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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Techniques for Maximizing Value of Power Generating Assets
Authors: Sunder Raj Komandur 
Published: October 2018

For over two decades, there has been considerable interest in and research devoted to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for maximizing the value of power generating assets.
AI may be thought of as application of intelligence in a systematic and rational manner to power plant equipment, components and processes for self-learning and solving complex problems. AI techniques are increasingly finding applications in the power industry in addressing issues related to performance, reliability, availability, maintenance, automation, cybersecurity, workforce, and others.
In the past several years, pace has accelerated in AI techniques, largely stemming from increased speed and power in computing, advances in technology, and utilization of algorithms. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is rapidly gaining ground by leveraging AI, digital assets and data analytics in managing and optimizing plant operations and performance of power generating assets.
This paper provides an overview of how AI techniques are being utilized to maximize the value of power generating assets and prognosis for future use of AI in the power industry.
Multi-Component Separation and Purification of Natural Gas
Authors: Tamburello David , Hardy Bruce , Sulic Martin 
Published: October 2018

Over the past decade, several technical developments (such as hydraulic fracturing) have led to an exponential increase in discovering new domestic natural gas reserves. Raw natural gas composition can vary substantially from source to source. Typically, methane accounts for 75% to 95% of the total gas, with the rest of the gas containing ethane, propane, butane, other higher hydrocarbons, and impurities, with the most common including H2O, CO2, N2, and H2S. All natural gas requires some treatment, if only to remove H2O; however, the composition of natural gas delivered to the commercial pipeline grids is tightly controlled. Sub-quality natural gas reserves, which are defined as fields containing more than 2% CO2, 4% N2, or 4 ppm H2S, make up nearly half of the world’s natural gas volume. The development of sub-quality, remote, and unconventional fields (i.e. landfill gas) can present new challenges to gas separation and purification methods. Adsorbent technologies, such as the use of activated carbons, zeolites, or metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), may hold the key to more efficient and economically viable separation methods.
This work proposes to prove the applicability of the multi-component potential theory of adsorption (MPTA) to a real world natural gas adsorbent system to properly characterize the adsorbent’s selectivity for an individual gas component using only the single component isotherms. Thus, the real-world gas separation/purification application of a specific adsorbent for a given gas stream can be obtained simply and effectively without the need for large experimental efforts or costly system modifications until after an initial computational screening of perspective materials has been completed. While the current research effort will use natural gas, which is the world’s largest industrial gas separations application, to validate the MPTA, the tools gained through this effort can be applied to other gas separation effort.
Confronting new physics theories to LHC data with MADANALYSIS 5
Authors: Conte Eric , Fuks Benjamin 
Published: October 2018

We provide a comprehensive and pedagogical introduction to the MADANALYSIS 5 framework, with a particular focus on its usage for reinterpretation studies. To this end, we first review the main features of the normal mode of the program and how a detector simulation can be handled. We then detail, step-by-step, how to implement and validate an existing LHC analysis in the MADANALYSIS 5 framework and how to use this reimplementation, possibly together with other recast codes available from the MADANALYSIS 5 Public Analysis Database, for reinterpreting ATLAS and CMS searches in the context of a new model. Each of these points is illustrated by concrete examples. Moreover, complete reference cards for the normal and expert modes of MADANALYSIS 5 are provided in two technical appendices.
The value of ultrasound in diagnosis of pneumoperitoneum in emergent or critical conditions: A meta-analysis
Authors: Jiang Libing , Wu Jing , Feng Xia 
Published: October 2018

Background:Hollow organs perforation is a life-threatening condition. Early diagnosis and emergent intervention are important. Bedside ultrasound may be an alternative diagnostic tool for this condition.Objective:The aim of this study was to explore the diagnostic value of ultrasound of pneumoperitoneum in emergent or critical conditions through meta-analysis.Methods:PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library were systematically searched for potential studies. Then, two reviewers performed the processes of study selection, data extraction, and quality assessment independently. Finally, diagnostic indexes were analyzed with STATA 12.0 software (Serial No. 40120519635).Results:A total of five studies with moderate to high quality were eligible for meta-analysis. The pooled sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio, and negative likelihood ratio and their 95% confidence interval were 0.91 (95% confidence interval = 0.86–0.94), 0.96 (95% confidence interval = 0.75–0.99), 22.05 (95% confidence interval = 3.10–156.96), and 0.10 (95% confidence interval = 0.07–0.15), respectively. The area under the summary receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.92 (95% confidence interval = 0.90–0.94).Conclusion:Abdominal ultrasound is a useful alternative tool in diagnosing of pneumoperitoneum. However, due to limited evidence, it is not yet indicated for routine clinical use.
AQUISIÇÃO DE ORAÇÕES RELATIVAS NO PB EM CONTEXTO DE INPUT VARIÁVEL
Authors: Abreu Gomes Christina , Baptista de Abreu Ana Cristina 
Published: October 2018

Este trabalho focaliza a aquisição de orações relativas por crianças adquirindo o Português Brasileiro em contexto de input variável, considerando os pressupostos da Sociolinguística Variacionista e dos Modelos Baseados no Uso. As relativas infantis iniciais apresentam estruturas mais simples até que as crianças produzam relativas alvo observadas na fala dos adultos, além disso, o processo desenvolvimental é influenciado pela frequência de ocorrência na fala dessas orações e pelo grau de similaridade estrutural com padrões mais recorrentes da língua. Isto é, as relativas mais frequentes e com a estrutura mais comum na língua são adquiridas primeiro pelas crianças (DIESSEL & TOMASELLO, 2000, 2005; XXXX, data). Considerando que o PB se caracteriza por um processo de mudança das orações relativas (TARALLO, 1986, 1993), nossa hipótese é que a aquisição de relativas também vai refletir a dinamicidade da mudança. A análise de dados de produção espontânea de 23 crianças moradoras da cidade do Rio de Janeiro, componentes da Amostra AQUIVAR/PEUL/UFRJ, mostrou que as relativas infantis refletem a mesma direcionalidade de mudança atestada na fala dos adultos da mesma comunidade de fala, embora contenham características inerentes à fase aquisitiva, (MOLLICA, 2003; XXXX, data). Portanto, estes resultados evidenciam que a aquisição depende não só da frequência das estruturas no input, mas também da similaridade que determinadas estruturas apresentam com outras sentenças da língua, e que as crianças participam da implementação da mudança linguística pelo processo de incrementação (LABOV, 2007, 2010).
Care planning post transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)
Authors: Frame Angela , Walsh Justin , Storey Sarah , Bleeze Gill 
Published: October 2018

Background: As the transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedure continues to advance, the post-procedure care needs of patients are also changing. This is a high-risk patient population and there is variation between levels of post-procedure care needs for each patient. Previously, at Imperial College NHS Trust, all patients had gone directly to level 3 care. Aim: The aim of the current work was to develop an assessment tool to predict the level of care required post procedure. Methods: A screening tool was implemented pre procedure to predict the level of care patients would require post procedure. Findings: The system correctly identified 94% of patients able to go to the coronary care unit (CCU) rather than requiring a cardiac intenstive care unit (CICU) bed. Conclusion: Levels of care required vary between patients undergoing TAVI; in the majority of cases, this can be predicted in advance by the procedure type, level of sedation and individual comorbidities of the patient. Further research into the post-care needs of patients over 90 years of age is needed.
KEBANGKITAN AGAMA DAN PRASANGKA SEKULER DALAM KAJIAN HUBUNGAN INTERNASIONAL
Authors: Jatmiko Akhmad 
Published: October 2018

AbstractThe global resurgence of religion seems nowadays to generate repression as it tends to create international instability, political upheaval and chaotic states. Most political scientist and intelligence experts did not predict the resurgence because it was not supposed to happen in a country participating so thoroughly in modernization and Westernization. It is interesting to learn that so many scholars and policymakers who monitored the international politics have missed the warning signs about the resurgence. It because of the argument that religion was the object that needed to vanish for modern international politics to come into being. Religion has been, and largely remains, what the discipline of International Relations (IR) can speak about only as a threat to its own existence. This paper tries to explain how the resurgence of religion has been on the spotlight in the eyes of IR Study. It also explains that the IR Study now faces a serious dilemma to treat religion in such a proper way. Various arguments on the strategy to deal with religion has come up that makes religion a more and more interesting subject in academic realms.Kata Kunci: Kebangkitan agama, modernisasi, pencerahan, sekularisasi, Westphalia
Rola rówieśniczego tutoringu w rozwijaniu umiejętności komunikacyjnych dzieci przedszkolnych z niepełnosprawnościami
Authors: Twardowski Andrzej 
Published: October 2018

This article provides an overview of two approaches to peer-mediated intervention that have been effective in improving the social and communicative interactions among preschool children with developmental disabilities and their classmates without disabilities. These peer-mediated interventions involve teaching facilitative initiation and responsive interaction strategies to peers and teaching sociodramatic scripts. The studies presented in this paper prove that thanks to relationships with properly trained peers disabled children more often get involved in team games, more often establish interactions with their peers, are more eager to talk to them and less often exhibit socially unacceptable behaviors.
Egzystencjalne doznania matek samotnie wychowujących dzieci z niepełnosprawnością intelektualną w stopniu głębokim i ich wybrane psycho-socjo-pedagogiczne uwarunkowania
Authors: Aksamit Diana 
Published: October 2018

The autopsy of mothers raising adult children with profound intellectual disability is a documentation of maternity that varies from the commonly accepted role model of the mother and the role of the woman. Narrative conversations show that this group of women is struggling with many difficult experiences and emotions related to their own existence. The purpose of this article is the analysis of the existential experiences of the examined mothers in the level of reflection and the questions “why me?”, the meaning of life and the future. An attempt will also be made to find determinants conditioning them.
Proces adaptacji rodziców do roli rodzicielskiej dziecka z zespołem Downa jako strategia radzenia sobie z sytuacją stresową
Authors: Kaliszewska Karolina 
Published: October 2018

The process of adaptation to the role of a parent of a child with Down Syndrome is very difficult, multi-staged and stress-causing both for mothers and for fathers. Coping with the parental stress is a constant challenge for mothers and fathers of a child with Down syndrome and it increases the significance of different types of social support. The choice of coping strategy influences parents’ cognitive abilities, competences of emotional and behavioural regulation and facilities more positive assessment of their intellectually disabled child. In case parents choose more adaptive, that is problem – focused coping strategy the adjustment to parental role proceed more fluent, or even more adequate. In addition, it has been proven that receiving social support and using accommodative coping style may boost the process of adaptation to parental role of a child with Down syndrome.
Plany życiowe i marzenia mieszkańców domów pomocy społecznej dla osób z niepełnosprawnością intelektualną
Authors: Tylewska-Nowak Beata 
Published: October 2018

Adult residents of residential homes for people with intellectual disabilities are a group of people, who are rarely asked for opinion, even i fit comes to their own case. What are they future plans and wishes, what do they dream about, how often do they do it and what is the characteristic of those thoughts. In this article I present an attempt to annalize those topics using material I colected through narrative and nondirective interviews.
Inferior bullous keratopathy caused by iris fibers, resolved with diode laser 532
Authors: Polit Andres Fernando , Polit Fernando Eduardo , Polit Joaquin 
Published: October 2018

Purpose: To describe a case of inferior bullous keratopathy caused by iris fibers resolved with laser diode 532.Case report: A 74-year-old woman consulted for deterioration of visual acuity in right eye, accompanied by foreign body sensation. A phacoemulsification surgery with IOL implant had been performed in both eyes three months before. Best corrected visual acuity reached 20/40 in right eye. Slit lamp examination revealed bullous keratopathy located in the central inferior quarter of the cornea of her right eye. Gonosioscopy was performed to rule out having nucleus fragments in the inferior angle. With higher magnification, a pair of fine undulating fibers were observed coming from the anterior layers of the iris and making contact with the posterior face of the cornea. Photocoagulation of the iris fibers was performed with laser diode 532 and photodisruption with Nd-YAG laser, applied at the base of the fibers. After nine days, resolution of corneal edema, and disappearance of bullae was observed. Best corrected visual acuity improved to of 20/25.Conclusions: photocoagulation of iris fibers with laser diode 532 complemented with photodisruption with Nd-YAG laser, in patients with iridoschisis, is an alternative to avoid endothelial decompensation and corneal edema, which may require a corneal transplantation.
Manifestations of Problematic Student Behaviour in Norwegian Schools: Individual and Inclusive Education System Perspective
Authors: Lone Iselin , Kuginytė - Arlauskienė Ieva 
Published: October 2018

Present research study overviews the manifestations of problematic teenage behaviour in the schools of Norway. In terms of problematic behaviour, a few aspects should be taken into consideration. First of all, it is important to define the problematic behaviour phenomenon. That is not an easy task, because not uncommonly, when analysing manifestations of problematic behaviour, links with emotional disorders are identified as well. In this manner it is almost impossible to separate the two, as well as to foresee the cause and effect relationship. That is why very commonly problematic behaviour ant emotional issues such as social isolation coexists together. Professionals working in Norwegian education system define problematic behaviour as a behaviour related to learning difficulties – that is inappropriate behaviour during classes causing various discipline disorders; provocative/aggressive behaviour, which manifests in physical and verbal attacks towards other individuals; social isolation and severe behavioural problems such as disregard of social norms and rules, stealing, harm-causing physical attacks, constant harassing, missing classes and vicious habits.
Data used in this study was collected during Norwegian national project SPEED (2012–2016), which took place in 95 secondary schools in 16 municipalities and one of the authors master’s thesis was produced on the basis of collected data. During the study, 5–10 grade students and teachers were interviewed and main challenges concerning problematic behaviour in today’s education were characterized, as well as their relationship with social skill development. Analysed data created an opportunity to assess current situation focusing on prevention and individual problem solving method application approaches in individual and inclusive education system perspective, emphasising the relationship between those two. Furthermore, obtained data was compared with the results of prior research studies conducted in Norway, where the relationship between various forms of problematic behaviour and different social skills was previously shown.
SELF-EFFICACY SISWA DALAM PEMBELAJARAN MATEMATIKA DENGAN STRATEGI INQUIRY BASED LEARNING DI KELAS VII SMP PALEMBANG
Authors: Jumroh Jumroh , Mulbasari Anggria Septiani , Fitriasari Putri 
Published: October 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat gambaran self efficacy siswa dengan strategy inquiry based learning. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif. Subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas VII.I SMP Negeri 22 Palembang yang berjumlah 32 siswa. Teknik pengumpulan data berupa observasi dan angket. Observasi digunakan untuk mengetahui self efficacy siswa sejak awal proses pembelajaran dengan cara memberi tanda centang untuk setiap indikator yang tampak. Angket disajikan dalam bentuk skala Likert, dimana pernyataan yang diajukan berupa pernyataan positif dan negatif. Data yang diperoleh dianalisis dengan cara menjumlahkan skor yang diperoleh dan menentukan letak dari jumlah skor yang diperolah. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Self-Efficacy siswa dalam pembelajaran matematika sebesar 90,62% termasuk dalam kategori baik. Hal ini dapat dilihat dari rata-rata skor observasi sebesar 59,38% dan skor angket sebesar 90,62%.
Short-term water demand forecasting using machine learning techniques
Authors: Antunes A. , Andrade-Campos A. , Sardinha-Lourenço A. , Oliveira M. S. 
Published: October 2018

Abstract
Nowadays, a large number of water utilities still manage their operation on the instant water demand of the network, meaning that the use of the equipment is conditioned by the immediate water necessity. The water reservoirs of the networks are filled using pumps that start working when the water level reaches a specified minimum, stopping when it reaches a maximum level. Shifting the focus to water management based on future demand allows use of the equipment when energy is cheaper, taking advantage of the electricity tariff in action, thus bringing significant financial savings over time. Short-term water demand forecasting is a crucial step to support decision making regarding the equipment operation management. For this purpose, forecasting methodologies are analyzed and implemented. Several machine learning methods, such as neural networks, random forests, support vector machines and k-nearest neighbors, are evaluated using real data from two Portuguese water utilities. Moreover, the influence of factors such as weather, seasonality, amount of data used in training and forecast window is also analysed. A weighted parallel strategy that gathers the advantages of the different machine learning techniques is suggested. The results are validated and compared with those achieved by autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) also using benchmarks.
Modelling soil detachment capacity by rill flow with hydraulic variables on a simulated steep loessial hillslope
Authors: Shen Nan , Wang Zhanli , Zhang Qingwei , Chen Hao , Wu Bing 
Published: October 2018

AbstractModelling soil detachment capacity by rill flow with hydraulic variables is essential to understanding the rill erosion process and developing physically based rill erosion models. A rill flume experiment with non-erodible flume bed and small soil samples was conducted. Seven flow discharges and six steep slope gradients were combined to produce various flow hydraulics. The soil detachment capacity increases with the increase in slope gradient and flow discharge. The critical slope gradients of 21.26 and 26.79% cause the detachment capacity to increase at a slow pace. The soil detachment capacity can be defined by a power function of flow discharges and slopes. The contribution rates of slope gradient and flow discharge to soil detachment capacity are 42 and 54%, respectively. The soil detachment capacity increases with shear stress, stream power and unit stream power; the increase rates of these parameters are greater under gentle slopes than steep slopes. Stream power is the superior hydrodynamic parameter describing soil detachment capacity. The linear model equation of stream power is stable and reliable, which can accurately predict soil detachment capacity by rill flow on steep loessial hillslopes. This study can help to sufficiently clarify the dynamic mechanism of soil detachment and accurately predict soil detachment capacity for steep loessial hillslopes.
Actively engaging women is helping solve the global water crisis
Authors: Allen E. , Morazan I. Maria , Witt E. 
Published: October 2018

Abstract
Water For People's programs strive to improve the quality of life for Everyone – every family, clinic, and school – Forever. However, women and girls are disproportionately affected by lack of access to safe water and adequate sanitation. This is due to having to spend time fetching water, looking for a toilet, or caring for sick family members instead of going to school and working. Actively striving for gender parity in community planning and decision-making brings a more holistic view to water and sanitation and encourages more women to become community leaders and water professionals. In Water For People's experience, the active participation of women increases understanding of community water and sanitation issues and enhances solutions to help end the global water crisis.
Evaluation of data-driven models to downscale rainfall parameters from global climate models outputs: the case study of Latyan watershed
Authors: Hosseini Reza Haji , Golian Saeed , Yazdi Jafar 
Published: October 2018

Abstract
Assessment of climate change in future periods is considered necessary, especially with regard to probable changes to water resources. One of the methods for estimating climate change is the use of the simulation outputs of general circulation models (GCMs). However, due to the low resolution of these models, they are not applicable to regional and local studies and downscaling methods should be applied. The purpose of the present study was to use GCM models' outputs for downscaling precipitation measurements at Amameh station in Latyan dam basin. For this purpose, the observation data from the Amameh station during the 1980–2005 period, 26 output variables from two GCM models, namely, HadCM3 and CanESM2 were used. Downscaling was performed by three data-driven methods, namely, artificial neural network (ANN), nonparametric K-nearest neighborhood (KNN) method, and adaptive network-based fuzzy inference system method (ANFIS). Comparison of the monthly results showed the superiority of KNN compared to the other two methods in simulating precipitation. However, all three, ANN, KNN, and ANFIS methods, showed satisfactory results for both HadDCM3 and CanESM2 GCM models in downscaling precipitation in the study area.