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An urban design perspective to classify knowledge precincts : a typological analysis of global best practices

Purpose: The paper seeks to investigate emerging knowledge precincts under the urban design lens in order to identify recurrent spatial patterns of urban forms and functions to gather an understanding of physical aspects that contribute to the creation of place quality. Scope: This paper focuses on the physical design and layout of specific precincts. Although socio-economic and other factors come into play imparting the distinctiveness; this paper only focuses on the spatial dimensions. Method: The research first develops a design typology framework through the lead of literature, and then utilizes it to identify recurrent elements in knowledge precinct design in order to develop taxonomy of patterns and layouts. Results: The research reported in this paper provides preliminary insights into the various form and functional factors playing role in the design of knowledge precincts and evaluates the elements that contribute to the success of these urban interventions. Recommendations: The paper recommends the use of particular design-based solutions in order to enhance the place making in knowledge precincts. Conclusions: The study concludes that despite the locational, regulatory and other contextual differences, the underlying driving principle of providing place quality to people leads to the emergence of identifiable spatial patterns across the knowledge precincts.
Awareness about Diabetes: A Comparison between Population of Urban Areas and Urban Slums

Background : Developing countries like India are witnessing a huge rise in the cases of diabetes mellitus (DM). Education is one of the key components in its management. By assessing awareness levels, suitable awareness programs can be organised. Objective: This study aimed to find awareness regarding DM and compare it among those living in urban areas and urban slums. Methodology: In a cross-sectional study design, a Diabetes Awareness Questionnaire was prepared by the researchers to assess awareness levels. 400 subjects (200 each from urban areas (UA) and urban slums (US)) were selected. The mean of responses was calculated. Chi-square test was used to compare means of two groups. Results : 41.5% of population of US and 80.5% of population of UA knew that there was reduced insulin production in DM. 37.5% and 80.5% of population knew normal fasting blood glucose level in US and UA respectively. 72.5% and 74% from US and 84% and 80.5% from UA knew that increased urination and increased thirst, respectively, were initial symptoms of DM. Conclusion: Overall the level of awareness in both US and UA was found to be low. Thus, there is a need for more diabetes awareness programs as it can lead to prevention and better management of the disease.
Bacterial Community Research of Migratory Bird in Chifeng, Neimeng via High-Throughput Sequencing

Background: In August 2018, a large number of migratory birds died in Chifeng, Neimeng. We were entrusted by local animal disease prevention and control center to collect the migratory bird epidemic materials and their living environmental water, and in 2019, we collect the local migratory bird stool and their living environmental water again. The bacterial communities in migratory bird epidemic materials, water and aquatic plants are profifiled by high-throughput sequencing of the V3–V4 hypervariable region of 16S rDNA gene.Results: We found that the dominant phylum between migratory bird epidemic materials, water and aquatic plant were Proteobacteia, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, Fusobacteria and Verrucomicrobia in 2018. One year later, we found that the dominant phylum between migratory bird stool, water and aquatic plant were Proteobacteia, Firmicutes, Cyanobacteria, Bacteroidetes. The relative abundance among bacterial phylum notably differed between two years. The relative abundance of Fusobacteria and Verrucomicrobia were higher in samples in 2018, while that of Cyanobacteria was higher in water, 2019. The relative abundance of Fusobacteria in migratory bird epidemic materials began to decline in the later period over time. At genus level, the relative abundance of Vibrio, Clostridium and other patnogenic bacteria decreased markedly and disappeared in 2019. The salt content and pH show a downward trend.Conclusions: Differences in diet and geographical location can lead to diversification in migratory bird intestinal flora. It is necessary to pay attention to diversification in intestinal flora of migratory birds, especially the abundance of vibrio in intestine. The overall structure of intestinal flora and relative abundance changes of various species are showed intuitively by 16S rDNA amplicon. But comparing to PCR which using specific primers, the accuracy and sensitivity are relatively poor. In the case of purposeful detection, it can be used in combination with both 16S rDNA amplicon and PCR which using specific primers. They are more accurately, because of supplement each other.
Ultrahigh Specific Impulse Nuclear Thermal Propulsion

Research on nuclear thermal propulsion systems (NTP) have been in forefront of the space nuclear power and propulsion due to their design simplicity and their promise for providing very high thrust at reasonably high specific impulse. During NERVA-ROVER program in late 1950's till early 1970's, the United States developed and ground tested about 18 NTP systems without ever deploying them into space. The NERVA-ROVER program included development and testing of NTP systems with very high thrust (~250,000 lbf) and relatively high specific impulse (~850 s). High thrust to weight ratio in NTP systems is an indicator of high acceleration that could be achieved with these systems. The specific impulse in the lowest mass propellant, hydrogen, is a function of square root of absolute temperature in the NTP thrust chamber. Therefor optimizing design performance of NTP systems would require achieving the highest possible hydrogen temperature at reasonably high thrust to weight ratio. High hydrogen exit temperature produces high specific impulse that is a diret measure of propellant usage efficiency.
An Investigation of Air Force Communities of Practice: A Descriptive Study of Evolution through Assessment of People, Process, and Technology Capabilities

Abstract : A variety of theories state that communities of practice (CoPs) "evolve" or "mature" through various stages over time. Such theories posit that each stage is characterized by different people, process, and technology attributes/capabilities that ultimately necessitate differing strategies for achieving effectiveness (Gongla and Rizzuto, 2001). A primary goal of AFMC/DRW, AFMC Electronic Learning (eLearning) Knowledge Management Integrated Project Team, and the office of the Air Force Chief Information Officer is to increase CoP participation and effectiveness. This descriptive, cross-sectional research, surveyed all CoP managers of all CoPs "hosted" by AFMC/DRW with a quantitative/qualitative, 86 question, 5-point Likert, survey. This research suggested that, on average, AF/AFMC CoPs are in the very early stages of evolution, and the extent of implementation for stage-specific attributes/capabilities was found to be minimal. The implications of this finding show, given the relatively "undeveloped nature" of many of the CoPs, there are a wide range of actions that can be taken to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of existing CoPs. These actions include increasing leadership involvement and support, increasing membership education and training, defining more clearly the purpose/objectives of each CoP, and implementing easier technology tools for navigating the COP collaborative electronic workspace.
A Physical Synthesis Design Flow based on Virtual Components

This paper presents a virtual library design flow for automatic layout synthesis tools. The motivation to develop such design flow is to enable the use of static CMOS complex gates (SCCGs), to optimize area and delay at the logic and physical abstraction levels. The use of SCCGs increases the design space (number of different primitive cells) when compared to the state-of-the-art cell based approaches. Therefore, a new design flow is defined, which replaces cell libraries by virtual components, creating in this way a virtual library. We present the procedure to create such virtual library in the Synopsys environment, and to integrate logic synthesis tools in automatic layout synthesis.
An Industrial Cluster Study: As A Basis For The Aegean Region's Development Policy

The Aegean Region, which is the focus of this study, is the second most developed region of Turkey. Its share in the GDP has remained relatively stable around 17 percent during 1990-2000 periods according to data provided by State Planning Organization of Turkey. The region enjoys a number of advantages like; high quality human resources, rich experience in manufacturing industry going back to the 19th century, small and medium sized industries comprising the majority of enterprises, a promising potential for inter-firm network development particularly in industries like food, wearing apparels, leather, metal wares and automotive,relatively more foreign direct investment in various branches, an international port, universities,geographic location. However, despite these advantages, the region also has some disadvantages which can be summarized as follows: the lack of implementation of an effective regional development policy,limited number of regional institutions, inadequate institutional coordination between these institutions,poor vocational training, high level of brain drain, foreign trade of the traditional commodities of the region,inefficient R&D, low technology level, etc. In order to overcome these disadvantages, regional resources need to be reallocated according to the requirements of a global competitive environment in the framework of new regional policy. The study aims to identify manufacturing-based clusters across the Aegean Region and these clusters’ provincial locations, so that a base can be formed for potential regional policies. Department of Trade and Industry’s analysis of UK clusters is taken as the basis of methodology to be applied in this paper.
Faecal Sludge Management – Systems Approach for Implementation and Operation

It is estimated that literally billions of residents in urban and peri-urban areas of Africa, Asia, and Latin America are served by onsite sanitation systems (e.g. various types of latrines and septic tanks). Until recently, the management of faecal sludge from these onsite systems has been grossly neglected, partially as a result of them being considered temporary solutions until sewer-based systems could be implemented. However, the perception of onsite or decentralized sanitation technologies for urban areas is gradually changing, and is increasingly being considered as long-term, sustainable options in urban areas, especially in low- and middle-income countries that lack sewer infrastructures. This is the first book dedicated to faecal sludge management. It compiles the current state of knowledge of the rapidly evolving field of faecal sludge management, and presents an integrated approach that includes technology, management, and planning based on Sandecs 20 years of experience in the field. Faecal Sludge Management: Systems Approach for Implementation and Operation addresses the organization of the entire faecal sludge management service chain, from the collection and transport of sludge, and the current state of knowledge of treatment options, to the final end use or disposal of treated sludge. The book also presents important factors to consider when evaluating and upscaling new treatment technology options. The book is designed for undergraduate and graduate students, and engineers and practitioners in the field who have some basic knowledge of environmental and/or wastewater engineering. ISBN: 9781780404738 (eBook) ISBN: 9781780404721 (Print)
Rectenna composed of a circular microstrip antenna

One of the big problems in the SPS system is reradiation of the harmonic waves generated by the rectifying diode. The authors proposed the use of a circular microstrip antenna (CMSA), since the CMSA has no higher resonance-harmonic of integer multiple of the dominant resonance frequency. However, characteristics of a large rectenna array of CMSA's have not been clarified. This paper is concerned with the absorption efficiency of the rectenna composed of the CMSA. The efficiency is estimated explicitly using an infinite array model. The results show that the absorption efficiency of the infinite rectenna array composed of the CMSA is 100%. Also, this paper considers the effect of the losses of the composed of the CMSA is 100%. Also, this paper considers the effect of the losses of the CMSA. 4 references, 4 figures.
Optimizing thermal performance for design of advanced power electronics assembly

This paper focuses on system level design and optimization of a new cooling assembly for advanced power electronic devices. The goal is to achieve a very compact fan-sink air-cooling system that can dissipate the desired power rate within acceptable temperature rise. With the aid of CFD modeling capability, a thorough flow-thermal system model was successfully constructed with details of all the important components taken into consideration. The computational model was validated against fan curve measurement. Numerical analysis was carried out for the preliminary design and existing problems were identified. Optimization was guided by improvement of the system aerodynamic and thermal performances. Various designs of components and different alternatives of the thermal assembly were examined. It was found in the course of virtual prototyping, that the optimized system relied heavily on carefully designed or chosen components, but more critically, their mutual interactions when integrated. The new assembly design remained compact, while having much better thermal performance against the original design. The present study provides excellent guidelines for prototyping and testing. Accuracy of virtual reality study was assessed by the preliminary experiment thermal data.
DEEP MIXING WITH LIME-CEMENT COLUMNS

Deep stabilization of soft soils with lime-cement columns has been used in Sweden since 1975. During the last 5 years, the use of the method has increased substantially and the method has become the most frequently used method in infrastructure projects. In Sweden, a comprehensive research program has been designed and shall be carried through in extensive cooperative projects. This research and development project began in 1996 and will run for 5 years. The Swedish Deep Stabilization Research Center coordinates all projects and activities for the benefit of both industry and society. An international conference on Dry Mix Methods for Deep Soil Stabilization will be held in Stockholm 13-15 October 1999.
Echolalia

The end begins with a white card, stuck in the frame around the storm door at the front of the house. I assume he puUed it out, expecting to find an advertisement for something—gutter cleanings or lawn care. Or a note left by a friend, scribbled hastily on the back of a business card. When I get home, at 5:00, he wiU be in the kitchen, pacing, head butted forward, as if he is pushing something heavy aside. He'U meet me at the side door, the one I enter after I park my bicycle, and immediately begin shaking the card at me, its razor-like corners near my chin. "LOOK at this," he wfll shout.
Using Partial Least Regression in Marketing Research

Small datasets, missing values and the presence of multicollinearity often plague samples used in marketing research. Partial-least squares regression (PLS) is a statistical tool specifically designed to cope with such problems. The paper proceeds first with a concise review of the PLS method. It then highlights particular conditions when applying a standard OLS regression leads to unstable statistical results. The argument is supported with an empirical application on the market orientation/performance link. In conclusion, it is called for an increased reliance on the use of PLS in research.
Fuzzy Based Latent Dirichlet Allocation for Intrusion Detection in Cloud Using ML

: The growth of cloud in modern technology is drastic by provisioning services to various industries where data security is considered to be common issue that influences the intrusion detection system (IDS). IDS are considered as an essential factor to fulfill security requirements. Recently, there are diverse Machine Learning (ML) approaches that are used for modeling effectual IDS. Most IDS are based on ML techniques and categorized as supervised and unsupervised. However, IDS with supervised learning is based on labeled data. This is considered as a common drawback and it fails to identify the attack patterns. Similarly, unsupervised learning fails to provide satisfactory outcomes. Therefore, this work concentrates on semi-supervised learning model known as Fuzzy based semi-supervised approach through Latent Dirichlet Allocation (F-LDA) for intrusion detection in cloud system. This helps to resolve the aforementioned challenges. Initially, LDA gives better generalization ability for training the labeled data. Similarly, to handle the unlabelled data, Fuzzy model has been adopted for analyzing the dataset. Here, pre-processing has been carried out to eliminate data redundancy over network dataset. In order to validate the efficiency of F-LDA towards ID, this model is tested under NSL-KDD cup dataset is a common traffic dataset. Simulation is done in MATLAB environment and gives better accuracy while comparing with benchmark standard dataset. The proposed F-LDA gives better accuracy and promising outcomes than the prevailing approaches.
The Rise of Infocracy: Virtualized Human Interplays, Decline of Physical Interactions, and the Adaptation of People’s Social Valuation System - eScholarship

Rapid technological advances, our insatiable appetite for instantaneous rewards, and the massive information overflow are impacting our everyday lives. The long term effects of the social informatification, people’s overreliance on massive amounts of dynamic digital information, remain enigmatic and poorly understood. Our ability to anticipate, prepare, react and adopt to potential negative consequences of the minute-by-minute existence in the new infoctratic world, complete virtual immersion into a digital information where most time, energy and resources are dedicated to rapid acquisition, processing and inference using large amounts of information, may have a significant long term impact on mankind. This opinion outlines the scope of our virtualized abilities to manage and interpret Exabytes of information and suggests that timely prediction and appropriate response to the information avalanche will be critical to managing the unavoidable social and cultural changes ahead.
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS (ITS) APPLICATIONS IN HONG KONG

This paper serves to provide an overview of the present ITS systems that have been successfully deployed in Hong Kong including those that have been used in traffic control and management, electronic toll collection, fleet management, electronic payment for the public transit system and information dissemination on public buses. Together with research in Hong Kong on various ITS areas such as automatic visual surveillance of roads, internet live traffic video, and automatic vehicle recognition, these will provide the foundation for the development and deployment of the next generation of ITS. For the covering abstract see ITRD E209471.
Preliminary Go-Lab requirements specifications, needs analysis, and creative options

This deliverable D3.1 consists of two major parts: Part 1 reports on the design, implementation and findings of the Go-Lab Teacher and Student surveys that aimed to understand the current IT usage habit of the teachers and students as well as their experiences with online labs. Each of these two multilingual web-based surveys had more than 300 responses. Overall, the participating teachers and students had positive attitudes towards online labs. Nevertheless, efforts are needed to address the difficulties identified by the respondents, especially the availability and accessibility of online labs. Part 2 covers two major types of participatory activity conducted in Go-Lab: Visionary Workshop (VW) and Participatory Design (PD) workshop. VWs aim to collect from a broad spectrum of stakeholders their future visions of using online labs in general and the Go-Lab Portal in particular for science education. PD workshops enable teachers and students with hands-on activities to share their feedback on the current design of the Go-Lab Portal. Methodologically, both VW and PD workshop are started off with an introduction to the vision and key concepts, especially the inquiry-learning cycle of Go-Lab. This basic understanding is crucial for the participants to discuss the related questions and provide feedback. A VW is followed by discussions to explore the future of science education, to develop scenarios of an online lab application and to identify key issues for the development of Go-Lab, and is ended with a survey. A PD workshop consists of a set of activities including mockups evaluation (computer-based using myBalsamiq and paper-based using the Layered Elaboration technique), selecting design options, focus groups and writing postcards. Altogether 25 VWs and 9 PD workshops have been conducted in nine and five European countries, respectively, from May to August 2013. They involved in total 728 participants, consisting of 685 teachers and 43 students from secondary and primary schools. Comprehensive empirical data have been gathered and analysed. Results thereof enable us to answer a set of pedagogical research questions (RQs) and to derive a list of requirements; both types of input are highly relevant to the design of the Go-Lab Portal. Specifically, the requirements are prioritised in terms of obligation, namely “must have”, “should have” and “nice to have”. They are also categorised with regard to their implications: general pedagogical requirements, general technical requirements, design of the existing mockups, and creation of new tools for the use of online labs. These empirical findings can inform the future work of the pedagogical team (WP1) and technical team of Go-Lab (WP4/WP5).