted into single variable with combination of different weightages of each response. Maximum weightage was given to width of FDM polymeric biocomposite parts which may play critical role in biomedical and aerospace applications. The advanced optimization and production techniques have yielded promising results which have been validated by advanced algorithms. It was found that layer thickness and orientation angle were significant parameters which influenced the dimensional accuracy whereas best fitness value was 0.377.
Design, Analysis and Optimization of a Solar Dish/Stirling System

In this paper, a mathematical model by which the thermal and physical behavior of a solar dish/Stirling system was investigated, then the system was designed, analysed and optimized. In this regard, all of heat losses in a dish/Stirling system were calculated, then, the output net-work of the Stirling engine was computed, and accordingly, the system efficiency was worked out. These heat losses include convection and conduction heat losses, radiation heat losses by emission in the cavity receiver, reflection heat losses of solar energy in the parabolic dish, internal and external conduction heat losses, energy dissipation by pressure drops, and energy losses by shuttle effect in displacer piston in the Stirling engine. All of these heat losses in the parabolic dish, cavity receiver and Stirling engine were calculated using mathematical modeling in MatlabTM software. For validation of the proposed model, a 10 kW solar dish/Stirling system was designed and the simulation results were compared with the Eurodish system data with a reasonable degree of agreement. This model is used to investigate the effect of geometric and thermodynamic parameters including the aperture diameter of the parabolic dish and the cavity receiver, and the pressure of the compression space of the Stirling engine, on the system performance. By using the PSO method, which is an intelligent optimization technique, the total design was optimized and the optimal values of decision-making parameters were determined. The optimization has been done in two scenarios. In the first scenario, the optimal value of each designed parameter has been changed when the other parameters are equal to the designed case study parameters. In the second scenario, all of parameters were assumed in their optimal values. By optimization of the modeled dish/Stirling system, the total efficiency of the system improved to 0.60% in the first scenario and it increased from 21.69% to 22.62% in the second scenario of the optimization, while the system variables changed slightly. Article History : Received Sept 28, 2015; Received in revised form January 08, 2016; Accepted February 15, 2016; Available online How to Cite This Article : Nazemi, S. D. and Boroushaki, M. (2016) Design, Analysis and Optimization of a Solar Dish/Stirling System. Int. Journal of Renewable Energy Development, 5(1), 33-42. http://dx.doi. org/10.14710/ijred.5. 1.33-42
Analysis of Genetic Diversity using Molecular Markers among Some Elite Rice Genotypes

Microsatellites, also known as SSRs, are one of the most commonly utilised DNA marker types for a variety of applications, including genotypic differences, genetic relationships, QTLs, association mapping, genome mapping, and varietal identification. With the goal of assessing genetic diversity analysis of different varieties to measure the extent of genotypic differences, genetic relationship, and also to broaden the germplasm base of future rice breeding programmes, 40 rice genotypes were analysed for genetic variation using 20 SSR markers in the current study. These markers were discovered to produce polymorphic bands among the population, revealing the population's variability. Several alleles were found using microsatellite markers in this study, ranging from 2 to 5, with an average of 3.75 and 0.71 of average genetic diversity. The average PIC value for the current study was 0.62, indicating that the germplasm included in the study is diversified. This study exhibited that SSR primers such as RM1, RM25425, RM20224, RM18107, RM215, RM 248, and RM 535 with the genetic diversity greater than 0.70 and all of these are more polymorphic in nature in distinguishing the genotypes.
Race, Parenting and Identity in the Iranian Diaspora Tracing Intergenerational Dialogues

This paper traces intergenerational learning through a series of dialogues on race, parenting, and identity held with Iranian parents, grandparents and youth at a Persian language school located in the US. Drawing on ethnographic, interactional, and participatory design research methodologies, the analysis focuses on the forms of intergenerational sensemaking and social analysis that emerged over time and what they can teach us about (a) the intersections of parenting and racial identity within Iranian diasporic communities in the United States and (b) the complex forms of personhood (Gordon, 1997; Tuck, 2009), learning and becoming among Iranians raising children and grandchildren outside Iran. Bringing close attention to specific instances of talk as embedded in broader relational temporalities and dialogic arcs, findings illustrate the shifting ways participants articulated the educational needs of Iranian children living outside Iran, the emergence of complex and sometimes contradictory discourses on race and identity, and the ways participants worked together to disentangle self-defense and self-determination from the politics of respectability. The discussion considers the implications of complex personhood for the design, mediation, and interpretation of intergenerational sensemaking regarding race and identity within the Iranian diaspora, with attention to broader processes of community codesign.
Cost-effectiveness evaluation of powered staplers in video assisted thoracoscopic lung resection procedures

Background: Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is currently established as the preferred approach for surgical resection of early-stage lung cancer and has been recommended by multiple clinical associations. This study aimed at evaluating the cost-effectiveness of powered vs manual staplers in video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for lung lobectomy in support of hospital-based health technology assessment.Methods: Clinical and economic comparisons between powered endoscopic staplers (PES) and manual endoscopic staplers (MES) in VATS lobectomies were conducted using a decision tree model from the perspective of hospital administrators. Prolonged air leak (PAL) was selected as the surgery complication for the model. Clinical performances measured by PAL rates for the staplers were obtained from a targeted literature review. The economic parameters used in the model were based on results from real-world data analysis in China. The outcomes used in the cost-effectiveness analysis were total costs and post-discharge 6-month reoperation rates. Cost-effectiveness was measured by the incremental cost per reduction of reoperation. Model stability was evaluated using both one-way sensitivity analysis and probabilistic sensitivity analysis (PSA). Results: Deterministic calculation results showed powered staplers dominated manual stapler, with lower per-episode costs (CNY 83,487 for PES vs CNY 86,239 for MES) and lower reoperation rates (0.54% for PES vs 0.63% for MES). One-way sensitivity analysis and PSA results further supported that the powered stapler was the dominant strategy for VATS lobectomies. Conclusions:The cost-effectiveness analysis demonstrated powered staplers are cost-effective compared to manual staplers in VATS lobectomies.
Gender and Age Specificity of Determination of Value-motivational Attitudes of Volunteer Movement in Postmodern Society

The article is devoted to the analysis of gender and age specifics of determining value-motivational trends of volunteering. The purpose of the research is to reveal the specifics of socio-psychological factors of volunteering, and, above all, the role and place of age and gender of the volunteer. The research was implemented by filling out an individual volunteer questionnaire. The sample of the research consisted of 302 volunteers aged 17 to 80 years from more than 15 cities of Ukraine. In particular, it is shown that depending on what motivational trends dominate in an individual profile of the SVM volunteer, and, therefore, direct his/her individual activity, the resource of readiness that is implemented in rendering aid, is specifically related to them. In addition, it was found that the meaningfulness of activity on giving help can exhaust own high indicators in the relationship to the implementation of various motivational trends. In turn, it is also shown that individual value-motivational trends to be sensitive on age and gender. The identified features of the gender and age of the volunteer are an important component in the system of factors of the socio-psychological conditioning of volunteering activity. This allows it is to link the specifics of their impact with the characteristics of value-motivational trends, the motivational potential of which is realized by volunteers on giving to help.