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Deployment of wind pumps throughout remote Indonesia: a survey of technical support
Full text linkA survey of technical support has been carried out in order to assess the viability of widespread deployment of locally-made capillary wind pumps (PKMs) in the Mesuji-Tulang Bawang (MTB) subdistrict of Lampung, Indonesia. A list of desirable equipment for a facility was constructed by assessing the types of machinery that would be required in the event of failure of the various PKM components. Ten facilities in the region of the MTB were selected for the survey on the basis of their general experience in metal working and metal forming. The results of the survey showed that only 2 out of the 9 respondents had the equipment required to manufacturer/repair all the component groups of the PKM design, and even these facilities would have to outsource work for any part of the component group that required high precision machining. The results of the survey also show that a significant proportion of the workshops do not have accredited training programs, adequate calibration procedures and regular suppliers. Workshop managers are targeting three priority areas for improvement: inventory procedures, work safety standards and efficiency of operations. A set of key criteria, related to the provision of technical support for the PKM program, have been established and each facility was ranked against this set of criteria. The results of this analysis show that the Berkah, Dinamika Jaya workshops and the BLK Institute are in the best position to provide technical support to the PKM program, with the possibility of training being offered by Production Unila
Reflecting on the role of emotions in the PhD process
Full text linkThis research project examined the role of emotions in the PhD process through an exploratory, qualitative, self reflective study by six recent or current PhD candidates. Despite differences in the nature of the PhD fields of study, and in the personal backgrounds of the participants, a number of common themes were recognised. We developed an interactive workshop for postgraduate students in which participants were asked to reflect on their emotional experiences in their own studies. The combined information from these sources was used to suggest some strategies for management of negative emotions that may arise during the PhD process. Of critical importance is the multiple roles of the PhD supervisor in helping manage the negative emotions that most PhD students inevitably experience at some stage in their candidature. Most important, though, is the role of self reflection in identifying potential emotional problems and their solutions; a process we recommend to PhD candidates and supervisors
Survey of community support for a renewable energy system implementation program in Sumatera, Indonesia
Full text linkThis paper explores some of the local drivers and barriers for an implementation program of a hybrid renewable energy system (HRESRWS) in the Mesuji – Tulang Bawang district (MTB) of the Lampung province on Sumatera. In this study, secondary data obtained from field surveys from the village of Tanjung Menang in the MTS have been analysed using quantitative and qualitative methods to assess the drivers and barriers for the program. Quantitative data are obtained from the survey questionnaires using Gutman and Likert scales. The results of the surveys indicate that although only 15 % of the respondents currently use renewable energy via an existing renewable energy system (PKM) installed in Tanjung Menang, 72% of the respondents have a good technical understanding of the PKM and 79% of the respondents would have sufficient qualification to monitor and report on the HRESRWS. Overall 81 % of the respondents indicate that they believe that their community would support the implementation program. It is concluded from preliminary results that there are sufficient drivers from within the community for the implementation program to be successful
Book Review: "Sustainability Assessment — Criteria and Processes", Robert B. Gibson (Principle Author), Selma Hassan, Susan Holtz, James Tansey and Graham Whitelaw
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EIA follow-up - linking impact assessment with implementation
No full textEnvironmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has revolutionised the range of environmental considerations applied to projects pre-decision. However, this emphasis on the pre-decision stages and on the preparation of the Environmental Impact Statements often deflects attention from the actual environmental impacts of a development and the effectiveness of the enacted mitigation strategies. Practitioners should not forget the important role that EIA can continue to play post-decision. In this article Ross Marshall and Angus Morrison-Saunders argue that practitioners need to pay greater attention to follow-up during the post-decision phases of EIA
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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