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DOI: 10.13145/bacdive135009.20191129.4.1
title: Amaricoccus kaplicensis

description: The range of data encompasses taxonomy, morphology, physiology, sampling and concomitant environmental conditions as well as molecular biology.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2018.50
title: Consciousness eliminated in Daniel Dennett

description: One of the major debates in philosophy of mind is the complication about how to explain the manifestation of qualia in the scientific image. Qualia have usually been understood as phenomenal properties of mental states; and their resistance against physical explanation is famously demonstrated by Joseph Levine as the explanatory gap and by David Chalmers as the hard problem of consciousness. The aim of this thesis is to study and evaluate Daniel Dennett’s response to the complication in this debate with his eliminativist approach on consciousness. The key idea of Dennett’s so-called illusionism is that qualia only seem to exist but actually do not. By rejecting the ontology of qualia as phenomenal properties, Dennett proposes that qualia as illusions can be completely explained in terms of physical mechanism of the brain. The thesis also considers the main criticism to Dennett’s idea which is referred to as ‘the datum objection’. The datum objection, proposed by contemporary philosophers e.g. David Chalmers and John Searle, criticizes that by rejecting the ontology of qualia as phenomenal properties, Dennett denies the crucial data that theory of mind is supposed to explain. Nonetheless, my analysis on Dennett’s arguments shows that his view does not deny the crucial data as being opposed. In contrast, his rejection of the existence of the data even introduces a new perspective in this debate and enables him to fulfill two satisfying conditions that other theories cannot achieve before -- that is (1) to preserve the fascinating phenomenon of conscious experience as it appears in the manifest image, and (2) to conserve the convention of contemporary scientific explanation as we know in the scientific image. The thesis then draws a conclusion that eliminativist approach on consciousness in Daniel Dennett should be taken seriously as a default theory. This is because it possesses a potential to explain qualia in the scientific image with minimal compromises from both the folk psychology about qualia and the convention of scientific explanation compared with other approaches.
DOI: 10.13145/bacdive135010.20191129.4.1
title: Bacillus cereus

description: The range of data encompasses taxonomy, morphology, physiology, sampling and concomitant environmental conditions as well as molecular biology.
DOI: 10.13145/bacdive135011.20191129.4.1
title: Bacillus cereus

description: The range of data encompasses taxonomy, morphology, physiology, sampling and concomitant environmental conditions as well as molecular biology.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2018.51
title: Dual-electrolyte system for suppressing corrosion of aluminum electrode in aluminum-air flow battery

description: Aluminum-air batteries have received considerable attention as an electrical power source due to their theoretical specific capacity reaching 2.98 Ah/g. Further, Al-air batteries are abundant and low cost. On the other hand, the aluminum in the batteries has a problem, such that it is subject to self-corrosion in alkaline. Herein, this work concentrates on the aluminum’s corrosive behavior and self-corrosion in methanol-3M KOH mixed solution containing different percentages of deionized water i.e. (0, 5, 10 and 20)%wt, using electrochemical (half-cell testing). The aluminum-air battery consists of: aluminum anode | anolyte | anion exchange membrane | catholyte | air cathode. The anolyte is the methanol-based electrolyte, and the catholyte is a gel polymer electrolyte. As regards the half-cell, the increase in water reduced the inner surface layer between the aluminum film and electrolyte. Simultaneously, the increase in water reduced the overpotential required and generated faster reaction. However, much more hydrogen gas was produced along with self-corrosion. The Al-air battery was examined when discharging at 10 mA/cm2. At the condition 0%water, the highest specific capacity reached 2328 mAh/g and utilization 78%. When water was increased, the specific capacity declined significantly due to self-corrosion of the aluminum. Besides, the flow rates of the electrolyte were adjusted; average voltage was higher when the flow rate of the electrolyte was increased.
DOI: 10.13145/bacdive135012.20191129.4.1
title: Bacillus cereus

description: The range of data encompasses taxonomy, morphology, physiology, sampling and concomitant environmental conditions as well as molecular biology.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2018.52
title: Strengthening of shear critical reinforced concrete columns by steel-rod collars

description: The inadequate shear strength of the existing old reinforced concrete columns located in the seismically active areas can lead the catastrophic shear failure. In this study, strengthening of shear-critical reinforced concrete columns by the steel-rod collar method is investigated. This proposed method is less intrusive to the existing building components. The steel-rod collar comprises the four sets of welded steel angles connected by steel-rods threaded at the ends. The three specimens were divided into one unstrengthened column, and the two strengthened columns. All the specimens were tested under the constant axial load and the reversed cyclic loadings. In addition, the specimens were the vertical cantilever type and used the same section properties. The number of steel-rod collar installed on the strengthened columns were the main parameter in this study. The unstrengthened column failed in shear failure mode and the diagonal shear cracks occurred at a drift ratio of 2%, whereas, the two strengthened columns failed in flexural mode and had an increase in the lateral load capacity, the ductility and the energy dissipation capacity than the unstrengthened column. The difference between the two strengthened specimens were the number of steel-rod collars mounted on the specimens. The spacing of steel-rod collars was 200 cm in the SC-200 specimen while that of the other strengthened specimen, SC-100 was 100 cm. After testing the strengthened columns failed in flexure and they had an increase in the lateral load capacity and the ductility. The drift ratio of both specimens reached 5%. Furthermore, the finite element models for all specimens were developed using the OpenSees program. The forced based beam column element with a shear spring was established to detect the behavior of the unstrengthened column. The lumped plasticity model was used to detect the behaviour of strengthened columns. The comparison results showed that the predicted numerical responses were in close agreement with test results.
DOI: 10.13145/bacdive135013.20191129.4.1
title: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

description: The range of data encompasses taxonomy, morphology, physiology, sampling and concomitant environmental conditions as well as molecular biology.
DOI: 10.13145/bacdive135014.20191129.4.1
title: Salmonella enterica

description: The range of data encompasses taxonomy, morphology, physiology, sampling and concomitant environmental conditions as well as molecular biology.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2018.53
title: Periodic-review order policy for a two-echelon inventory problem with seasonal demand

description: This dissertation presents methodologies to determine ordering policies for a 2-echelon inventory system with multiple replenishing modes under seasonal demand. The system operates on periodic review basis using reorder point and order-up-to point or (R,s,S). An Echelon stock concept is applied where each location makes decisions on its own inventory information and the information of all locations downstream. We decompose a problem into two phases and propose a methodology based on mixed-integer programming models to determine ordering policies for a system with one replenishing mode. Then, another methodology based on the genetic algorithm and binary search is developed to solve the problem with shorter computational time. The later methodology can solve problem with 97.49% on average less computational time in the first phase and 95.99% on average less time in the second phase. Afterwards, a problem is extended to a system with a regular replenishing mode as a main replenishing mode and two special modes to prevent stockouts. Under seasonal demand, special modes could have either a static policy which applies one policy on every period or a dynamic policy which applies a different policy for each period in the demand cycle. Special replenishing modes can eliminate the periods with unsatisfied service level with slightly higher holding cost. A dynamic policy tends to give smaller number of special orders. However, in case of high deviation demand and short demand cycle, for ease of use, the static policy can substitute the dynamic policy.
DOI: 10.13145/bacdive135015.20191129.4.1
title: Gardnerella vaginalis

description: The range of data encompasses taxonomy, morphology, physiology, sampling and concomitant environmental conditions as well as molecular biology.
DOI: 10.13145/bacdive135016.20191129.4.1
title: Pseudomonas aeruginosa

description: The range of data encompasses taxonomy, morphology, physiology, sampling and concomitant environmental conditions as well as molecular biology.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2018.54
title: A numerical investigation of augmented heat transfer in rectangular ducts with ribs

description: The application of roughness structure of ribs inside a smooth channel is one effective way of heat transfer augmentation, but the accompanied pressure drop could be high. A novel V-rib design with branches was introduced and numerical simulations on the thermo-fluid impact of heat transfer and pressure drop were investigated. The parameters of investigation include the branching number and the pitch ratio of the V-ribs. It appears that increasing the relative pitch ratio serves to improve the overall performance of a roughened channel. The effect of the branching number is only experienced at low pitch ratio. At high pitch ratio, varying the branching number only serves to lower the pressure drops. Optimization was found at the branching number of 6 and the relative pitch ratio of 15. At optimal conditions, the Nusselt number ratio, friction factor ratios, and the thermohydraulic performance were 2.15, 2.85, and 1.39 times the plane channel, respectively.
DOI: 10.13145/bacdive135017.20191129.4.1
title: Enterococcus villorum

description: The range of data encompasses taxonomy, morphology, physiology, sampling and concomitant environmental conditions as well as molecular biology.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2018.55
title: Electrode improvement using diamond-like carbon for electrochemical advanced oxidation in diuron degradation

description: Diuron is one of the pesticides. Its residual can contaminate natural water resource resulting in environmental and human health problems. Several processes have been used to remove diuron contamination. Nowadays, an electrochemical advanced oxidation process (EAOP) in a microchannel reactor is used to degrade diuron owing to its high efficiency. In this research, the diamond-like carbon (DLC) thin film was used as an electrochemical electrode because it has superior hardness and electrical conductivity. In this research, we have successfully synthesized the DLC thin films using graphite as target material on the surface of 304 stainless steel substrate by the direct current (dc) magnetron sputtering process. It was found that using the DLC thin film electrode caused less corrosion during the reaction when compared to the graphite electrode. The performance of diuron degradation depends on the properties of the thin film electrode, i.e., the sp2-to-sp3 ratio, the C-H bonds, and the C=O bonds. The DLC thin film electrode with the C=O bond led to the highest corrosion, up to 5.96 µg/h. The C-H bond in the DLC thin film improves the electrical conductivity (Rspecific = 0.076 Ω/nm) of electrode leading to high degradation performance, up to 70% within 100 seconds of residence time. Furthermore, each property of the DLC thin film results in different kind of intermediate during diuron decomposition.
DOI: 10.13145/bacdive135018.20191129.4.1
title: Aggregatibacter aphrophilus

description: The range of data encompasses taxonomy, morphology, physiology, sampling and concomitant environmental conditions as well as molecular biology.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2018.56
title: Graphene sheets decorated with silver nanoparticles as an oxygen reduction reaction catalyst for zinc-air battery

description: The aim of this thesis is to develop a catalyst for the cathode of a zinc-air battery and to investigate the effects of reduced graphene oxide decorated with silver nanoparticles on the cathode in the zinc-air battery. First, reduced graphene oxide (AgNPs/rGO) was synthesized using glucose reduction at 60 degrees Celsius. Next, the structure and morphology of AgNPs/rGO were checked using X-ray diffraction (XRD). Then, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analyzes were carried out. The amount of silver (Ag) decorate in graphene oxide was confirmed by EDX. Next, the synthesized catalysts at 3 concentration, using a rotating disk electrode (RDE), led to the finding of the number of electron transfer in the battery main reaction. It was noted that by increasing the concentration of Ag, the electron transfer rate increased closer to 4. Thus, the results showed that the concentration of 0.3 M gave the highest value of 4 electron pathways and the highest catalyst performance. Thereby, the concentration of 0.3 M (AgNPs/rGO) was used as the catalyst in the battery which had a current density of 150 mA / cm² at 0.435 v and a power density of 67.6 mW / cm² at 130 mA / cm².
DOI: 10.13145/bacdive135019.20191129.4.1
title: Gardnerella vaginalis

description: The range of data encompasses taxonomy, morphology, physiology, sampling and concomitant environmental conditions as well as molecular biology.
DOI: 10.13145/bacdive135020.20191129.4.1
title: Gardnerella vaginalis

description: The range of data encompasses taxonomy, morphology, physiology, sampling and concomitant environmental conditions as well as molecular biology.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2018.57
title: Parametric Study of Copper Zinc Tin Sulfide Thin Films by Convective Deposition Method

description: Nowadays, most of the energy production is from fossil fuel-resources, which is a major source of greenhouse gases. Therefore, several researchers have been looking for the alternative energy that is clean and renewable energy. One of the outstanding alternatives is to utilize solar energy for conversion into electricity. Recently, CZTS (copper zinc tin sulfide, Cu2ZnSnS4) thin film solar cells have received numerous interest because of its decent energy band gap of about 1.4 – 1.6 eV, which matches with the solar spectrum, and its high absorption coefficient. Nevertheless, the manufacture of CZTS solar cells has used sophisticated methods for fabrication including CZTS which is an absorber layer. Therefore, this work was aimed to use the solution-based convective deposition method for fabrication of CZTS thin films due to its simplicity and low-cost yet effective. The focus of this work was to investigate the effects of various deposition parameters including deposition speed, types of solvent (2-methoxyethanol and deionized water) and fraction of solvents on the physical properties of CZTS films. According to the experimental results, higher deposition speed led to small grains of CZTS in the films. Moreover, CZTS film prepared from a solvent with higher fraction of deionized water resulted in a compact film. On the contrary, the film prepared from a solvent with pure 2-methoxyethanol resulted in porous film. This desired compact CZTS film was proved to show a better performance (higher efficiency) of CZTS solar cell. As a consequence, it could be confirmed that a desired morphology of CZTS thin films could be obtained under a controlled deposition condition. Furthermore, convective deposition can be a potential method for fabrication of thin films for various applications.
DOI: 10.13145/bacdive135021.20191129.4.1
title: Mycobacterium bohemicum

description: The range of data encompasses taxonomy, morphology, physiology, sampling and concomitant environmental conditions as well as molecular biology.
DOI: 10.13145/bacdive135022.20191129.4.1
title: Corynebacterium jeikeium

description: The range of data encompasses taxonomy, morphology, physiology, sampling and concomitant environmental conditions as well as molecular biology.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2018.58
title: Computational fluid dynamics modeling of the climate inside a chicken house

description: Nowadays, most of chicken products are from a closed house system. Climate inside such chicken house can significantly affect chicken welfare and its productivity. Moreover, Thailand is in a tropical region where thermal stress is easily occurred. Suitable operating condition and chicken house design can help improve interior climate which can be evaluated by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling technique. In this study, realizable k-ε model, energy conservation and species transport equations were applied to simulate the air velocity, temperature and relative humidity, respectively, inside the chicken house. The model was validated with measured air velocity, temperature and relative humidity inside the chicken house during real farming operation. Good agreements, based on the values of normalize mean square error (NMSE), between simulation results and measured data were found, except the air velocity beneath the deflectors. The deviation might be due to the limitation of the air velocity sensor and the capability to predict eddies due to jet flow of the turbulence model. The validated model was then applied to develop an operational guideline and design improvement to maintain the favorable indoor climate for chicken even in extreme environment. The effective temperature was considered as an indicator for suitable climates for the chicken. The results showed that the developed operational guideline for evaporative cooling pad and exhaust fans could help maintain favorable indoor climate in all weather conditions throughout the years. In addition, an installation of thermal insulation could help mitigate the heat transfer from the roof. A design modification to the wind deflectors could also increase the air velocity and improve the ventilation. With both thermal insulation and deflector modification, the effective temperature at the chicken level could be maintained within the optimal range even in severe weather condition. Furthermore, it also improved the uniformity of the indoor climate in the chicken occupied zone, and thus enhanced well-distribution of the chicken.
DOI: 10.13145/bacdive135023.20191129.4.1
title: Corynebacterium striatum

description: The range of data encompasses taxonomy, morphology, physiology, sampling and concomitant environmental conditions as well as molecular biology.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2018.59
title: Explicit Energy-Minimal Short-Term Path Planning for Collision Avoidance in Bidirectional Crowd Simulation

description: การหาเส้นทางการเดินในระยะยาวรวมกับการหลบหลีกสิ่งกีดขวางรอบๆ เป็นวิธีทั่วไปที่ถูกนำมาใช้ในการจำลองการเคลื่อนไหวของตัวตนจำลองจากตำแหน่งหนึ่งไปยังอีกตำแหน่งหนึ่ง โดยไม่ให้เกิดการชนกันระหว่างตัวตนจำลองกับวัตถุในฉากและระหว่างตัวตนจำลองด้วยกันเอง วิธีนี้สามารถให้ผลการจำลองที่ดีในสถานการณ์ที่ผู้คนสามารถเดินได้หลายทิศทาง แต่ในสถานการณ์ที่ผู้คนถูกจำกัดทิศทางการเดินให้เหลือเพียงหนึ่งหรือสองทิศทางนั้น ปรากฏว่าตัวตนจำลองมีลักษณะการเดินที่ผิดธรรมชาติ เช่น เดินเข้าไปติดและอยู่นิ่งระหว่างตัวตนจำลองสองตัวที่เดินสวนมาหรือเดินเข้าไปในพื้นที่ที่แออัดหรือมีกลุ่มคนเยอะๆ ทั้งๆที่ยังมีเส้นทางเดินที่ทำให้ตัวตนจำลองสามารถเดินหลบหลีกไปได้ ลักษณะเช่นนี้เกิดขึ้นบ่อยและเห็นได้ชัดในสถานการณ์แบบสองทิศทาง งานวิจัยนี้จึงได้เสนอขั้นตอนในการหาเส้นทางในระยะสั้นเพื่อขจัดความบกพร่องของพฤติกรรมการเดินของตัวตนจำลองในสถานการณ์แบบสองทิศทางนี้ขึ้น โดยใช้สมการพลังงานทางชีวกลศาสตร์ของการเดินเข้ามาเป็นตัวแปรที่บังคับให้ตัวตนจำลองมีความฉลาดในการเลือกเส้นทางในระยะสั้นได้ ผลลัพธ์ของการวิเคราะห์สมการพลังงานนั้น ช่วยบ่งบอกลักษณะของการเลือกเส้นทางการเดินที่ดีที่สุด โดยคำนึงถึงความเร็วที่ใช้เพื่อให้ประหยัดพลังงานที่สุด พร้อมๆ กับถึงจุดหมายปลายทางให้เร็วที่สุดด้วย นอกจากนี้ยังพบว่าการนำวิธีที่เสนอนี้ไปใช้ในสถานการณ์แบบหลายทิศทางนั้น ตัวตนจำลองสามารถหาเส้นทางที่เหมาะสมกว่าเมื่อเทียบกับวิธีก่อนอีกด้วย ยกตัวอย่าง เช่น ตัวตนจำลองสามารถเดินแทรกเข้าไปในช่องแคบๆ ของขบวนพาเหรดได้ เป็นต้น
DOI: 10.13145/bacdive135024.20191129.4.1
title: Rhodococcus hoagii

description: The range of data encompasses taxonomy, morphology, physiology, sampling and concomitant environmental conditions as well as molecular biology.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2018.60
title: Design and performance evaluation of integrated system of hydrotreating and hydrogen generation for bio-hydrogenated diesel fuel production from palm oil

description: This research studied the simulations of the integrated systems between of hydrotreating and hydrogen generation with various selectivity of deoxygenation (DO) pathways (i.e. decarboxylation (DCO2), hydrodecarbonylation (HDCO), and hydrodeoxygenation (HDO)). Two integrated systems were proposed i.e. 1) integrated system between single-step hydrotreating and propane steam reforming (as called “single-step integrated system”) and 2) integrated system between two-step hydrotreating (hydrolysis+DO) and glycerol steam reforming (as called “two-step integrated system”). Results revealed that, among DO pathways, DCO2 exhibited the lowest total minimum energy requirement (total MER) and the highest total efficiency for both integrated systems mainly due to lower electricity requirement to compress H2. In addition, single-step integrated system offered significantly lower total MER than that of two-step integrated system because it required much lower cooling and heating utilities. In the case of triolein feed, H2 surplus can be achieved only for DCO2 pathway with two-step integrated system. On the contrary, in the case of tripalmitin, saturated feedstock, H2 surplus can be achieved from DCO2 and HDCO in both integrated systems. In summarize, DCO2 pathway of single-step integrated system offers the highest total efficiency which tripalmitin, as expected, offeres the highest total efficiency (89.3%) while triolein offeres 86.7% since less amount H2 is required.
DOI: 10.13145/bacdive135025.20191129.4.1
title: Pasteurella bettyae

description: The range of data encompasses taxonomy, morphology, physiology, sampling and concomitant environmental conditions as well as molecular biology.
DOI: 10.13145/bacdive135026.20191129.4.1
title: Aggregatibacter aphrophilus

description: The range of data encompasses taxonomy, morphology, physiology, sampling and concomitant environmental conditions as well as molecular biology.