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A path analysis of diagnosis of organizational levels of functionality
Venue: International Journal of Educational Management
Year: 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which organizational level of functionality is affected by its leadership, its staff, the way task is performed in the organization (culture) and the structural and governance makeup of organizations. This study also determined the direct and indirect impacts of these variables on organizational functionality in general and drawing lessons to educational organizations in specific. is a quantitative study. Data from 185 participants were analyzed using SPSS software version 24. The data analysis procedure for this study followed various steps. First, multiple factor analysis was conducted to narrow the long list of items and to create a manageable list of construct variables for analyses. Then path analysis, using a series of multiple regression, was conducted to identify the degree of relationship between the independent and dependent variables. Finally, a path model coefficient diagram was created.FindingsUsing path analysis, a new model that depicts the level of interactions among the proposed variables and the extent and direction of influence of each variable on organizational level of functionality has been created. In addition, a path diagram that illustrates the model is provided and explained. This study also determined the direct and indirect impacts of these variables on organizational functionality. Finally, conclusions and implications of the study for educational organizations were presented. Hence, future studies using different variables and different assumption may not necessarily generate the same result. In addition, this study looked at a broader view of organizations rather than a specific type. study expanded the use of organizational diagnosis frameworks, beyond studying organizational performance, to study organizational level of functionality which can be used to diagnose the level of function (or dysfunction) of organizations in a holistic manner.Social implicationsThe present study contributes to the body of literature in organizational diagnosis in various ways; chief of which is the creation of a new path model which shows the direct and indirect effects of specific variables in numeric terms. previous studies on the topic, this study suggests that organizational level of functionality should be studied using variables internal to the organization, because any two organizations of similar purpose and capacity, located in similar environment, could function differently due to factors internal to the organizations. Investigating organizational level of functionality using variables internal to the organization is assumed to provide a deeper diagnosis and self assessment as it minimizes the noises created by variables external to the organization. All the variables in this study are therefore carefully selected to be internal to organizations.
Highway or Byway: Corona Virus Effect in Agriculture
Year: 2020

The prevalence of COVID19 health crisis has contrived all steps of life so the priority of the government is to provide proper health care and protecting the lives with maintenance of economic balance. It came to vision that if the Covid 19 pandemic lasts for longer, it will shut down large parts of the world economy. The developing countries will suffer more as they are not yet fully self sufficient and basically take Agriculture as a pillar of economy. India is an agrarian country where agriculture is the backbone of Indian Economy. But the combat against pandemic has vastly affected this major economic sector. Disturbances in farming activity, national and international supply chain are the setback which will plunge the country's food safety and human development. Thus COVID 19 is an unprecedented challenge which is needed to be addressed quickly.
An Effective Hierarchical Control Plane for Software Defined Networks Leveraging TOPSIS for End to End QoS Class Mapping
Venue: IEEE Access
Year: 2020

If an end to end (E2E) path includes multiple domains, we need inter domain collaboration to ensure the E2E quality of service (QoS) for the applications. In heterogeneous networks, an E2E path may go through domains with several QoS classes in each domain. However, the prevalent legacy network architecture and the standard software defined networking (SDN) model lack effective mechanisms for inter domain collaboration and QoS class mapping. In this study, we propose a hierarchical SDN control plane approach to guarantee the E2E QoS among multiple domains with various QoS classes on the E2E path. We propose a controller module for selecting the most suitable QoS class for each domain in the E2E path based on multi criteria decision making by using the technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) We map the suitable service classes in the global controller (GC) for provisioning the E2E QoS according to the application service requests. First, we propose an SDN based inter domain communication scheme and the message processing algorithm for E2E service delivery when multiple QoS classes exist in each domain. Next, we formulate the problem of service class selection with TOPSIS, provide an E2E mapping scheme, and demonstrate it with an example. Finally, we compare the proposed approach with the existing schemes for E2E QoS class mapping in terms of E2E delay, jitter, packet loss rate (PLR) and cost (per bandwidth unit) According to our simulation results, the proposed approach ensures the E2E QoS and guarantees the E2E delay, jitter, PLR, and cost according to the application service requests.
The Effects of Board Characteristics and Sustainable Compensation Policy on Carbon Performance of UK Firms
Year: 2017

This study examines the effects of board characteristics and sustainable compensation policy on carbon reduction initiatives and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of a firm. We use firm fixed effect model to analyse data from 256 non financial UK firms covering a period of 13 years (2002 2014) Our estimation results suggest that board independence and board gender diversity have positive associations with carbon reduction initiatives. In addition, environment social governance based compensation policy is found to be positively associated with carbon reduction initiatives. However, we do not find any relationship between corporate governance variables and GHG emissions of a firm. Overall, our evidence suggests that corporate boards and executive management tend to focus on a firm's process oriented carbon performance, without improving actual carbon performance in the form of reduced GHG emissions. The findings have important implications for practitioners and policymakers with respect to the effectiveness of internal corporate governance mechanisms in addressing climate change risks, and possible linkage between corporate governance reform and carbon related policies.
Analysis and Experiments for IGBT, IEGT, and IGCT in Hybrid DC Circuit Breaker
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Year: 2018

As power semiconductor devices are the key components of hybrid DC circuit breakers (HCBs) how to select suitable devices is critical for the whole HCB design. First, this paper compared the general characteristics of press pack insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) injection enhanced gate transistor (IEGT) and integrated gate commutated thyristor (IGCT) Then working conditions of devices were analyzed from the perspective of HCBs. According to these, vital features of devices including maximum turn off current, on state voltage, conduction ability, and robustness of power semiconductor devices were carefully analyzed and compared. Related experiments were implemented to compare maximum turn off capability, and the 4.5 kV/3 kA IGBT/IEGT was able to turn off 19 and 22 kA respectively after 5 ms current conduction. Analysis and experiments indicated that IGCT was suitable for natural commutation low voltage and low current hybrid circuit breakers, due to its low on state voltage and huge surge current conduction ability. Comparatively, IGBT and IEGT were more suitable for very high current interruption, and IEGT was the superior selection among available commercial devices. However, the interference should be considered in applications.
Effectiveness of Occupational Therapy Interventions for Adults With Musculoskeletal Conditions of the Forearm, Wrist, and Hand: A Systematic Review
Venue: The American journal of occupational therapy official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association
Year: 2017

Occupational therapy practitioners are key health care providers for people with musculoskeletal disorders of the distal upper extremity. It is imperative that practitioners understand the most effective and efficient means for remediating impairments and supporting clients in progressing to independence in purposeful occupations. This systematic review provides an update to a previous review by summarizing articles published between 2006 and July 2014 related to the focused question, What is the evidence for the effect of occupational therapy interventions on functional outcomes for adults with musculoskeletal disorders of the forearm, wrist, and hand? A total of 59 articles were reviewed. Evidence for interventions was synthesized by condition within bone, joint, and general hand disorders; peripheral nerve disorders; and tendon disorders. The strongest evidence supports postsurgical early active motion protocols and splinting for various conditions. Very few studies have examined occupation based interventions. Implications for occupational therapy practice and research are provided.
High pH promoting the synthesis of V Silicalite 1 with high vanadium content in the framework and its catalytic performance in selective oxidation of styrene.
Venue: Dalton transactions
Year: 2018

It is difficult to synthesize a Silicalite 1 molecular sieve with a high vanadium content in the framework, because heteroatoms significantly affect the formation of V Silicalite 1. Here, V Silicalite 1 with a high vanadium content in the framework of the molecular sieve was successfully synthesized by controlling the pH at high levels. In the process of hydrothermal synthesis, OH ions effectively promoted the entry of vanadium atoms into the framework of the molecular sieve. Samples of V Silicalite 1 with different vanadium contents were characterized by XRD, FTIR, UV vis, XPS, EPR, ICP, FE SEM, elemental mapping, N2 adsorption desorption, and TPR, which confirmed that vanadium atoms successfully replaced silicon atoms in the framework. V Silicalite 1 exhibited good catalytic performance in the selective oxidation of styrene at different temperatures, with a styrene conversion of up to 84.89% and a selectivity of 91.04% for styrene oxide at 25 degC and a styrene conversion of 97.47% and a selectivity of 80.97% for benzaldehyde at 85 degC. This study provided a new idea for the synthesis of molecular sieves with high vanadium contents in the framework. Besides, it also enabled the direct application of vanadium doped molecular sieves for the catalytic oxidation of styrene in industry.
Iconographies of the Sacred and Power of the Desert Nomads: A Reappraisal of the Desert Rock Art of the Late Bronze/Iron Age Southern Levant and Northwestern Arabia
Year: 2017

During the Late Bronze and Iron Ages, the vast arid areas of the southern Levant, northwestern Arabia and Sinai were inhabited by populations whose main way of living was nomadic herding and trade, small scale agriculture and occasional mining, complemented with a few settled centers. The nomadic, non literate communities have been traditionally studied through the lenses of the outside written sources (especially, the New Kingdom Egyptian and Neo Assyrian inscriptions) and sometimes seen as intrinsically stable, unranked societies. However, the desert societies left an enormous record of rock art that has not received similar attention. This article aims to study the local rock art and the iconography of other visual media it influenced, focusing on the information they supply on the social organization of these societies. The analysis provides several yet still tentative results on the sacred and power of the desert nomads: it attests the emergence of local nomadic chiefs in the LBA/IA trans.
Epidemiology of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea.
Venue: Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society
Year: 2008

Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has become widely recognized only in the last few decades as a likely cause of significant morbidity among children. Many of the clinical characteristics of pediatric OSA, and the determinants of its epidemiology, differ from those of adult OSA. We systematically reviewed studies on the epidemiology of conditions considered part of a pediatric sleep disordered breathing (SDB) continuum, ranging from primary snoring to OSA. We highlight a number of methodologic challenges, including widely variable methodologies for collection of questionnaire data about symptomatology, definitions of habitual snoring, criteria for advancing to further diagnostic testing, and objective diagnostic criteria for SDB or OSA. In the face of these limitations, estimated population prevalences are as follows: parent reported "always" snoring, 1.5 to 6% parent reported apneic events during sleep, 0.2 to 4% SDB by varying constellations of parent reported symptoms on questionnaire, 4 to 11% OSA diagnosed by varying criteria on diagnostic studies, 1 to 4% Overall prevalence of parent reported snoring by any definition in meta analysis was 7.45% (95% confidence interval, 5.75 9.61) A reasonable preponderance of evidence now suggests that SDB is more common among boys than girls, and among children who are heavier than others, with emerging data to suggest a higher prevalence among African Americans. Less convincing data exist to prove differences in prevalence based on age. We conclude by outlining specific future research needs in the epidemiology of pediatric SDB.
Bullet screen management method and apparatus
Year: 2017

The invention relates to a bullet screen management method and apparatus, applied to a server. A bullet screen processing rule corresponding to identity information of a target page is stored in the server. The method comprises the following steps: matching the corresponding bullet screen processing rule according to the identity information of the target page; obtaining bullet screen information sent by a user terminal on the target page; and performing corresponding processing on the received bullet screen information according to the bullet screen processing rule. Therefore, the bullet screen processing rules corresponding to different target pages are relatively independent, and different bullet screen processing rules can be set for different target pages, therefore the bullet screen management can satisfy the requirements of different target pages, and the management is more targeted and more comprehensive.
The role of soil water monitoring tools and agricultural innovation platforms in improving food security and income of farmers in smallholder irrigation schemes in Tanzania
Year: 2020

Smallholder irrigation is an important pathway towards better livelihoods and food security in sub Saharan Africa. This article assesses the contribution of farmer friendly soil and water monitoring tools, and agricultural innovation platforms, towards household income and food security in two small scale irrigation schemes in Tanzania. Quantitative and qualitative data from farmer's field books, household surveys and focus groups were used to assess the impacts of the two interventions. The two interventions together contributed to enhancing smallholders' food security and household income in the two schemes, as did the agricultural innovation platform on its own.
Preparation of high grade dissolving pulp from radiata pine
Year: 2020

High grade dissolving pulp was prepared from radiata pine by the pre hydrolysis Kraft process. The effect of the P factor in the pre hydrolysis stage on the properties of wood chips was investigated. With an increasing P factor, hemicellulose was selectively removed from wood chips, and the crystallized index of the pre hydrolyzed wood chips increased owing to the dissolution of the amorphous phase in the substrates. Further, sugars in hemicellulose could be rapidly hydrolyzed; whereas, their release became slower with a further increase in the P factor. Comparatively, arabinose and galactose were readily removed during pre hydrolysis for its accessibility. Additionally, accumulations of furfural and 5 hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) were detected via acid catalyzed dehydration of pentose and hexose, respectively. HMF can be further converted into formic and levulinic acid by acid catalyzed dehydration. After pre hydrolysis, the chips were subjected to Kraft cooking, and the optimal P factor (480) for the production of dissolving pulp and the optimal H factor (1500) in terms of the Kappa number, viscosity, and a cellulose of the pulp were obtained. Then, the Kraft pulp was bleached using the (OO)D0EOPD1D2 sequence, and a final ISO brightness of 91.0% was achieved with negligible loss in a cellulose. The described technique and parameters are important for the industrial production of high grade dissolving pulp using radiata pine.
A Thermal Infrared Video Benchmark for Visual Analysis
Venue: 2014 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops
Year: 2014

We hereby publish a new thermal infrared video benchmark, called TIV, for various visual analysis tasks, which include single object tracking in clutter, multi object tracking in single or multiple views, analyzing motion patterns of large groups, and censusing wild animals in flight. Our data describe real world scenarios, such as bats emerging from their caves in large numbers, a crowded street view during a marathon competition, and students walking through an atrium during class break. We also introduce baseline methods and evaluation protocols for these tasks. Our TIV benchmark enriches and diversifies video data sets available to the research community with thermal infrared footage, which poses new and challenging video analysis problems. We hope the TIV benchmark will help the community to better understand these interesting problems, generate new ideas, and value it as a testbed to compare solutions.
Research and Analysis on the Design and Planning of New Generation Communication Network
Venue: 2020 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computer Applications (ICAICA)
Year: 2020

With the popularization of network technology, the importance of information transmission has been highlighted. As predicted by Moore's law, there is an increasing demand for information transmission rate and information coverage. 5G is here, and so is the "Internet of Things" era. In the construction of communication network, it is divided into four levels, access network, convergence network, core network and backbone network. This paper aims to explore the optimal design of backbone network and access network, so as to reduce the cost from aspects of antenna design, backbone network deployment, and so on, so as to improve the efficiency. The model and research method built in this paper are original, especially the new tree model is proposed. The model established by the microwave problem can not only select the better antenna configuration according to the array antenna power matrix, but also be applied to other big data optimization selection jobs. Therefore, this article has certain versatility and unique application value.
Evaluation of CPTED principles in the housing architecture of rural areas in the North of Iran (Case studies: Sedaposhte and Ormamalal)
Year: 2020

Rural crime can be a cause of some problems for villagers; however, less attention has been paid to security in rural areas. In this study, it is tried to answer whether the variety of rural architecture of houses in villages in the North of Iran can affect crime rates. Therefore, the positive and negative impacts of the designed built environment on crime prevention have been assessed. For this purpose, two villages as case studies, Sedaposhte and Ormamalal, with different architecture and landscaping are analyzed from the CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) approach. After surveying thirty houses in each village and observation different sites, the results demonstrate that some reasons, namely the areas of openings and verandas, hierarchy of spaces, placement of storehouses, types of entrance and fence in residential buildings, and quality of the maintenance of neighborhoods can play vital roles in the decline of residential and farm burglary.
More Time on Technology, Less Happiness? Associations Between Digital Media Use and Psychological Well Being
Venue: Current Directions in Psychological Science
Year: 2019

Studies using large samples consistently find that more frequent users of digital media are lower in psychological well being than less frequent users; even data sets used as evidence for weak effects show that twice as many heavy users (vs. light users) are low in well being. Differences in perspective may stem from the statistics used; I argue that comparing well being across levels of digital media use is more useful than the percentage of variance explained, as most studies on digital media use do not measure other influences on well being (e.g. genetics, trauma) and these other influences, unlike frequency of digital media use, are rarely controllable. Nonusers are generally lower in well being than light users of digital media, however, suggesting that limited use may be beneficial. Longitudinal and experimental studies suggest that at least some of the causation moves from digital media use to lower well being. Mechanisms may include the displacement of activities more beneficial to well being (sleep, face to face social interaction) upward social comparison, and cyberbullying.
Studi Potensi Sampah Rumah Tangga Kota Banjarmasin sebagai Bahan Baku Pembuatan Bioetanol
Year: 2020

Bioetanol merupakan bahan bakar alternatif pengganti premium yang renewable dan ramah lingkungan. Salah satu bahan baku potensial untuk produksi bioetanol adalah sampah rumah tangga. Studi ini adalah untuk mempelajari potensi sampah rumah tangga Kota Banjarmasin sebagai bahan baku alternatif pembuatan bioetanol. Penelitian diawali dengan melakukan klasifikasi sampah rumah tangga menjadi 5 fraksi berdasarkan kandungan holoselulosanya di 5 kecamatan Kota Bnajarmasin. Klasifikasi sampah ini menggunakan metode sampling yang mengacu pada SNI 19 3964 1995. Yield etanol dihitung secara teoritis dari masing masing fraksinya. Hasil yang diperoleh menunjukkan bahwa sampah rumah tangga Kota Banjarmasin terdiri dari 54,76% sampah organik dan 45,24% sampah anorganik. Sampah fraksi 5 menyumbang jumlah sampah yang paling besar yaitu 34,48% Potensi produksi etanol teoritis dari sampah rumah tangga di Kota Banjarmasin sebesar 199,40 kL/tahun. Kata kunci: sampah, rumah tangga, bioetanol